The current invention concerns a method for sprout removal treatment of tubers, especially potatoes, preferably by fogging a highly concentrated limonene composition. The invention also concerns limonene treated tubers obtainable by said method. The invention further provides limonene compositions suitable for sprout removal by fogging. The invention is advantageous as it provides a renewable and natural sprout removal agent. It allows the removal of sprouts from tubers destined for the fresh produce market, where practically no pesticide residues are allowed.
Described herein is a method for the anti-sprouting treatment of tubers, especially potatoes, by applying a composition including limonene and a composition including CIPC, preferably via fogging. Also described is the use of limonene as a replacement for CIPC in the anti-sprouting treatment of tubers. The disclosure provides limonene compositions suitable for application by fogging. Furthermore, the disclosure concerns tubers obtainable by any of these methods.
The current invention concerns a method for the anti-sprouting treatment of tubers, especially potatoes, by applying a composition comprising limonene and a composition comprising CIPC, preferably via fogging. The invention also concerns the use of limonene as replacement of CIPC in the anti-sprouting treatment of tubers. The invention provides limonene compositions suitable for application by fogging. Furthermore, the invention concerns tubers obtainable by any of these methods.
The current invention concerns a composition, in the form of an emulsifiable concentrate, comprising more than 50% limonene as active ingredient and a surfactant system with an anionic wetting agent and a non-ionic polymeric surfactant and with less than 10 wt % solvent. The composition with high load of nature derived active ingredient remains stable, preferably even when subjected to cold storage. The invention also provides in the use of a limonene comprising composition as acaricide or insecticide, and in a method of treating plants and crops with a limonene comprising composition.
A01N 25/02 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests containing liquids as carriers, diluents or solvents
A01N 27/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing hydrocarbons
A01N 25/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests
The current invention concerns a method for sprout removal treatment of tubers, especially potatoes, preferably by fogging a highly concentrated limonene composition. The invention also concerns limonene treated tubers obtainable by said method. The invention further provides limonene compositions suitable for sprout removal by fogging. The invention is advantageous as it provides a renewable and natural sprout removal agent. It allows the removal of sprouts from tubers destined for the fresh produce market, where practically no pesticide residues are allowed.
The invention provides a pre-emergence herbicidal composition for controlling broadleaf weeds and/or annual grasses in agricultural crops comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) diuron and (b) oxyfluorfcn and an agriculturally acceptable adjuvant and/or carrier. Also provided is a method of controlling weeds and/or grasses in agricultural crops which comprises contacting the vegetation or the locus thereof with or applying to the soil to prevent the emergence of weeds or grasses a herbicidally effective amount of a herbicidai composition according to an embodiment of the invention. The invention also provides in a use of a combination of diuron and oxyfluorfen as herbicidal active ingredients for the pre-emergence control of selected weeds and grasses in agricultural crops. Particularly preferred are a method and uses wherein the applicative dose of diuron is within the range of 400-950 g per hectare and the applicative dose of oxyfluorfen is within the range of 40-95 g per hectare.
A01N 47/30 - Derivatives containing the group N—CO—N—aryl or N—CS—N—aryl
A01N 33/22 - Nitro compounds containing oxygen or sulfur attached to the carbon skeleton containing the nitro group having at least one oxygen or sulfur atom and at least one nitro group directly attached to the same aromatic ring system
Method and kit of parts for authorising the transfer of a pesticide (propamocarb) into the correct container. A software releases the appropriate key to unlock the respective dispensing valve. The invention also concerns a liquid agrochemical formulation obtained by the method. In addition, the invention provides a flexible bag disposable within a container for transport and storage of liquid and configured for storage and transportation of a liquid agrochemical formulation; comprising 722 g/l propamocarb. HCI or 600 g/l propamocarb. Furthermore, the invention provides a use of a flexible bag provided inside of a transportation means for storing and transporting a liquid propamocarb formulation.
A01N 47/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom not being member of a ring and having no bond to a carbon or hydrogen atom, e.g. derivatives of carbonic acid
B65D 77/06 - Liquids or semiliquids enclosed in flexible containers disposed within rigid containers
B65G 65/30 - Methods or devices for filling or emptying bunkers, hoppers, tanks, or like containers, of interest apart from their use in particular chemical or physical processes or their application in particular machines, e.g. not covered by a single other subclass
B67D 7/02 - Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes for transferring liquids other than fuel or lubricants
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Method for producing emulsifiable pesticide solutions
The current invention provides a kit of parts for producing an emulsifiable pesticide solution comprising: (a) a water miscible organic solvent selected from the list of a glycol ether, a glycerol formal, dimethylsulfoxide, gamma-butyrolactone or mixtures thereof, (b) an alkoxylated alcohol with an average of 6 to 80 moles of ethylene oxide and 2 to 60 moles of propylene oxide per mole of alcohol; and (c) a pesticidal active ingredient. The invention further provides a composition for producing an emulsifiable pesticide solution, a method for producing such a composition and a method for treating an agricultural crop. In addition the invention provides some advantageous pesticidal compositions.
