IP Library Granted Patent US 12,317,899
Granted Patent B2
US 12,317,899 · App. 17/767,804 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Agrochemical composition

Inventors: Lidiane De Oliveira (Valinhos, BR); Rogerio Barbosa (São Paulo, BR)
Assignee: QUÍMIçOS E SOLUCOES SUSTENTÁVEIS DO BRASIL S.A.
A01N59/16C05D9/02
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Patent No.
US 12,317,899
App. No.
17/767,804
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention concerns an agrochemical composition comprising: —particles of at least one silicate selected from the group consisting of tourmalines; —at least a guar. The invention also concerns a method for treating a plant wherein a composition as described above is applied onto at least one part of said plant.

Claims (24)

1. An agrochemical composition comprising:

particles of at least one silicate selected from the group consisting of tourmalines, and

at least one guar, wherein the at least one guar comprises a cationic guar.

2. The agrochemical composition according to claim 1 , wherein size of the particles of silicate ranges from 0.1 to 30 μm.

3. The agrochemical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the particles of at least one silicate represent from 2 to 78% by weight, with regard to the total weight of the composition.

4. The agrochemical composition according to claim 1 , wherein said cationic guar has a cationic degree of substitution ranging from about 0.001 to about 3.

5. The agrochemical composition according to claim 1 , wherein said cationic guar has an average molecular weight of about 2,000 to about 3,000,000 g/mol.

6. The agrochemical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic guar is selected from the group consisting of a chemically modified guar obtained from guar and a cationic etherifying agent, and wherein the cationic etherifying agent is a quaternary ammonium salt selected from the group consisting of: 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, 2,3-epoxypropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride, and trimethylammoniumpropyl methacrylamide.

7. The agrochemical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the cationic guar is selected from the group consisting of: cationic hydroxyethyl guar, cationic hydroxypropyl guar, cationic hydroxybutyl guar, cationic carboxymethyl guar, cationic carboxylpropyl guar, cationic carboxybutyl guar, carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar, and guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride.

8. The agrochemical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the guar has a degree of hydroxyalkylation comprised between 0.1 and 1.7.

9. The agrochemical composition according to claim 1 , wherein said guar is guar gum having an average molecular weight of between 2,000 Daltons and 90,000 Daltons.

10. The agrochemical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the weight ratio between the total amount of particles of silicate on one hand and the total amount of guar on the other hand range from 1:5 to 5:1.

11. The agrochemical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the agrochemical composition is in liquid form.

12. The agrochemical composition of claim 1 , further comprising one or more fungicide(s).

13. The agrochemical composition of claim 1 , further comprising a carrier selected from water or water mixed with one or more organic fluid(s).

14. The agrochemical composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises at least 20% by weight of water, relative to the total weight of the composition.

15. A process for the preparation of the agrochemical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one guar, and the particles of at least one silicate are mixed together.

16. A kit for treating a plant, said kit comprising a first composition comprising particles of at least one silicate selected from the group consisting of tourmalines, and a second composition comprising at least one guar comprising a cationic guar.

17. A method for treating a plant wherein a composition as defined in claim 1 is applied onto at least one part of said plant.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the composition further contains at least one biocide selected from herbicides, insecticides and fungicides.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the plant is selected from the group consisting of soy, cane, cotton, wheat, beans, and rice.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the kit is applied directly onto the plant, or is diluted just before application with a liquid diluent comprising water or a mixture of water and organic solvent, or is mixed just before application with another agrochemical composition.

21. The method of claim 17 , wherein the composition is applied onto the foliar system of the plant.

22. The method of claim 17 , wherein said composition is applied onto seeds of the plant.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2024
From: RHODIA BRASIL S.A.
To: QUÍMIÇÕS E SOLUCOES SUSTENTÁVEIS DO BRASIL S.A.
Reel/Frame 066547/0178 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2022
From: DE OLIVEIRA, LIDIANE; BARBOSA, ROGERIO
To: RHODIA BRASIL S.A.
Reel/Frame 060984/0641 →
Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/IB2019/058585 · Oct 9, 2019 · international
Continuity (1)
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