Patent · US Expired

Fertilizers for supplying plants with iron

US4167405A · kind A · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

Volker Mues · Wuppertal, DE
Johannes Niggemann · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 29, 1977
Grant date	Sep 11, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S71/02
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of supplying plants with iron which comprises applying to the plants, or to the substrate in which they grow, at least one ferrocene derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents alkyl with 3 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably 7 to 20 carbon atoms, alone or in admixture with a diluent or carrier.

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