Seed coating composition
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsChaucer C. Tang, Donald W. Ward, George R. Wheeler
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Abstract
The invention pertains to a seed coating composition comprising a certain latex binder and/or graft polymer dispersant. The seed coating composition imparts good color to treated seeds, has excellent durability, and is non-sticky after application to allow for smooth flow of coated seed in planting equipment.
Claims4
A seed coating composition comprising an aqueous carrier, a pigment colorant, a graft copolymer dispersant, and at least one of a fungicide, an insecticide, a rodenticide, nematocide or bird repellent, wherein:
- the dispersant is a graft copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of about 5,000-100,000 and comprising a polymeric backbone and macromonomer side chains attached to the backbone, wherein:
- (1) the polymeric backbone is hydrophobic in comparison to the side chains and contains polymerized ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomers and present up to 20% by weight, based on the weight of the graft copolymer, of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated acid containing monomers;
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- (2) the sidechains are hydrophilic macromonomers that are attached to the backbone at a single terminal point and contain polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers and 2-100% by weight, based on the weight of the macromonomer, of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated acid containing monomers and have a weight average molecular weight of about 1,000-30,000;
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- wherein the acid groups of the graft copolymer are neutralized with an inorganic base or an amine.
A coated seed formed by a method comprising mixing seed with a seed coating composition comprising an aqueous carrier, a pigment colorant and a graft copolymer dispersant, wherein the dispersant is a graft copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of about 5,000-100,000 and comprising a polymeric backbone and macromonomer side chains attached to the backbone, wherein:
- (1) the polymeric backbone is hydrophobic in comparison to the side chains and contains polymerized ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomers and present up to 20% by weight, based on the weight of the graft copolymer, of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated acid containing monomers;
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- (2) the sidechains are hydrophilic macromonomers that are attached to the backbone at a single terminal point and contain polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers and 2-100% by weight, based on the weight of the macromonomer, of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated acid containing monomers and have a weight average molecular weight of about 1,000-30,000;
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- wherein the acid groups of the graft copolymer are neutralized with an inorganic base or an amine.
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