Patent ID: 6020287
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
A plant treatment composition for application to foliage of a plant, comprising(a) an application medium, having dissolved or dispersed therein(b) a biologically effective amount of a herbicide, and(c) a phenyl-substituted olefin compound having a molecular weight of about 100 to about 300, and having a molecular structure that comprises a phenyl ring linked to an olefinic carbon chain, said olefinic carbon chain being other than part of a ring structure fused to said phenyl ring and having an ethylenic double bond whose proximal carbon atom is the first or second carbon atom in the chain from said phenyl ring;wherein, when the composition is applied to the foliage, said phenyl-substituted olefin compound is present in a substantially non-phytotoxic amount of at least about 0.25 g/ha but not in an amount sufficient to antagonize biological effectiveness of the herbicide.