PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR ADDITIVE

• US 20120108431A1
• Filed: 04/07/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Naamloze Vennootschap Taminco
• Original Assignee: Naamloze Vennootschap Taminco
• Inventors: Williams, Richard, Roose, Peter, De Saegher, Johan Josef
• Application Number:
  US13/263,646
• Publication Number:
  US 20120108431A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 504/196
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 2300/00 Combinations or mixtures of active ingredients covered by classes A01N27/00 - A01N65/48 with other active or formulation relevant ingredients, e.g. specific carrier materials or surfactants, covered by classes A01N25/00 - A01N65/48
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 33/12 Quaternary ammonium compounds
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 37/24 containing at least one oxygen or sulfur atom being directly attached to the same aromatic ring system
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 37/42 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
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 37/44 containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a nitrogen atom attached to the same carbon skeleton by a single or double bond, this nitrogen atom not being a member of a derivative or of a thio analogue of a carboxylic group, e.g. amino-carboxylic acids
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 43/653 1,2,4-Triazoles; Hydrogenated 1,2,4-triazoles

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and composition for improving the efficacy of a plant growth regulator by the use of, particularly but not exclusively, anthranilic acid in combination with an additional agrochemically acceptable additive.

Claims

1-26. -26. (canceled)

27. A composition comprising anthranilic acid or a derivative thereof and an agrochemically acceptable additive comprising at least one compound selected from:

a) glucose, hydrolysed starch, sucrose, fructose, glycerol, glyceraldehydes, erythrose, ribulose, xylulose or arabinose, monosaccharides including aldoses such as D-ribose, D-xylose, L-arabinose, D-glucose, D-mannose and D-galactose;

ketoses such as D-ribulose and D-fructose;

deoxyaldoses such as 2-Deoxy-D-ribose, L-fucose;

acetylated amino sugars such as N-acteyl-D-glucosamine and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine;

acidic monosaccharides such as D-glucuronic acid, L-iduronic acid and N-acetylneuraminic acid, sugar alcohols such as D-sorbitol and D-mannitol, disaccharides including maltose, lactose and sucrose, or an ester or glycoside or metabolic equivalent of such a carbohydrate;

b) an organic acid of the Krebs tricarboxylic acid cycle or a metabolic precursor thereof;

c) a vitamin or coenzyme, or a precursor thereof;

d) a purine or pyrimidine nucleoside, nucleotide or metabolic precursor thereof;

e) a naturally occurring fat or oil;

or

f) an amino acid,

for use to improve the efficacy of a plant growth regulator.

28. The composition of claim 27 wherein the agrochemically acceptable additive comprises at least one compound selected from c) a vitamin or coenzyme, or a precursor thereof;

d) a purine or pyrimidine nucleoside, nucleotide or metabolic precursor thereof;

or f) an amino acid.

29. The composition according to claim 27 wherein the anthranilic derivative is a conjugate, a salt, an ester, or an amide of the acid, optionally substituted with an alkyl or halogen group.

30. The composition according to claim 29 wherein the compound is conjugated to a sugar, an alcohol, an amino acid, a peptide or a protein.

31. The composition according to claim 27 further comprising acetaminophen or a derivative thereof;

preferably acetaminophen.

32. The composition of claim 27 further comprising a plant growth regulator.

38. The composition according to claim 27 wherein the auxin is a natural auxin selected from indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), 4-chloro-indole-3-acetic acid (4-Cl-IAA), phenylacetic acid (PAA), indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), indole-3-acetyl-1-O-β

-D-glucose (IAAglc);

or a synthetic auxin selected from 1-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 2-methoxy-3,6-dichlorobenzoic acid (dicamba), 4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropicolinic acid (tordon), 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), 2,3,6-trichlorobenzoic acid, 4-chloro-2 methyl phenoxy acetic acid (MCPA) or N,N-dimethylethylthiocarbamate.

39. The composition according to claim 38 wherein the conjugate of the natural auxin is IAA-Inositol, IAA-Inositol-arabinose, IAP1, an IAA-peptide, an IAA glycoprotein, an IAA-glucan, IAA-aspartate, IAA-glucose, IAA-1-O-glucose, IAA-myo-Inositol, IAA-4-O-glucose, IAA-6-O-glucose, IAA-Inositol-galactose, an IAA amide conjugate, or an IAA-amino acid conjugate.

