Solutions for enhancing the effectiveness of insecticides and fungicides on living plants and related methods
AssigneeKop-Coat, Inc.
InventorsRonald W. Clawson, Jr., Hans A. Ward, Kenneth Allen Cutler, Cameron R. Scott
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a solution for resisting destruction of living plants and a related method. A solution including a buffered amine oxide admixed with at least one material selected from the group consisting of insecticides and fungicides is applied to the living plant and provides a synergistically effective greater resistance to living plant deterioration than any of the individual buffered amine oxide, insecticides and fungicides achieve. A related method is disclosed.
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A solution for resisting destruction of living plants comprising
- a buffered amine oxide admixed with at least one material selected from the group consisting of insecticides and fungicides, said solution being characterized by the property of synergistically effecting greater resistance to plant destruction than said buffered amine oxide and either said insecticides or said fungicides employed alone,
- said buffered amine oxides having a dual buffer,
- said buffered amine oxides having a carbon length selected from the group consisting of (a) 12 carbon length amine oxides and (b) a mixture of 12 and 18 carbon length amine oxides, and
- said buffered amine oxides having a pH of about 6.5 to 10.5.
A method for resisting destruction of living plants comprising
- providing a solution having a buffered amine oxide admixed with at least one material selected from the group consisting of insecticides and fungicides,
- applying said solution to effect synergistic protection of said living plants against at least one pest selected from the group consisting of insects and fungi,
- through said application of said solution synergistically effecting greater resistance to said plant deterioration than said buffered amine oxide and either said insecticides and said fungicides employed alone would achieve,
- employing a dual buffer in said buffered amine oxide, and
- said buffered amine oxides having a carbon length selected from the group consisting of (a) 12 carbon length amine oxides and (b) a mixture of 12 and 18 carbon length amine oxides.
A solution for resisting destruction of living plants comprising
- a dual buffered amine oxide-admixed with at least one insecticide,
- said solution being characterized by the property of synergistically effecting greater resistance to plant destruction than said buffered amine oxide and said insecticides employed alone, and
- said buffered amine oxides having a carbon length selected from the group consisting of (a) 12 carbon length amine oxides and (b) a mixture of 12 and 18 carbon length amine oxides.
A method of resisting destruction of living plants comprising
- providing a solution having a dual buffered amine oxide admixed with at least one insecticide, and
- applying said solution to said living plant to effect synergistic protection of said living plants against insects, and
- said buffered amine oxides having a carbon length selected from the group consisting of (a) 12 carbon length amine oxides and (b) a mixture of 12 and 18 carbon length amine oxides.
A solution for resisting destruction of living plants comprising
- a dual buffered amine oxide admixed with at least one fungicide, and
- said solution being characterized by the property of synergistically effecting greater resistance to plant destruction than said buffered amine oxide and said insecticides employed alone, and
- said buffered amine oxides having a carbon length selected from the group consisting of (a) 12 carbon length amine oxides and (b) a mixture of 12 and 18 carbon length amine oxides.
A method of resisting destruction of living plants comprising
- providing a solution having a dual buffered amine oxide admixed with at least one fungicide,
- applying said solution to said living plant to effect synergistic protection of said living plants against fungi, and
- said buffered amine oxides having a carbon length selected from the group consisting of (a) 12 carbon length amine oxides and (b) a mixture of 12 and 18 carbon length amine oxides.
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