US 12,454,495 B2
Crop nutrition and fortification composition
Arun Vitthal Sawant, Thane (IN); and Thankapan Vadakekuttu, Navi Mumbai (IN)
Assigned to SML Limitied, Mumbai (IN)
Appl. No. 17/054,137
Filed by Arun Vitthal Sawant, Thane (IN); and Thankapan Vadakekuttu, Navi Mumbai (IN)
PCT Filed May 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/053881
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/215697, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/IB2018/053251 (WO), filed on May 10, 2018; and application No. 201821042030 (IN), filed on Nov. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0122681 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. C05D 9/02 (2006.01); C05G 1/00 (2006.01); C05G 3/30 (2020.01); C05G 3/50 (2020.01); C05G 3/60 (2020.01); C05G 3/70 (2020.01); C05G 3/80 (2020.01); C05G 5/12 (2020.01); C05G 5/27 (2020.01)
CPC C05G 3/50 (2020.02) [C05D 9/02 (2013.01); C05G 1/00 (2013.01); C05G 3/30 (2020.02); C05G 3/60 (2020.02); C05G 3/70 (2020.02); C05G 3/80 (2020.02); C05G 5/12 (2020.02); C05G 5/27 (2020.02)] 9 Claims
 
1. A water dispersible granular composition for crop nutrition and fortification composition, wherein the composition comprises:
elemental sulphur in the range of from 1% to 90% by weight of the total composition;
at least one manganese salt or mixtures thereof in the range of from 0.1% to 70% by weight of the total composition; and,
at least one dispersing agent in the range of from 1%-30% w/w of the total composition; and, wherein the granules of the composition are in the range of from 0.1-2.5 mm and comprise particles in the size range of from 0.1 micron to 20 microns, and
wherein the manganese salts comprise water insoluble manganese salts or water soluble manganese salts; and,
wherein the water soluble manganese salts comprise one or more of manganese acetate, manganese diacetate, manganese gluconate, manganese bromide, manganese chloride, manganese iodide, manganese succinate, manganese fumarate, manganese nitrate, manganese dichloride, sodium manganate, potassium permanganate, manganese citrate, manganese bicarbonate, manganese dichromate, manganese fluorosilicate, manganese ammonium phosphate; manganese zinc ferrite, manganese chlorate tetrahydrate, manganese bromide, sodium manganate, manganese chelate or mixtures thereof.