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US 2018/0007915 A1Published application
Aqueous compositions for treating seeds, seeds treated therewith, and methods for treating seeds
AssigneesCovestro LLC, Covestro Deutschland AG, Bayer CropScience AG
InventorsAbdullah Ekin, James A. Thompson-Colon, Timothy Pike, Scott Grace, Jinqi Li, Sebastian Doerr, Ronald Reichert, William S. Hanson
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Abstract
Disclosed are seed treatment compositions that include: (a) an aqueous polyurethane dispersion; and (b) an insecticide, a fungicide, a nematicide, and/or other pesticides. Also disclosed are seeds treated with such a treatment compositions and methods for treating a seed using such treatment composition.
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A seed treatment composition comprising:
- (A) an aqueous polyurethane dispersion;
- and
- (B) one or more insecticides, fungicides, nematicides and/or other pesticides, wherein the aqueous polyurethane dispersion forms a film exhibiting:
- (a) a microhardness of no more than 15 N/mm2,
- (b) a glass transition temperature, Tg of −54° C. to −4° C.,
- (c) a percent elongation of 44 to 820, and
- (d) a tensile strength of 130 lb/in2 (0.9 MPa) to 1300 lb/in2 (9.0 MPa).
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A seed treatment composition comprising:
- (A) an aqueous polyurethane dispersion;
- (B) an insecticide, a fungicide, and/or other pesticide;
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- (C) a polyethylene wax.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.