Patent ID: 6207617
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
A concentrate composition for application to foliage of a plant to elicit a biological activity in said plant following dilution, dissolution or dispersion of said composition in water, said composition comprising(i) a plant treatment compound that is an acid having a solubility in deionized water at 25.degree. C. of less than about 50 g/l, said plant treatment compound being present, predominantly in the acid form thereof, in an amount of about 20% to about 90% by weight, expressed as acid equivalent, of said composition; and(ii) a surfactant of formulaR--O--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n --Hwherein R is a straight or branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbyl group having about 24 to about 60 carbon atoms and n is an integer having an average value of about 5 to about 100;the weight ratio of said surfactant to said plant treatment compound, expressed as acid equivalent, being about 1:2 to about 1:30.