Kao Corporation

Monsanto Company

Tadayuki Suzuki

Yuichi Hioki

Kazuhiko Kurita

Keiko Hasebe

Masaharu Hayashi

Masatoshi Kamei

Toshio Hayashi

Keiichiro Tomioka

Tatsuo Sato

Toshikazu Azuma

Tetsuya Okano

Katsuhiko Yamaguchi

Hiroyuki Yamashita

Yoshifumi Nishimoto

Kohshiro Sotoya

Tohru Katoh

Tetsuaki Fukushima

Yasuki Ohtawa

Uichiro Nishimoto

Osamu Tachizawa

Takayuki Nomura

Takeshi Tomifuji

Katsuhisa Inoue

Koichi Ohori

Akio Manba

Hidehito Ikebata

Sri Muljati

Herry Prasetyo

Ferry Hermawanto

Suharyanto

The invention relates to a herbicide composition containing (A) an amino acid-based herbicide and (B) a compound having a branched structure represented by formula (1):RCHO&#x2014;(RO)H&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)wherein Rrepresents a C3 to C29 branched alkyl or branched alkenyl group, Rrepresents a C2 to C4 alkylene group, and n is a mean number in the range of 1 to 30.

Herbicide composition

The present invention provides a plant-activating agent for improving the activity of plants efficiently without a chemical injury onto the plant. The plant-activating agent is selected from the group consisting of (1) an organic acid derivative which is derived from the organic acid having two functional groups and wherein at least one of the above-mentioned functional groups is bonded to a group containing 1 to 30 carbon atoms; (2) a compound represented by the formula (II):RCOO(AO)X&#x2003;&#x2003;(II)wherein R represents an alkyl or alkenyl group having 11 to 29 carbon atoms; Xrepresents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or acyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, or a counter ion; AO represents at least one group selected from oxyethylene, oxyprolylene and oxybutylene groups and may be random or block; and n represents an average number of moles added and is zero to 30; and (3) a glycerol derivative. If necessary, the agent is used together with a surfactant, a fertilizer component or a chelating agent.

Plant-activating agent

The present invention provides a powdery plant vitalizer and a powdery plant vitalizer composition which are resistant to the oozing of effective components and from which effective components are easily dispersed when the vertilizer is in contact with water to give vitality to plants. Specifically, the present invention relates to a powdery plant vitalizer containing a particle containing at least one compound (A) selected from a specific monohydric or dihydric alcohol (A1), a specific ether compound (A2), a specific fatty acid or its ester compound (A3), a specific organic acid derivative (A4) and a glycerin derivative (A5), an emulsifying-dispersing agent (B) and water-soluble sugars (C) or a particle containing the component (A) and water-soluble sugars (C') having an emulsifying and dispersing function, the particle having a structure in which the component (A) is dispersed in the form of an oil droplet in the particle, to a method of producing the powdery fertilizer and to a powdery plant fertilizer composition containing at least one selected from these powdery plant fertilizers and a fertilizer component.

Powdery plant vitalizers

The present invention relates to a quaternary ammonium salt composition containing (a) a quaternary ammonium salt represented by the following general formula (1), (b) a specific tertiary amine and (c) an organic acid ester in specific mass ratios which is excellent in hue and storage stability, a process for producing the quaternary ammonium salt composition, and a wood preservative containing the quaternary ammonium salt composition. 

Quaternary ammonium salt compositions

The present invention provides a freshness-keeping agent for plants, such as a harvested plant, demonstrating an effect of keeping the freshness without selecting a type among various plants such as a harvested plant and also having a high safety. That is, the present invention provides a freshness-keeping agent for plants, such as a harvested plant, comprising a sugar derivative- or sugar alcohol derivative-based surfactant (A) and at least one selected from the group consisting of a sugar (B), a plant hormone (C), an aging inhibitor (D), an aggregating agent for colloidal particles (E) and a germicide, fungicide and preservative (F), preferably in a specific ratio by weight.

