Low-foam surfactant concentrates for use in the domain of plant growth stimulation
AssigneeHenkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
InventorsClaus-Peter Herold, Stephan Von Tapavicza, Heinz Mueller, Heinz Boettcher
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Abstract
A low-foam wetting composition which, when mixed with water, enhances the penetration and spread of water on a plant, the composition containing: (a) an alkyl polyglycoside corresponding to formula I R—O—(G)x (I) wherein R is a primary hydrocarbon radical having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, G is a glycose unit having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, and x is a number from 1 to 10; (b) an olefinically unsaturated alcohol; and (c) a lower water-soluble alcohol.
Claims16
A low-foaming wetting concentrate composition for enhancing penetration and spread of water around roots of a plant during watering, the composition comprising:
- (a) from 15 to 40% by weight of an alkyl polyglycoside corresponding to formula I
- R—O—(G)x (I)
- wherein R is a primary hydrocarbon radical having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, G is
- a glycose unit having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, and x is a number from 1 to 10;
- (b) from 10 to 25% by weight of an olefinically unsaturated fatty alcohol;
- and
- (c) from 5 to 25% by weight of a lower water-soluble alcohol, and
- (d) water, all weights being based on the weight of the composition.
A process for treating a plant comprising:
- (a) providing water;
- (b) providing a low-foaming wetting concentrate composition containing:
- (i) from 15 to 40% by weight of an alkyl polyglycoside corresponding to formula I
- R—O—(G)x (I)
- wherein R is a primary hydrocarbon radical having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms, G is a glycose unit having 5 or 6 carbon atoms, and x is a number from 1 to 10,
- (ii) from 10 to 25% by weight of an olefinically unsaturated alcohol;
- (iii) from 5 to 25% by weight of a lower water-soluble alcohol, and
- (iv) water, all weights being based on the weight of the composition;
- (c) mixing (a) and (b) to form an aqueous composition;
- and
- (d) applying the aqueous composition onto the plant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.