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US 8,183,176 · App. 13/110,183 · Granted May 22, 2012

Use of adjuvants to improve abscisic acid performance

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Patent No.
US 8,183,176
App. No.
13/110,183
Granted
May 22, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention relates to the use of selected adjuvants to improve the performance of S-(+)-abscisic acid (S-ABA, ABA) or ABA salts on plants.

Claims (9)

1. An agricultural composition for enhancing and extending transpiration inhibition of abscisic acid (ABA) or salts thereof comprising from about 125 ppm to about 1000 ppm of ABA or salts thereof and from about 0.01% w/w to about 0.5% w/w of at least one surfactant selected from Brij 58, Brij 76, Brij 78, Brij 98, Agral 90, Latron B-1956 (a phthalic/glycol alkyl resin), and Monawet MO-84R2W.

2. The composition of claim 1 that further comprises a fertilizer.

3. The composition of claim 1 wherein the surfactant is selected from Brij 58, Brij 76, Brij 78, and Brij 98.

4. The composition of claim 3 wherein the surfactant is Brij 98.

5. The composition of claim 1 wherein the surfactant is Agral 90.

6. The composition of claim 1 wherein the surfactant is Latron B-1956.

7. The composition of claim 1 wherein the surfactant is Monawet MO-84R2W.

8. The composition of claim 2 wherein the fertilizer is a nitrogen-containing fertilizer selected from the group consisting of urea, ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate.

9. The composition in claim 8 wherein the fertilizer is urea.

Assignments (1)
MERGER Recorded May 11, 2017
From: VALENT BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
To: VALENT BIOSCIENCES LLC
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