41. A composition according to claim 32 wherein the plant growth regulator is abscisic acid or a derivative thereof, a cytokinin, ethylene or a gibberlin.

42. A composition according to claim 32 wherein the plant growth regulator is p-Chlorophenoxyacetic acid (4-CPA), 2-CPA, 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid Sodium salt, Indole-3-acetic acid Free acid (IAA), Indole-3-acetic acid Sodium salt, Indole-3-acetic acid methyl ester, Indole-3-acety-L-aspartic acid, Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), Indole-3-butyric acid Potassium salt (K-IBA), alpha-Naphthaleneacetic acid Free acid (NAA), beta-Naphthoxyacetic acid Free acid (NOA), Phenylacetic acid (PAA), Picloram, 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), 2,3,5-Triiodobenzoic acid Free acid (TIBA), Adenine Free base, Adenine hemisulfate salt, 6-Benzylaminopurine (BA), 6-Benzylaminopurine Hydrochloride, N-Benzyl-9-(2-tetrahydropyranyl) adenine (BPA), N-(2-Chloro-4-pyridyl)N′

-phenylurea (4-CPPU), 6-(gamma, gamma-Dimethylallylamino)purine (2iP), 1,3-Diphenylurea (DPU), Kinetin, Kinetin Hydrochloride, 1-Phenyl-3-(1,2,3-thiadiazol-5-yl) urea, trans-Zeatin Free base, Zeatin, trans-Zeatin Hydrochloride, trans-Zeatin riboside, (±

)-cis,trans-Abscisic acid (ABA), Ancymidol, Chlorocholine chloride (CCC), chlormequat chloride+choline chloride (5C chlormequat), 3,6-Dichloro-o-anisic acid (Dicamba), Gibberellic acid (GA₃), Gibberellic acid Potassium salt (K-GA₃), Gibberellin A₄ Free acid (GA₄), (±

)-jasmonic acid, Phloroglucinol, N-(Phosphonomethyl)glycine (Glyphosate), Succinic acid 2,2-dimethylhydrazide, trinexapacethyl or metconazole.

43. The composition according to claim 32 wherein the plant growth regulator is selected from antiauxins, such as:

clofibric acid and 2,3,5-tri-iodobenzoic acid;

auxins such as 4-CPA, 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4-DEP, dichlorprop, fenoprop, IAA, IBA, naphthaleneacetamide, α

-naphthaleneacetic acid, 1-naphthol, naphthoxyacetic acid, potassium naphthenate, sodium naphthenate, 2,4,5-T;

cytokinins such as 2iP, benzyladenine, kinetin, zeatin;

defoliants such as calcium cyanamide, dimethipin, endothal, ethephon, merphos, metoxuron, pentachlorophenol, thidiazuron, tribufos;

ethylene inhibitors such as aviglycine, 1-methylcyclopropene;

ethylene releasers such as ACC, etacelasil, ethephon, glyoxime;

gibberellins such as gibberellins, gibberellic acid;

growth inhibitors such as abscisic acid, ancymidol, butralin, carbaryl, chlorphonium, chlorpropham, dikegulac, flumetralin, fluoridamid, fosamine, glyphosine, isopyrimol, jasmonic acid, maleic hydrazide, mepiquat, mepiquat chloride, piproctanyl, prohydrojasmon, propham, 2,3,5-tri-iodobenzoic acid;

morphactins such as chlorfluren, chlorflurenol, dichlorflurenol, flurenol;

growth retardants such as chlormequat, daminozide, flurprimidol, mefluidide, paclobutrazol tetcyclacis, uniconazole;

growth stimulators such as brassinolide, forchlorfenuron, hymexazol; and

unclassified plant growth regulators such as benzofluor, buminafos, carvone, ciobutide, clofencet, cloxyfonac, cyanamide, cyclanilide, cycloheximide, cyprosulfamide, epocholeone, ethychlozate, ethylene, fenridazon, heptopargil, holosulf, inabenfide, karetazan, lead arsenate, methasulfocarb, prohexadione, pydanon, sintofen, triapenthenol, trinexapac.

44. A composition of claim 27 wherein the composition further comprises an adjuvant.

45. A method of improving the efficacy of a plant growth regulator comprising applying the composition of claim 27 to a plant growth regulator.

46. A method of regulating plant growth comprising applying the composition of claim 27 to a plant or its environs.