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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7074262 | Silicone compositions for use in tire dressing and methods of making A tire dressing composition comprises a silicone emulsion system which polishes and protects tires, while at the same time imparting water repellency to the subject tires. In some embodiments, the tire dressing composition comprises a silicone microemulsion, a wetti... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7056862 | Herbicide potentiators 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 b... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6948276 | Multi-branched regenerating wetting agents for treating sandy soils for long-term reduction of water repellency Certain novel formulations of turf additives that act in such a manner as to permit proper amounts of moisture to contact root systems in order to reduce dry spots within highly managed turf areas and/or lawns. The inventive formulation comprising multi-branched sur... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6548448 | Delivery systems for cyclopropenes The present invention relates to new delivery systems for cyclopropenes in which the cyclopropene, either free or encapsulated within a molecular encapsulation agent is incorporated into produce packaging materials.... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6346262 | Controlled delivery compositions and processes for treating organisms in a column of water or land Controlled release compositions of matter are disclosed comprising complexes for treating a population of one or more aquatic organisms in a column of water. The complexes comprise at least one system wherein the system comprises at least one bioactive ag... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6337078 | Controlled delivery compositions and processes for treating organisms in a column of water or land Controlled release compositions of matter are disclosed comprising complexes for treating a population of one or more aquatic organisms in a column of water. The complexes comprise at least one system wherein the system comprises at least one bioactive ag... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6300282 | Technique for reducing nitrogen leaching in soils and improving potato crop yield by application of surfactants to crop root zone A preferred technique for increasing potato crop yields and/or minimizing nitrate leaching of potato crop acreage involves the application of surfactant at planting to the soil adjacent a seed potato. In an alternative method of the present invention, sur... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6288011 | 1,4-diaryl-2,3-difluoro-2-butene insecticidal and acaricidal agents Pesticidal 1,4-diaryl-2,3-difluoro-2-butene compounds having the structural formula I ##STR1## and compositions and methods comprising those compounds for the control of insect and acarid pests.... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6221811 | Siloxane nonionic blends useful in agriculture Disclosed are compositions of nonionic siloxane alkoxylates with aminopolyalkyleneoxide surfactants which are useful in treating plants, for instance as adjuvants for pesticides including in particular herbicides. These compositions overcome the antagonis... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6140274 | Dihalopropene compounds, their use as insecticides/acaricides and intermediates for their production Dihalopropene compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R1 is substituted alkyl; R2, R3 and R4 are each independently halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, nitro or cyano; A is O, S(O) | 10/31/2000 |
| 5921023 | Method for preventing and treating dry spots A method of preventing and treating dry spots on the grass surface of a golf course comprising the sprinkling of a mixture of a nonionic surfactant and a water soluble polymer on the grass surface. The development of dry spots on the grass surface of a go... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5866513 | Aryl-substituted cycloalkanes and cycloalkenes and herbicidal use thereof Disclosed are herbicidal aryl substituted cycloalkyl and aryl substituted cycloalkenyl compounds, herbicidal compositions, and herbicidal use of the compounds and compositions. The aryl substituent is selected from substituted phenyl, unsubstituted or sub... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5731268 | Method for improvement and prevention of dry spots A method for improvement (treatment) and prevention of dry spots on the grass surface of a golf course comprising sprinkling of an acetylene alcohol derivative (s) or sprinkling of it along with a water soluble polymer water retentive agent on the grass s... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5693592 | Method of controlling dormancy break and blooming in perennials A method of controlling blooming in dormant perennial plants which method includes application to the dormant perennial plant of a composition including a growth regulating compound selected from the group consisting of fatty acid esters, fatty acid amide... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5523281 | Method of accelerating and prolonging flowering in plants Treatment of cotton plants or flowering ornamental plants with a formulation comprising an agent effective to inhibit 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase activity accelerates the flowering of cotton plants and accelerates and extends flower lon... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5391542 | Method of enhancing the growth of plants using alkyloxypolyethyleneoxyethanols This invention relates to a method of enhancing the growth of plants. The method comprises applying a nonionic surfactant and, more particularly, an alkyoxypolyethyleneoxyethanol to the soil to protect the seeds and enhance their germination, and to enhan... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5139562 | Inhibition of potato spouting using volatile monoterpenes A method for inhibiting sprouting of tubers including the step of exposing tubers to the oxygenated monoterpenes: cineole, fenchone, menthol, or mixtures thereof. Preferably, the tubers are exposed to a composition having an oxygenated monoterpene fractio... | 08/18/1992 |
