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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Uri Shani, Ness-Ziona, IL;
Asher Vitner, Jerusalem, IL;
Matti Ben-moshe, Reut, IL;
Eran Segal, Kibbutz Hulda, IL;
Zvi Miller, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Uri Shani, Ness-Ziona, IL;
Asher Vitner, Jerusalem, IL;
Matti Ben-Moshe, Reut, IL;
Eran Segal, Kibbutz Hulda, IL;
Zvi Miller, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
ADAMA MAKHTESHIM LTD., Airport, IL;
Abstract
The present invention provides a bead comprising: i) an external zone comprising a super absorbent polymer (SAP) that is capable of absorbing at least about 5 times its weight in water, surrounding ii) at least one internal zone comprising a core that contains at least one agrochemical, wherein the external zone is permeable to oxygen when hydrated, or the internal zone is formulated to release the at least one agrochemical into the external zone over a period of at least about one week when the hydrogel of the external zone is hydrated. The present invention also provides methods of using beads of the invention.