Patent NZ-584202-A (NZ)
Title: Agricultural compositions as foliar fertilizers and methods for making and using the same
Inventor: YAMASHITA THOMAS T
IPC: C05F11/08
Filed: 2008-09-25
Abstract: Disclosed is a aqueous fertilizer composition comprising: (I) a carbon skeleton energy component capable of providing carbon and energy for promoting microbial proliferation, said carbon skeleton energy component comprises any one or more of molasses, whey, corn steep liquor, grape syrup, maple syrup, corn syrup, one or more sugar(s), one or more sugar phosphate(s), one or sugar alcohol(s), one or more organic acid(s), one or more nucleotide(s) and/or one of more nucleotide base(s), one or more amino acid(s), and any combination thereof; (II) a macronutrient component capable of providing nutrients to a plant, said macronutrient component comprises one or more of (a) at least one nitrogen containing compound selected from the group consisting of ammonium nitrate, monoammonium phosphate, ammonium phosphate sulfate, ammonium sulfates, ammonium phosphatenitrate, diammonium phosphate, ammoniated single superphosphate, ammoniated triple superphosphate, nitric phosphates, ammonium chloride, aqua ammonia, ammonia-ammonium nitrate solutions, calcium ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, calcium cyanamide, sodium nitrate, urea, urea-formaldehyde, urea-ammonium nitrate solution, nitrate of soda potash, potassium nitrate, amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids and any combination thereof; (b) at least one phosphate containing compound selected fromthe group consisting of a single superphosphate, a double superphosphate, a triple superphosphate, phosphoric acid, ammonium phosphate, ammonium phosphate sulfate, ammonium phosphate nitrate, diammonium phosphate, ammoniated single superphosphate, ammoniated double superphosphate, ammoniated triple superphosphate, nitric phosphates, potassium pyrophosphates, sodium pyrophosphate, nucleic acid phosphates and any combination thereof; (c) at least one potassium containing compound selected from the group consisting of potassium chloride, potassium sulfate, potassium gluconate, sulfate of potash magnesia, potassium carbonate, potassium acetate, potassium citrate, potassium hydroxide, potassium manganate, potassium phosphate, potassium molybdate, potassium thiosulfate, potassium zinc sulfate and any combination thereof; (d) at least one calcium containing compound selected from the group consisting of calcium ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, calcium cyanamide, calcium acetate, calcium acetylsalicylate, calcium borate, calcium gluconate, calcium borogluconate, calcium carbonate, calcium chloride, calcium citrate, calcium ferrous citrate, calcium glycerophosphate, calcium lactate, calcium oxide, calcium pantothenate, calcium proprionate, calcium saccharate, calcium sulfate, calcium tartrate and any combination thereof; (e) at least one magnesium containing compound selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide, dolomite, magnesium acetate, magnesium bensoate, magnesium bisulfate, magnesium borate, magnesium chloride, magnesium citrate, magnesium nitrate, magnesium phosphate, magnesium salicylate, magnesium sulfate and any combination thereof, and/or (f) at least one sulfate containing compound selected from the group consisting of ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate sulfate, calcium sulfate, potassium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, sulfuric acid, cobalt sulfate, copper sulfate, ferric sulfate, ferrous sulfate, sulfur, cysteine, methionine and any combination thereof; (iii) a vitamin or cofactor component comprising one or more of a thiamine compound, a riboflavin compound, nicotinic acid, a pyridoxine compound, folic acid, a biotin compound, pantothenic acid, coenzyme A, a cyanocobalamin compound, an inositol compound, a para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), and any combination thereof; (iv) at least one complexing agent selected from the group consisting of citric acid, citric acid cycle intermediates, one or more lignosulfonate(s), one or more amino acid(s), one or more nucleic acid(s), ethylenediamin tetraacetate acid (EDTA), diethylene triamine pentacetic acid (DTPA), nitrolotriacetic acid (NTA), ethylenediaminediacetate (EDDA), ethylenediaminedi(o-hydroxyphenylacetic) acid (EDDHA), hydroxyethylethylene-diaminetriacetic acid (HEDTA), cyclohexane diamine tetraacetic acid (CDTA), propionic acid, and any combination thereof; (v) an exotic micronutrient component comprising a source of ionic species of at least any 10 different elements selected from the group consisting of Aluminum (Al), Antimony (Sb), Barium (Ba), Beryllium (Be), Bismuth (Si), Boron (B), Bromine (Br), Cadmium (Cd), Cerium (Ce), Cesium (Cs), Chromium (Cr), Cobalt (Co), Dysprosium (Dy), Erbium (Er), Europium (Eu), Fluorine (F), Gadolinium (Gd), Gallium (Ga), Germanium (Ge), Gold (Au), Hafnium(Hf), Holmium (Ho), Indium (In), Lanthanum (La), Lutetium (Lu), Lithium (Li), Mercury (Hg), Molybdenum (Mo), Neodymium(Nd), Nickel (Ni), Niobium (Nb), Platinum (Pt), Praseodymium (Pr), Rhodium (Rh), Ruthenium (Ru), Samarium (Sm), Scandium (Sc), Selenium (Se), Silicon (Si), Silver (Ag), Strontium (Sr), Sulfur (S), Tellurium (Te), Terbium (Tb), Thallium (TI), Thorium (Th), Thulium (Tm), Tin (Sn), Titanium (Ti), Tungsten (W), Vanadium (V), Ytterbium (Yb), Yttrium (Y), and Zirconium (Zr); and (iv) an ionophore component comprising an antibiotic and/or an amino butyric acid.