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US 7,030,060 B1Granted
Rest-breaking composition and use thereof
AssigneeAkzo Nobel N.V.
InventorsBrian P. McDonald, Hennie A. Workel
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AssigneeAkzo Nobel N.V.
InventorsBrian P. McDonald, Hennie A. Workel
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The invention relates to a composition useful for the breaking of rest in deciduous fruit species such as apple species and grape species comprising an organic nitrogen-containing compound having a molecular weight of 60 to 300 with the exception of urea and dinitro-ortho-cresol, an inorganic nitrate rest-breaking agent, and a surfactant. Preferably, the organic nitrogen-containing compound is a choline salt such as choline chloride, the inorganic nitrate rest-breaking agent is selected from the group consisting of potassium nitrate, calcium nitrate, ammonium nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate, urea ammonium nitrate, zinc ammonium nitrate, and mixtures thereof, and the surfactant is an alkoxylated amine such as Armoblen ®*, and Berol®* compound or an alkoxylated quaternary ammonium compound.
A composition useful for the breaking of rest in deciduous fruit species comprising an organic nitrogen-containing compound selected from the group consisting of ethylenediamine, (C1–C3)alkylated ethylenediamines, (carboxymethyl)tri-(C1–C3)-alkylammonium salts, (2-hydroxyethyl)tri(C1–C3)alkylammonium or choline salts, (2-hydroxypropyl)tri(C1–C3)alkylammonium salts, (2-hydroxybutyl)tri(C1–C3)alkylammonium salts, and mixtures thereof, an inorganic nitrate rest-breaking agent, and a surfactant.
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