Environmentally safe fungicide and bactericide formulations
AssigneeH & I Agritech, Inc.
InventorsR. Kenneth Horst, Leonard R. Haupert
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Abstract
Environmentally safe fungicide and bactericide formulations are provided by incorporating one or more preservatives in a mildly acidic aqueous solution. The preservatives include organic acids and the salts and esters thereof but exclude preservatives which can generate sulfur or chlorine-containing compounds.
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Aqueous solutions for treating live plants, crops, trees, pre-harvest fruits, vegetables, leaves, stems, roots and flowers having a pH of between 2.5 and 6.5 and comprising fungicidally and/or bactericidally effective concentrations of one or more preservative compounds selected from the group consisting of organic acids, salts and esters thereof, said preservatives being free from sulfur or chlorine compound-generating salts.
A method of treating live plants, crops, trees, pre-harvest fruits, vegetables, leaves, stems, roots and flowers with mildly acidic aqueous solutions of pH between 2.5 and 6.5, containing one or more fungicidally and or bactericidally effective concentrations of one or more preservative compounds selected from the group consisting of organic acids, salts and esters thereof, for the eradication or prevention of plant diseases, said preservatives being free from sulfur or chlorine compound-generating salts.
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