Agriculturally useful mineral amino acid complexes
AssigneeStatera Ag, LLC
InventorsAdam Froetschner, Jared Froetschner, Ryan Stapleton, Jarret Stapleton
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Abstract
Provided herein are mineral:amino acid complexes wherein the mineral comprises a macronutrient or micronutrient of agrochemical interest. The amino acid may comprise, for example, glycine or lysine. The mineral may comprise, for example, boron. The present disclosure also provides a method of making the mineral:amino acid complexes as well as a method of applying a mineral:amino acid complex to a plant, seed, or soil.
Claims23
A mineral lysinate complex of Formula Ha:
- wherein M is a mineral or an anion comprising a mineral, wherein said mineral is selected from the group consisting of zinc, copper, manganese, boron, molybdenum, iron, potassium, or a combination thereof.
A method of preparing a mineral amino acid complex, the method comprising:
- an amino acid addition step wherein an amino acid is mixed with water, thereby forming a reaction mixture, and
- a mineral reactant addition step wherein a mineral reactant is added to the reaction mixture,
- wherein said amino acid is lysine;
- and wherein said mineral reactant comprises boron.
An aqueous agrochemical composition comprising:
- a first mineral lysinate complex of Formula Ia wherein M is iron;
- a second mineral lysinate complex of Formula Ia wherein M is manganese or magnesium;
- and water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.