	US 12,279,611 B2
	Method for controlling insects where an alkoxylated glycerol is applied to soil
Wen Xu, Research Triangle Park, NC (US); James W. Austin, Research Triangle Park, NC (US); and Michael Krapp, Limburgerhof (DE)
Assigned to BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein (DE)
Appl. No. 16/321,706
Filed by BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 25, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/068758 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 29, 2019, PCT Pub. No. WO2018/019828, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 16181823 (EP), filed on Jul. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0274777 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 25/04 (2006.01); A01N 43/36 (2006.01)

CPC A01N 25/04 (2013.01) [A01N 43/36 (2013.01)]

16 Claims

1. A method for controlling insects wherein a composition comprising an insecticide and a polymer are applied to soil, wherein the polymer is an alkoxylated aliphatic polyol, wherein the polymer is formed from reactive components consisting of an initiator and a plurality of C₂to C₆alkylene oxide units, and wherein the initiator is an aliphatic polyol with at least three hydroxyl groups,

wherein the alkylene oxide units comprise ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide,

wherein said polymer has an OH number from 20 to 300 mg KOH/g, and

wherein the insecticide has a solubility in water at 20° C. of up to 10 g/l.