	US 12,342,817 B2
	Herbicidal compositions
John Hemminghaus, St. Louis, MO (US); and Ashoke K. Sengupta, St. Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Appl. No. 16/972,315
Filed by Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/035612 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 4, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/236723, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/680,910, filed on Jun. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0244024 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 25/32 (2006.01); A01N 25/04 (2006.01); A01N 33/12 (2006.01); A01N 37/40 (2006.01)

CPC A01N 25/32 (2013.01) [A01N 25/04 (2013.01); A01N 33/12 (2013.01); A01N 37/40 (2013.01)]

25 Claims

1. A herbicidal composition comprising an auxin herbicide acid and

(ii) an affinity solvent for the auxin herbicide acid, wherein the affinity solvent satisfies at least one of the following:

(1) a molecular weight of at least about 300 grams per mole, at least about 600 grams per mole, or at least about 900 grams per mole,

(2) at least one double bond group per molecule of the solvent, and/or

(3) at least four hydrogen bonding groups per molecule of the solvent, wherein the affinity solvent comprises castor oil and the weight ratio of affinity solvent to auxin herbicide is at least about 1:1.