Herbicide granules with built-in adjuvant

1. A herbicide granule composition comprising:

a) from about 5 grams active ingredient per kilogram (gai/kg) to about 50 gai/kg, with respect to the composition, of an aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicide;

b) from about 20 g/kg to about 200 g/kg, with respect to the composition, of a non-petroleum derived built-in adjuvant;

c) from about 700 g/kg to about 950 g/kg, with respect to the composition, a water soluble solid carrier; and

d) from about 1 g/kg to about 50 g/kg, with respect to the composition, a surfactant;

wherein the weight ratio of the herbicide to the non-petroleum derived built-in adjuvant is from about 1:3 to about 1:40.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicide is cyhalofop-butyl, fenoxaprop-ethyl, fluazifop-P-butyl, haloxyfop-methyl, haloxyfop-R-methyl, metamifop, propaquizafop, quizalofop-P-ethyl, or quizalofop-P-tefuryl.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicide is cyhalofop-butyl.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises from about 10 gai/kg to about 30 gai/kg of the aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the non-petroleum derived built-in adjuvant is a water-immiscible organic liquid or solid.

6. The composition of claim 5 , wherein the water-immiscible organic liquid or solid is at least one of a plant, algae or animal derived oil or a C 1 -C 10 ester of a plant, algae or animal derived oil.

7. The composition of claim 6 in which the C 1 -C 10 ester of a plant, algae or animal derived oil is methyl soyate.

8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises from about 50 g/kg to about 150 g/kg of the non-petroleum derived built-in adjuvant.

9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the weight ratio of the herbicide to the non-petroleum derived built-in adjuvant is from about 1:4 to about 1:40.

10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the water soluble solid carrier is at least one of an inorganic compound, a lignosulfonate, a carbohydrate, a fertilizer, a water soluble modified cellulose, a natural gum and a synthetic polymer.

11. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the water soluble solid carrier is potassium chloride, potassium sulfate, ammonium sulfate, sodium sulfate, calcium carbonate, urea, calcium lignosulfonate or sodium lignosulfonate.

12. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises about 860 g/kg of the water soluble solid carrier.

13. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the surfactant is an alkyl sulfate salt, alkylarylsulfonate salt, alkylphenol-alkylene oxide addition product, soap, alkylnapthalene-sulfonate salt, salt of a dialkyl ester of a sulfosuccinate, sorbitol ester, quaternary amine, polyethylene glycol ester of a fatty acid, block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, salt of a mono or dialkyl phosphate ester, or mixture thereof.

14. The composition of claim 1 , wherein:

(a) the aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicide is cyhalofop-butyl, fenoxaprop-ethyl, fluazifop-P-butyl, haloxyfop-methyl, haloxyfop-R-methyl, metamifop, propaquizafop, quizalofop-P-ethyl, or quizalofop-P-tefuryl;

(b) the non-petroleum derived built-in adjuvant is a water-immiscible organic liquid or solid;

(c) the water soluble solid carrier is at least one of an inorganic compound, a lignosulfonate, a carbohydrate, a fertilizer, a water soluble modified cellulose, a natural gum and a synthetic polymer; and

(d) the surfactant is an alkyl sulfate salt, alkylarylsulfonate salt, alkylphenol-alkylene oxide addition product, soap, alkylnapthalene-sulfonate salt, salt of a dialkyl ester of a sulfosuccinate, sorbitol ester, quaternary amine, polyethylene glycol ester of a fatty acid, block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, salt of a mono or dialkyl phosphate ester, or mixture thereof.

15. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicide is cyhalofop-butyl; the non-petroleum derived built-in adjuvant is methyl soyate, the water soluble solid carrier is potassium chloride, and the surfactant is sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate.

16. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises one or more additional pesticides.

17. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises one or more herbicide safeners.

18. A method of controlling undesirable vegetation in an aquatic environment which comprises broadcasting or adding the herbicide granule composition of claim 1 into the aquatic environment before emergence or after emergence of the undesirable vegetation.

19. The method of claim 18 in which the aquatic environment is a flooded rice paddy or field.