Treatment of seeds with coatings containing hydrogel

US6557298B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Monsanto Technology LLC · US

Inventors

• Janet C. Obert · Kirkwood, US
• Frank C. Kohn · Chesterfield, US
• Deborah L. Neumann (nee Terrian) · Carmel, US
• Jawed Asrar · Englewood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2001
• Grant date: May 6, 2003
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N53/00
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Methods for treating seeds and improving the uptake by plants of active ingredients with which seeds are treated. Seeds are coated with dry mixtures of hydrogel and active ingredients that produce desirable effects on the seed, a plant that may emerge from the seed or both.