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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert A. Smiley, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
Falcon Lab LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 3/700 ; A01N 5/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 3/700 ; A01N 5/700 ;
Abstract
A method for selectively controlling undesirable vegetation by contacting the leaves with a herbicidal composition comprising a carboxylic or phosphonic acid salt known to form a coordination compound with calcium or magnesium salts. In a preferred embodiment, the carboxylic or phosphonic acid salt is an alkali salt of at least one acid selected from an aminopolycarboxylic acid, an aliphatic carboxylic acid, a hydroxycarboxylic acid, an amino acid, an ether polycarboxylic acid, a phosphonic acid and a polyphosphonic acid.