| 4834790 | Method of treating pineapples to inhibit opening of the pineapple flowers Pineapple plants are chemically treated in the field with effective amounts of an aqueous solution of a nonionic or anionic surfactant to inhibit opening of the pineapple flowers, so that the susceptibility of the pinapple plant to fruit disease is reduce... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4671816 | Acetylene compounds, their preparation and their use for regulating plant growth Acetylene compounds of the formula ##STR1## where R1, R2 and X have the meanings given in the description, a process for their preparation and their use for regulating plant growth.... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4624694 | Seed treatment method with aqueous suspension of alkali lignin A method of crop seed treatment is disclosed which provides an increase in the yield of seedlings emerging from the treated seeds in soil and stimulates growth of the seedlings. The method comprises coating the seeds prior to planting with an aqueous susp... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4581057 | Abscisic acid containing foliar fertilizers and method of using same to enhance crop yields A composition and method for enhancing the yield of crop plants by incorporation of an abscisic acid derivative or physiological analogs thereof in a foliar fertilizer composition containing one or more sources of such nutrients and applying same to the f... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4382813 | Encapsulation by entrapment within starch adduct matrix Water-insoluble chemical biological agents to be encapsulated are dispersed in an aqueous paste of a starch-containing material alkoxide. Subsequent addition of selected water-soluble alkali earth metal cations insolubilize the paste, thereby entrapping t... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4339612 | Preparation of 3,3-dimethyl-1-phenoxy-butan-2-ols as fungicide intermediates 3,3-Dimethyl-1-phenoxy-butan-2-ols of the formula ##STR1## in which Y is a halogen atom, an optionally substituted phenyl radical, an optionally substituted phenoxy radical or a nitro, cyano, alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl or cycloalkyl radical, and n... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4319919 | Herbicidal composition A herbicidal composition comprises an active ingredient having the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 represents a C1 -C5 alkoxy group; R2 represents hydrogen atom, or a C1 -C5 alkyl group.... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4297125 | Tree rooting using synthetic auxins Aryl esters of auxins, such as phenyl indole-3-butyrate, are found to significantly improve the initiation of rooting of cuttings is difficult-to-root species, such as pinus.... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4282388 | Cyclic 1,2-diol benzyl ether compounds Novel benzyl ethers of cyclic 1,1-diols, of the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 is phenyl or substituted phenyl, R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl or --CHX--R1, X is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, ph... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4272276 | Method for the control of germination of plant seeds and growth of the seedlings A method of controlling seed germination and growth of the seedlings which comprises contacting plant seeds with a liquid or solid dextrin.... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4245125 | Novel adducts Compounds of the formula I wherein A is a compound of the formula II or III ##STR1## m is a rational number between 0.1 and 4.0, and B is H2 O2, N2 H4 or NH2 OH, and R1 is an unsubstituted ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4171968 | Method for increasing the rate and/or yield of seed germination by treatment with surfactants A method of treating seeds after they are sown to increase the rate and/or yield of germination is disclosed together with surfactant compositions which will accomplish such favorable germination. The surfactants used must generally not accumulate in the ... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4169720 | 2-[4-(4-Chlorophenoxymethyl)-phenoxy]-propionic acid compounds as herbicides Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are each hydrogen, chlorine or fluorine; and R3 is --CH2 OH, --CH2 --O--COR4, --CH2 --O--CONHR5, --COOH, --COOCat, ... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4050922 | Substituted benzene-methanol compounds Disclosed are novel substituted benzenemethanol compounds having utility as herbicides.... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3996258 | Alcohol-ether substituted tetrahalo benzonitriles Covers compounds of the formula ##STR1## where R is selected from the group consisting of cyano, nitro and lower alkyl sulfone, X is halo, and R1 is --CH2 CH2 O--y where y is 1-3 or R2 O where R | 12/07/1976 |
| 3993698 | Herbicidal 2-alkyl glycerol derivatives Certain derivatives of 2-alkyl glycerols are useful as herbicides.... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3972913 | Substituted benzenemethanol compounds Disclosed are novel substituted benzenemethanol compounds having utility as herbicides.... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3971651 | Plant growth modifier and a process for preparation thereof A plant growth modifier comprising as an active ingredient at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds (I), (II) and (III) expressed by the following formulae: ##SPC1## Wherein X and Y stand for a member selected from Cl--, HO--,... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3930840 | Ripening of sugarcane by use of certain alcoholic and ethoxylated compounds Sucrose yield of sugarcane is increased by treating sugarcane a few weeks prior to harvest with a ripening agent which is composed essentially of a compound selected from the group consisting of linear alcohols containing from 11 to 15 carbon atoms, polya... | 01/06/1976 |