# US 7,407,979 B2 · Bioregulatory active ingredient combination

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- Number: US 7,407,979 B2
- Document ID: US7407979B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/321,631
- Filed: 2005-12-30
- Published: 2006-05-18
- Granted: 2008-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2001-04-12
- Assignees: BASF SE
- Inventors: Reiner Kober; Wilhelm Rademacher; Jürgen Fries; Hans Ziegler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7407979B2

## CPC

- A01N 43/653: 1,2,4-Triazoles; Hydrogenated 1,2,4-triazoles
- A01N: PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF (preservation of food or foodstuff A23); BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES (preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes which kill or prevent the growth or proliferation of unwanted organisms A61K); PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS

## Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of specific quaternized bioregulatory active ingredients in combination with triazole derivatives, in particular metconazole or an agriculturally utilizable salt thereof. Corresponding compositions are likewise described.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for improving root growth in Brassicacea sugar beet, carrot or chicory production which comprises applying an effective amount of a mixture comprising at least one active ingredient of the formula (I)
where
R1 and R2 together are a radical —(CH2)5—; and
X is an anionic group,
in combination with a bioregulatory active ingredient from the triazole class selected from the group consisting of metconazole, tebuconazole and agriculturally utilizable salts thereof.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the improvement of root growth is manifested in an increased number of root branches, in longer roots and/or in an increased root surface area.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the Brassicacea production is the production of oilseed rape.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 in which the active ingrendient(s) of the formula (I) are applied in amounts of less than 500 g per ha.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 in which the bioregulatory active ingredient from the triazole class or the salt thereof is applied in amounts of less than 100 g per ha.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 in which the active ingrendient(s) of the formula (I) are applied in amounts of less than 350 g per ha.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 in which the bioregulatory active ingredient from the triazole class or the salt thereof is applied in amounts of less than 50 g per ha.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bioregulatory active ingredient from the triazole class or the agriculturally utilizable salt thereof is tebuconazole, or the agriculturally utilizable salt thereof.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the active ingredient of the formula (I) is
an N,N-dimethylpiperidinium salt of the formula (Ib)
where X− is Cl− or 1/m ·[MxByOz(A)v]m−·w (H2O), where
M is a cation of an agriculturally utilizable metal, hydrogen or ammonium;
B is boron;
O is oxygen;
A is a chelating or complexing group which is associated with at least one boron atom or an agriculturally utilizable cation;
x corresponds to a number of from 0 to 10;
y corresponds to a number of from 1 to 48;
v corresponds to a number of from 0 to 24;
z corresponds to a number of from 0 to 48;
m corresponds to an integer of from 1 to 6; and
w corresponds to a number of from 0 to 24.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9 in which N,N-dimethylpiperidinum chloride of the formula (Ib) is applied in combination with tebuconazole.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9 in which an N,N-dimethylpiperidinium salt of the formula (Ib), where X− is [MxByOz(A)v]m−·w (H2O), where x=zero, y=5, z=8, v=zero, m=1 and w=2 to 3, is applied in combination with tebuconazole.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the active ingredient of the formula (I) is
an N,N-dimethylpiperidinium salt of the formula (Ib)
where X− is Cl− or 1/m·[MxByOz(A)v]m−·w (H2O), where
M is a cation of an agriculturally utilizable metal, hydrogen or ammonium;
B is boron;
O is oxygen;
A is a chelating or complexing group which is associated with at least one boron atom or an agriculturally utilizable cation;
x corresponds to a number of from 0 to 10;
y corresponds to a number of from 1 to 48;
v corresponds to a number of from 0 to 24;
z corresponds to a number of from 0 to 48;
m corresponds to an integer of from 1 to 6; and
w corresponds to a number of from 0 to 24.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12 in which X− is C− or 1/m·[MxByOz(A)v]m−·w (H2O), where x=zero, y=5, z=8, v=zero, m=1 and w=2 to 3.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the application of the mixture is achieved by combining the active ingredient of the formula (I) and the active ingredient from the triazole class in one application formulation and then applying the formulation, or by
providing two separate application formulations, the first formulation comprising the active ingredient of the formula (I) and the second formulation comprising the active ingredient from the triazole class, and
applying the first formulation and the second formulation separately either simultaneously or in succession and thereby forming the effective amount of the mixture of the active ingredient of the formula (I) and the active ingredient from the triazole class.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the Brassicacea production is the production of radish or oilseed rape.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the bioregulatory active ingredient from the triazole class is metconazole, of the formula (II)
or an agriculturally utilizable salt thereof.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, wherein the active ingredient of the formula (I) is
an N,N-dimethylpiperidinium salt of the formula (Ib)
where X− is Cl— or 1/m·[MxByOz(A)v]m−·w (H2O), where
M is a cation of an agriculturally utilizable metal, hydrogen or ammonium;
B is boron;
O is oxygen;
A is a chelating or complexing group which is associated with at least one boron atom or an agriculturally utilizable cation;
x corresponds to a number of from 0 to 10;
y corresponds to a number of from 1 to 48;
v corresponds to a number of from 0 to 24;
z corresponds to a number of from 0 to 48;
m corresponds to an integer of from 1 to 6; and
w corresponds to a number of from 0 to 24.

### Claim 18 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7 in which N,N-dimethyl-piperidinum chloride of the formula (Ib) is applied in combination with metconazole, of the formula (II).

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17 in which an N,N-dimethylpiperidinium salt of the formula (Ib), where X− is [MxByOz(A)v]m−·w (H2O), where x=zero, y=5, z=8, v=zero, m=1 and w=2 to 3, is applied in combination with metconazole, of the formula (II).