Composition and method for increasing the effectiveness of pesticides

• US 5,489,569 A
• Filed: 02/01/1995
• Issued: 02/06/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Buckman Laboratories International, Inc (Bulab Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Buckman Laboratories International, Inc (Bulab Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Ellis, M. Sheldon, Lee, James C., Bryant, Stephen D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Robinson, Allen J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cebulak, Mary C.
• Application Number:
  US08/383,677
• Time in Patent Office: 370 Days
• Field of Search: 504/166, 504/339, 554/35
• US Class Current: 504/166
• 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 35/10 containing a carbon-to-nitrogen double bond
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 37/18 containing the group —CO—N<, e.g. carboxylic acid amides or imides; Thio analogues thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 37/40 having at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and one oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same aromatic ring system
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 39/02 Aryloxy-carboxylic acids; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 43/40 six-membered rings
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 43/50 1,3-Diazoles; Hydrogenated 1,3-diazoles
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 43/58 1,2-Diazines; Hydrogenated 1,2-diazines
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 43/70 Diamino—1,3,5—triazines with only one oxygen, sulfur or halogen atom or only one cyano, thiocyano (—SCN), cyanato (—OCN) or azido (—N3) group directly attached to a ring carbon atom
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 43/707 1,2,3- or 1,2,4-triazines; Hydrogenated 1,2,3- or 1,2,4-triazines
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 43/90 having two or more relevant hetero rings, condensed among themselves or with a common carbocyclic ring system
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 47/36 containing the group >N—CO—N< directly attached to at least one heterocyclic ring; Thio analogues thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 57/12 containing acyclic or cycloaliphatic radicals
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 57/20 containing acyclic or cycloaliphatic radicals
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 61/00 Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing substances of unknown or undetermined composition, e.g. substances characterised only by the mode of action
• CPC Class Codes: 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 containing compounds of determined constitution A01N27/00 - A01N59/00
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 65/06 Coniferophyta [gymnosperms], e.g. cypress
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 65/20 Fabaceae or Leguminosae [Pea or Legume family], e.g. pea, lentil, soybean, clover, acacia, honey locust, derris or millettia
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 65/40 Liliopsida [monocotyledons]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 50/30 Against vector-borne diseases, e.g. mosquito-borne, fly-borne, tick-borne or waterborne diseases whose impact is exacerbated by climate change

Abstract

Pesticidal and fertilizer compositions containing at least one compound of formula I

R.sub.3 C(O)--N(R.sub.1)(R.sub.2)                          (I)

wherein R₁ is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C₁ -C₆ alkyl group; R₂ is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C₁ -C₆ alkyl group; and R₃ C(O)-- is a substituted or unsubstituted fatty acid residue of 8 to 22 carbon atoms are provided. A method of increasing the effectiveness of a pesticide which comprises applying a pesticide and an amount of a compound of formula I effective to increase the pesticidal activity of the pesticide is also provided. A method for increasing the effectiveness of a fertilizer which comprises applying to a plant in need thereof a fertilizer and an amount of a compound of formula I effective to increase the fertilizing activity of the fertilizer is also described.

Claims

1. A composition comprising at least one desiccant or a salt thereof and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of dimethylamide of tall oil, dimethylamide of soybean oil, and dimethylamide of palm oil, wherein the compound is present in an amount effective to increase the activity of the desiccant wherein said desiccant is endothall or a derivative thereof.

2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the at least one compound is dimethylamide of tall oil.

3. The composition of claim 1, wherein the desiccant is endothall.

4. The composition of claim 1, wherein the compound is dimethylamide of tall oil.

5. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition further comprises water.

6. A method of increasing the effectiveness of a desiccant or a salt thereof which comprises applying to an object or target a desiccant or a salt thereof and a compound selected rom the group consisting of dimethylamide of tall oil, dimethylamide of soybean oil, and dimethylamide of palm oil, wherein the compound is present in an amount effective to increase the activity of the desiccant wherein said desiccant is endothall or a derivative thereof.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the desiccant and the compound are applied simultaneously.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the desiccant and the compound are applied together as an aqueous solution.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the compound is dimethylamide of tall oil.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the desiccant is endothall.