CPC A01N 57/20 (2013.01) [A01N 25/04 (2013.01); A01N 43/60 (2013.01); A01N 43/653 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A microemulsion concentrate composition comprising (i) an aqueous carrier phase comprising at least one water-soluble pesticide in solution in the carrier phase, wherein the water-soluble pesticide is in the form of a salt, (ii) a surfactant phase comprising (a) a surfactant component comprising at least one surfactant and (b) at least one water-insoluble agrochemical, and (iii) an organic solvent,
wherein the at least one water-insoluble agrochemical is selected from the group consisting of azoxystrobin, beflubutamide, benalaxyl, benalaxyl-M, bromuconazole, clodinafop-propargyl, coumaphos, dinitriamine, dodemorph acetate, fentrazamide, flamprop-M-isopropyl, flamprop-M-methyl, flurochloridone, flutolanil, indanofan, ipconazole, kresoxim-methyl, metconazole, picoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin, tebuconazole, thenylchlor, thiazopyr, quizalofop-p-ethyl, and combinations thereof,
at least 50% by weight of the water-insoluble agrochemical is present as a solute in the surfactant component,
the water-soluble pesticide concentration is at least 400 grams active equivalent per liter of the concentrate composition, and
the weight ratio of the organic solvent to the water-insoluble agrochemical on an active equivalent basis is less than 3:1.
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