Liquid pesticide composition

• US 6,664,213 B1
• Filed: 02/20/2002
• Issued: 12/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries Limited (Shin-Etsu Chemical Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries Limited (Shin-Etsu Chemical Company Limited)
• Inventors: Hattori, Shigeo, Furusawa, Hiroyuki, Kobayashi, Hiromu, Kobayashi, Mamoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Clardy, S. Mark
• Application Number:
  US10/048,567
• Time in Patent Office: 664 Days
• Field of Search: 504/362, 504/215, 504/235, 514/772, 514/975
• US Class Current: 504/215
• 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 25/30 characterised by the surfactants
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 43/60 1,4-Diazines; Hydrogenated 1,4-diazines
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 47/36 containing the group >N—CO—N< directly attached to at least one heterocyclic ring; Thio analogues thereof

Abstract

A novel liquid pesticide composition comprising a pesticidally active ingredient and a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether which has the following features (a) and (b): (a) an HLB value of 6 to 13.5; and (b) a content of 10 to 50 wt % based on the liquid pesticide composition.

Claims

1. A liquid pesticide composition comprising a pesticidally active ingredient and a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether which has the following features (a) and (b):

(a) an HLB value of 6 to 13.5 and (b) a content of 10 to 50 wt % based on the liquid pesticide composition.

2. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 1, which is an aqueous suspension formulation.

3. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 1, which is an emulsifiable concentrate.

4. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 1, wherein the content of the polyoxyethylene alkyl ether is 15 to 30 wt % based on the liquid pesticide composition.

5. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 1, wherein the pesticidally active ingredient is a herbicide.

6. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 5, wherein the herbicide has foliar treating activity.

7. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 6, wherein the herbicide having foliar treating activity is a phenoxypropionic acid herbicide.

8. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 7, wherein the phenoxypropionic acid herbicide is Quizalofop-ethyl.

9. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 6, wherein the herbicide having foliar treating activity is a sulfonylurea herbicide.

10. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 9, wherein the sulfonylurea herbicide is Halosulfuron-methyl.

11. A liquid pesticide composition comprising a pesticidally active ingredient and a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether which has the following features (a) and (b):

(a) an HLB value of 8 to 13.5 and (b) a content of 10 to 50 wt % based on the liquid pesticide composition.

12. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 11, wherein the pesticidally active ingredient is a herbicide.

13. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 11, which is an aqueous suspension formulation.

14. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 11, which is an emulsifiable concentrate.

15. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 11, wherein the content of the polyoxyethylene alkyl ether is 15 to 30 wt % based on the liquid pesticide composition.

16. A liquid pesticide composition comprising a pesticidally active ingredient and a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether which has the following features (a) and (b):

(a) an HLB value of 11 to 13.5 and (b) a content of 10 to 50 wt % based on the liquid pesticide composition.

17. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 16, wherein the pesticidally active ingredient is a herbicide.

18. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 16, which is an aqueous suspension formulation.

19. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 16, which is an emulsifiable concentrate.

20. The liquid pesticide composition according to claim 16, wherein the content of the polyoxyethylene alkyl ether is 15 to 30 wt % based on the liquid pesticide composition.