Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.

Shigeki Fujita

Susumu Kato

Kanji Nakamura

Tohru Takayanagi

Yoshinori Hirabayashi

Kazunori Kurita

Tetsuo Okawa

Yoshihiro Maeda

A process for efficiently producing a water-dispersible particulate agricultural-chemical composition having improved disintegrability/dispersibility in water, the composition having a particular size in the range of 50-1,000 &#x3bc;m. The process is characterized by comprising the following steps (a) to (e): (a) a step of kneading an agricultural-chemical active ingredient, a surfactant, and water; (b) a step of extruding the resultant mixture through a screen having pores 600-2,000 &#x3bc;m in diameter to form granules; (c) a step of drying the granules; (d) a step of rotating two toothed rolls with irregularities on the surface arranged in parallel to each other, and leading the dried granules to pass between the toothed rolls thereby pulverizing the granules; and (e) a step of sieving the pulverized granules.

Process for producing water-dispersible particulate agricultural-chemical composition

An object of the present invention is to provide a uniformly spreadable granular agricultural chemical formulation and to establish a method of scattering (applying) the formulation under the assumption that the spreadability of the agrochemically active ingredient is satisfactory so that the expected treatment effect of the agricultural chemicals can be obtained by local application even when algae are drifted by the wind and cover the surface of the water of the paddy field. A uniformly spreadable granular agricultural chemicals formulation which contains an agrochemically active ingredient, has a particle-size distribution such that 80% or more of the granules have a particle diameter of 3 mm or more, and has floatability on the water surface, and breaks down on the water surface within 30 minutes is obtained, and a method of scattering (applying) the above formulation on 5% to 50% of the total area of the paddy field applied from a levee at a distance of 1 m or more.

Uniformly spreadable granular agricultural chemicals formulation and method for scattering (applying) thereof

An object of the present invention is to provide a solid agricultural chemicals composition which is excellent in environmental safety, has no disadvantages of powdering and seeping out of an agrochemically active ingredient while containing the agrochemically active ingredient in high concentration and is excellent in residual-effect of the agriculturally active ingredient; a solid agricultural chemicals composition comprising a fragment of a fibre crop having high oil absorbency and a liquid agrochemically active ingredient at room temperature or liquid matter prepared by dissolving or dispersing an agrochemically active ingredient in a liquid solvent; and a method of producing the solid agricultural chemicals composition comprising the steps of impregnating a liquid agrochemically active ingredient at room temperature or liquid matter prepared by dissolving or dispersing the agrochemically active ingredient into a fragment of a fibre crop having high oil absorbency, and making it into a shape of powder, granule, or tablet.

Solid agricultural chemicals composition, preparation thereof and the method for scattering the same

In an agricultural chemicals composition which is scattered by being thrown directly into a submerged paddy field, it is an object to provide a composition having an excellent spreadability without stagnation of an agrochemically active ingredient at the point of treatment (application), and in particular to provide a labor-saving formulation for scattering (application) which contains a liquid agrochemically active ingredient at room temperature, and to provide an agricultural chemicals composition containing a liquid agrochemically active ingredient at room temperature in high concentrations, which have been difficult to be realized. The agricultural chemicals composition prepared by letting a granular nucleus coated with a water-soluble polymer or water-swellable substance hold agrochemically active ingredients and, if necessary, surfactants, and a method of scattering (applying) a granular agricultural chemicals formulation comprising the step of throwing the agricultural composition directly into a submerged paddy field at a rate of 20 g to 2,000 g thereof per 10 are of the paddy field, or packing 10 g to 100 g of the agricultural chemicals composition per bag made of a water-soluble film and throwing directly into a paddy field at a rate of 2 to 20 bags per 10 are.

Agricultural chemicals composition, preparation thereof and the method for scattering the same

In an agricultural chemicals formulation which is scattered by being thrown directly into a paddy field filled with water, it is an object to provide a composition having an excellent spreadability without stagnation of an agrochemically active ingredient at the point of throwing, and in particular to provide a labor-saving formulation for scattering (application) which contains a liquid agrochemically active ingredient at room temperature, and to provide an agricultural chemicals formulation containing a liquid agrochemically active ingredient at room temperature in high concentrations, which have been difficult to be realized. The agricultural chemicals formulation for a rice paddy field is produced by preparing a granular composition in a manner that a mixture of a liquid agrochemically active ingredient at room temperature, a surfactant, and a substance exhibiting a thickening function or a gelation function in the water, is held and carried by a granular nucleus, and packing it with a water-soluble film. The present invention also provides a method of scattering (applying) the agrochemically active ingredient, which is characterized by that the agricultural chemicals formulation is directly thrown into a paddy field filled with water at a rate of 2 to 20 bags per 10 a.

Agricultural chemicals formulation for rice paddy field, preparation thereof and the method for scattering the same

A composition comprising a condensed heterocyclic derivative and an N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone and another organic solvent for enhanced stability. Particularly high effects can be obtained with a composition wherein the ratio of the condensed heterocyclic derivative to the N-alkyl-2-pyrrolidone is within a range of from 2:1 to 1:1000.

Herbicidal composition comprising oxadiazolo- or

Stable herbicide solutions of propanil having no or little tendency to precipitate or crystallize propanil from the solution even upon storage in a cold place are prepared by dissolving the propanil in (a) a solvent of the glycol ether-type having a solubility of not more than 5% by weight in water at 20.degree. C. and (b) dimethylsulfoxide or (c) N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, and wherein propanil is present in an amount of 20 to 45% by weight, the glycol ether-type solvent is present in an amount of 35 to 85% by weight, and the dimethylsulfoxide or N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone is present in an amount of 1 to 20% by weight, on the basis of the total weight of the composition.

Herbicidal composition in the form of stable solution or emulsifiable

A herbicide composition containing propanil as active ingredient is now provided in the form of emulsifiable concentrated organic solution of propanil and surface-active agent(s) in non-toxic mixed organic solvents, which is readily dilutable with water to prepare a stable aqueous emulsion comprising the organic solution of propanil as the disperse phase dispersed in water as the continuous phase of the resulting aqueous emulsion without involving precipitation of propanil solids in said emulsion. Said mixed organic solvents may comprise a mixture of a glycol ether-type solvent with either one or two of dimethyl-sulfoxide and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, optionally along with an aromatic solvent. Also, a herbicide composition is provided in the form of a stable solution of propanil in non-toxic mixed organic solvents similar to those mentioned above, which is stable on storage and may be formulated into an emulsifiable concentrated organic solution of propanil by adding surface-active agent(s) thereinto.

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Shigeki Fujita