Use of cholinium lysinate as an herbicide
The present invention provides for an herbicidal composition comprising a cholinium lysinate [Ch][Lys], and a method for controlling the growth of one or more plants, comprising applying the herbicidal composition thereof.
1. A method for controlling the growth of one or more plants, comprising applying an herbicidal composition comprising a cholinium lysinate [Ch][Lys] to a plant or soil in a place where the plant grows or will grow.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plant is a monocot or dicot.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plant is a weed, such as Johnson grass, quack grass, barnyard grass), and/or woolly cupgrass; or a non-native invasive plant, such as the brown algae Sargassum.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plant is an Arabidopsis species or Sorghum species.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the weed is resistant to a glyphosate or a salt thereof.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the soil is a cropland, or a uncultivated land deliberately not developed in order to promote the growth of native flora and/or fauna.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying step comprises applying at least about 100 g of cholinium lysinate [Ch][Lys] to each hectare of cropland.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the applying step comprises applying at least about 500 g of cholinium lysinate [Ch][Lys] to each hectare of cropland.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the applying step comprises applying at least about 1 kg of cholinium lysinate [Ch][Lys] to each hectare of cropland.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the applying step comprises applying at least about 5 kg of cholinium lysinate [Ch][Lys] to each hectare of cropland.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the applying step comprises applying at least about 10 kg of cholinium lysinate [Ch][Lys] to each hectare of cropland.
12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises planting a commercial crop after the applying step.