Synergistic growth-regulating mixture

US6376425B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Reiner Kober · Neheim, DE
• Karl-Heinrich Schneider · Kleinkarlbach, DE
• Hans Ziegler · Mutterstadt, DE
• Mary Callan · Schifferstadt, DE
• Charles W. Finch · Garner, US
• Reinhold Stadler · Edenkoben, DE
• Peter Hofmeister · Neustadt, DE
• Wilhelm Rademacher · Schifferstadt, DE
• Elmar Kibler · Haßloch, DE
• Reimer Gottsche · Baden-Baden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 1998
• Grant date: Apr 23, 2002
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N43/40
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention provides novel mixtures of quaternary ammonium salts having plant growth-regulating properties. The salts, as well as other active ingredients used to regulate plant growth, are dissolved in solvents having either formula II(a) or II(b), as depicted below: or wherein“R” is Hydrogen or a C1-C18 alkyl,“n” is 0, 1,2 or 3,“A” is a C1-C6 alkene or a C1-C6 oxyalkylene,“m” is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, and“B” is a straight-chain or branched C2-C8 alkylene.