A01N 53/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing cyclopropane carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof
A01N 43/30 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atom with two or more hetero atoms five-membered rings with two hetero atoms in positions 1,3 with two oxygen atoms in positions 1,3, condensed with a carbocyclic ring
A01N 25/02 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests containing liquids as carriers, diluents or solvents
A01N 25/30 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests characterised by the surfactants
A01N 37/42 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing within the same carbon skeleton a carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a carbon atom having only two bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. keto-carboxylic acids
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METHOD FOR ANTI-SPROUTING TUBER TREATMENT WITH REDUCED AMOUNT OF CIPC
The current invention concerns a method for the anti-sprouting treatment of tubers, especially potatoes, by applying a composition comprising limonene and a composition comprising CIPC, preferably via fogging. The invention also concerns the use of limonene as replacement of CIPC in the anti-sprouting treatment of tubers. The invention provides limonene compositions suitable for application by fogging. Furthermore, the invention concerns tubers obtainable by any of these methods.
A01N 27/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing hydrocarbons
A01N 65/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing material from algae, lichens, bryophyta, multi-cellular fungi or plants, or extracts thereof
The current invention concerns a method for sprout removal treatment of tubers, especially potatoes, preferably by fogging a highly concentrated limonene composition. The invention also concerns limonene treated tubers obtainable by said method. The invention further provides limonene compositions suitable for sprout removal by fogging. The invention is advantageous as it provides a renewable and natural sprout removal agent. It allows the removal of sprouts from tubers destined for the fresh produce market, where practically no pesticide residues are allowed.
A01N 27/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing hydrocarbons
A01N 65/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing material from algae, lichens, bryophyta, multi-cellular fungi or plants, or extracts thereof
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METHOD FOR ANTI-SPROUTING TUBER TREATMENT WITH REDUCED AMOUNT OF CIPC
The current invention concerns a method for the anti-sprouting treatment of tubers, especially potatoes, by applying a composition comprising limonene and a composition comprising CIPC, preferably via fogging. The invention also concerns the use of limonene as replacement of CIPC in the anti-sprouting treatment of tubers. The invention provides limonene compositions suitable for application by fogging. Furthermore, the invention concerns tubers obtainable by any of these methods.
The current invention concerns a method for sprout removal treatment of tubers, especially potatoes, preferably by fogging a highly concentrated limonene composition. The invention also concerns limonene treated tubers obtainable by said method. The invention further provides limonene compositions suitable for sprout removal by fogging. The invention is advantageous as it provides a renewable and natural sprout removal agent. It allows the removal of sprouts from tubers destined for the fresh produce market, where practically no pesticide residues are allowed.
The current invention concerns a composition, in the form of an emulsifiable concentrate, comprising more than 50 % limonene as active ingredient and a surfactant system with an anionic wetting agent and a non-ionic polymeric surfactant and with less than 10wt% solvent. The composition with high load of nature derived active ingredient remains stable, preferably even when subjected to cold storage. The invention also provides in the use of a limonene comprising composition as acaricide or insecticide, and in a method of treating plants and crops with a limonene comprising composition.
The current invention provides a kit of parts for producing an emulsifiable pesticide solution comprising: (a) a water miscible organic solvent selected from the list of a glycol ether, a glycerol formal, dimethylsulfoxide, gamma-butyrolactone or mixtures thereof, (b) an alkoxylated alcohol with an average of 6 to 80 moles of ethylene oxide and 2 to 60 moles of propylene oxide per mole of alcohol; and (c) a pesticidal active ingredient. The invention further provides a composition for producing an emulsifiable pesticide solution, a method for producing such a composition and a method for treating an agricultural crop. In addition the invention provides some advantageous pesticidal compositions.
A01N 53/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing cyclopropane carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof
A01N 25/02 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests containing liquids as carriers, diluents or solvents
A01N 25/30 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests characterised by the surfactants
A01N 37/42 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing within the same carbon skeleton a carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a carbon atom having only two bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. keto-carboxylic acids
