Method for reducing nitrous oxide emission from soils

US8956996B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Markus Gewehr · Kastellaun, DE
• Ansgar Wille · Hannover, DE
• Christina Geiger · Mannheim, DE
• Hans-Jürgen Lutz · Freinsheim, DE
• Lutz Brahm · Worms, DE
• Alexander Wissemeier · Speyer, DE
• Dana Peach · Raleigh, US
• Barbara Nave · Ruppertsberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 17, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 12, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P60/21
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for reducing nitrous oxide emission from soils comprising treating a plant growing on the respective soil and/or the locus where the plant is growing or is intended to grow and/or the seeds from which the plant grows with at least one fungicide (compound A) and at least one ammonium- or urea-containing fertilizer (compound B) wherein the application of at least one compound (A) and at least one compound (B) is carried out with a time lag of at least 1 day.