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AssigneeBelchim Crop Protecdtion NV
InventorsSteven Van Pottelberge, Johan Desnouck, Caroline Nguyen
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The present invention relates to the use of pelargonic acid and one or more nonionic surfactants for inhibiting the growth of suckers on plants. It also relates to a composition comprising pelargonic acid and one or more nonionic surfactants in an amount effective for inhibiting the growth of suckers in plants. Preferably, the composition comprises pelargonic acid in an amount between 50 and 90 w/w % and one or more polyoxyethylene glycol sorbitan alkyl esters or sorbitan alkyl esters in an amount between 10 and 50 w/w %, in which 100 w/w % is the total amount of pelargonic acid and one or more polyoxyethylene glycol sorbitan alkyl esters or sorbitan alkyl ester. It also relates to a method of applying pelargonic acid or the composition in an amount effective to inhibit for inhibiting the growth of suckers on plants.
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Use of a composition comprising pelargonic acid and two or more nonionic surfactants for inhibiting the growth of suckers on plants, wherein said composition comprises pelargonic acid in an amount ranging from at least 0.5 g/l to at most 50.0 g/l, wherein said two or more nonionic surfactants are selected from polyoxyethylene glycol sorbitan alkyl esters and sorbitan alkyl esters.
A composition comprising pelargonic acid in an amount between 50 and 90 w/w % and two or more nonionic surfactants in an amount between 10 and 50 w/w %, in which 100 w/w % is the total amount of pelargonic acid and two or more nonionic surfactants, wherein said two or more nonionic surfactants are selected from polyoxyethylene glycol sorbitan alkyl esters and sorbitan alkyl esters.
A method for inhibiting the growth of suckers on plants, which comprises treating a plant with a composition comprising pelargonic acid and two or more nonionic surfactants, wherein said pelargonic acid is in an amount effective to inhibit the growth of one or more suckers on said plant, wherein said two or more nonionic surfactants are selected from polyoxyethylene glycol sorbitan alkyl esters and sorbitan alkyl esters.
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