Herbicide implants for plants

US6117819A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Priesnitz · Solingen, DE
• Jurgen Holters · Leverkusen, DE
• Gunther Penners · Leverkusen, DE
• Bodo Rehbold · Recklinghausen, DE
• Hans-Jochem Riebel · Bad Camberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 1998
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2000
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N57/20
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a solid shaped plant treatment product, a process for preparation of the product, and a method for use of the product in treating individual plants. The solid shaped plant treatment product contains a systemic herbicide which includes a herbicidally active compound homogeneously distributed in a polymeric carrier material. Suitable polymeric carrier materials bind the active compound in a solid form. The solid shaped plant treatment product can be implanted into a target plant in this form. Particularly, the solid shaped form is introduced into the vicinity of the vascular bundle system of the plant to be destroyed.