Method of controlling the aquatic weed Hydrilla verticillata

US8080497B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Joseph Zawierucha · Cary, US
• W. Glenn Oliver · Apex, US
• Rick Evans · Raleigh, US
• Todd Horton · Spring Hill, US
• Daniel D. Beran · Des Moines, US
• Joseph G. Vollmer · Laramie, US
• Alane J-Bo Burns · Raleigh, US
• Jeffrey H. Birk · Levittown, US
• Derek W. Miller · Apex, US
• Timothy P. Knight · Raleigh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2006
• Grant date: Dec 20, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 2, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N43/50
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of controlling the aquatic weed Hydrilla verticillata which comprises allowing a herbicidally effective amount of (RS)-2-(4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl)-5-methoxymethylnicotinic acid (imazamox) or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof to act on the aquatic weed and/or its aqueous habitat containing seeds or other propagating organs of said aquatic weed.