Monsanto Company

Monsanto Technology LLC

Eli Lilly and Company

Microlin, L.c.

James W Kassebaum

Joseph J Sandbrink

Miguel M Dayawon

Howard C Berk

Ashok V Joshi

Joseph Jay Hartvigsen

Truman Wold

John Joseph McEvoy

Joseph Raymond Winkle

Daniel Earl Snyder

James M Warner

William Webster Thompson

Shuaib A Khan

Paul Thomas Pugh

This invention provides topical ectoparasiticidal fomulations comprising an ectoparasiticide, preferably a pyrethroid or a spinosyn, a spreading agent at is a (C-C) branched alkyl (C-C) alkanoate, preferably isopropyl myristate, and optionally a miscibilizing agent compatible with organic solvent systems, and methods of controlling an ectoparasite infestation on certain animals comprising topically applying such formulations to the animal.

Topical organic ectoparasiticidal formulations

The present invention is directed to a device for releasing a fluid. The device includes a housing having an interior region, a fluid contained within the interior region, and the ability to controllably release the fluid from the housing.

Controlled release of substances

A herbicide composition is provided comprising a glyphosate herbicide, an activity enhancing alkyl polyglycoside surfactant, and a foam moderating acetylenic diol.

Herbicidal compositions and methods for preparing and using the same

There is provided a new method of use of secondary or tertiary alcohol surfactants to enhance the efficacy and/or rainfastness of foliar-applied pesticidal and plant growth modifying agents. More specifically, there are provided new and useful compositions of such agents, in particular the herbicide N-phosphonomethylglycine or its salts or mixtures thereof, containing such efficacy-enhancing or rainfastness-enhancing surfactants.

Surfactants providing enhanced efficacy and/or rainfastness to

New and useful herbicidal compositions comprising glyphosate and/or agriculturally acceptable salts and an acetylenic diol surfactant structurally characterized by a symmetrically substituted triple bond and adjacent hydroxyl groups or adjacent polymeric oxyalkylated units, and optionally a second surfactant, are provided.

Glyphosate herbicidal compositions having enhanced rainfastness

Glyphosate-containing herbicidal compositions having enhanced

A herbicidal composition is provided which comprises: an aqueous solution of a herbicidally acceptable salt of N-phosphonomethylglycine; a quaternary ammonium compound represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein each A represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently an alkyl or alkanol group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R.sup.3 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms or a group having the formula (AO).sub.m --H; n (in a compound in which R.sup.3 is an alkyl group) or n+m (in a compound in which R.sup.3 is a group having the formula (AO).sub.m --H), has a value of from 2 to 15; and X.sup.- is a halide or phosphate; and a glycol selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol, and polypropylene glycol having an average molecular weight up to about 1000; wherein the weight ratio of N-phosphonomethylglycine to the quaternary ammonium compound is between about 1:5 to about 5:1; and the weight ratio of glycol to the quaternary ammonium compound is between about 1:40 and about 1:2 at a pH between pH 4 and pH 7 to provide a clear solution.

Herbicidal compositions

Disclosed are storage-stable aqueous concentrate formulations of pesticides or plant growth modifying agents containing sufficient amounts of an alkoxylated alkylamine surfactant to insure a high degree of pesticidal or plant growth modifying efficacy, wherein irritancy to eyes resulting from the presence of said surfactant is reduced by the presence of an effective amount of a C.sub.6-22 saturated or unsaturated alkyl monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acid or mixture of such acids.

Aqueous concentrate formulations having reduced eye irritancy

A herbicidal composition is provided which is substantially non-irritant to the eyes and which comprises a stable aqueous concentrate solution of one or more agriculturally acceptable salts-of N-phosphonomethylglycine and a surfactant represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group having from about 6 to about 14 carbon atoms, R.sup.1 is ethyl, propyl, or a mixture of ethyl and propyl, the sum of n and m is between about 5 and about 50, R.sup.2 is an alkyl group with 1-4 carbon atoms, X is an agriculturally acceptable anion, and the weight ratio of surfactant to N-phosphonomethylglycine (expressed as the acid equivalent) is between about 1:5 and about 5:1.

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Manchester, MO, United States of America

James W Kassebaum