Freshness-keeping agents for plants

The invention provides an agricultural chemical enhancer and an agricultural chemical composition which are safely used for crops without any phytotoxicity, have a potency enhancing action on various agricultural chemicals and promote the growth of a plant body to be intended to be grown. The invention relates to an agricultural chemical enhancer comprising at least one type selected from a specific alcohol compound, an ether compound and an ester compound.

Herbicide potentiators

This invention provides an agricultural chemical composition comprising an enhancer for agricultural chemicals, which is excellent in stability even when compounded at high concentration, and exerts an excellent effect-enhancing action on agricultural chemicals. A specific amine oxide having a Calkyl or alkenyl group or an alkylphenyl group having a Calkyl group, and an amide alkyl group or oxyalkylene group is used as the enhancer for agricultural chemicals.

Enhancer for agricultural chemicals

This invention provides a plant-activating agent which can activate plants effectively and give a liquid preparation stable in storage for a long time. In this invention, (A) a Cmono-alcohol and (B) a Cmono-alcohol are used together with a surfactant, a fertilizer component and a chelating agent if necessary.

The present invention provides a plant-activating agent which does not cause chemical injury on plants and which improves efficiently the activity of plants. The present invention uses a substance having not less than 5% of an improved degree in reproduction of green cells measured by a specific method as the plant-activating agent.

An enhancer composition for agricultural chemicals which can enhance the effectiveness of an agricultural chemical without causing any phytotoxicity to various crops, which comprises at least one nitrogen-containing compound selected from the group consisting of a tertiary amine, a tertiary amine salt and a quaternary ammonium salt and a chelating agent, wherein the content of the chelating agent ranges from 0.01 to 30 mol per mol of the nitrogen-containing compound.

Enhancer composition for agricultural chemicals and agricultural chemical composition

The present invention provides an aqueous artificial medium comprising a water-absorbing polymer, which is suitable as a medium for cultivation in soil or hydroponic cultivation of plants. That is, the present invention provides an aqueous artificial medium and a polymer composition, comprising 0.01 to 10% by weight of a water-absorbing polymer and 0.001 to 10% by weight of a cationic polymer which is insoluble in water or an aqueous salt solution. Further, the present invention provides an aqueous artificial medium and a polymer composition, further comprising a porous water-supplying support having a communicating hole.

Aqueous artificial media

The present invention provides a fertilizer composition which enables the efficient absorption of a fertilizer such as calcium. Namely, the present invention provides a fertilizer composition comprising a specific anionic surfactant or a hydrophilic nonionic surfactant and a fertilizer as the essential components.

Fertilizer composition

The present invention provides a plant-activating agent which effects no chemical injury on plant and which makes an activity of plant improve efficiently. That is to say, the present invention provides a method of activating a plant, which comprises treating the plant with a mono-alcohol having 12 to 24 carbon atoms as a plant-activating agent; use of the mono-alcohol as a plant-activating agent; and a plant-activating agent or composition comprising the mono-alcohol; optionally with a surfactant, a fertilizer component and/or a chelating agent.

There are provided an effect enhancer for an agricultural chemical and an a chemical formulation which is not pharmaceutically harmful to various crops and can be safely used and which has an excellent effect enhancing function to various agricultural chemicals. The effect enhancer for the agricultural chemical comprises, as an effective component, a compound represented by the following formula (I): R&mdash;O&lsqb;(EO),(PO),&rsqb;(EO),&mdash;H, wherein EO is an oxyethylene group; PO is an oxypropylene group; R is a straight-chin or branched alkyl group or alkenyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms; x is a value of 1 to 30 on the average; y is a value of 1 to 30 on the average, and z is a value of 1 to 30 on the average. The agricultural chemical formulation composes the above-mentioned surfactant and a technical grade of active ingredient or an active compound for an agricultural chemical.

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Wakayama, Japan

Tadayuki Suzuki