US 12,133,525 B2
Agricultural pesticide compositions
Rajesh Goyal, Gujarat (IN); and Krish Shanmuga, Plainsboro, NJ (US)
Assigned to SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE, Lyons (FR)
Filed by SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE, Lyons (FR)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,636.
Application 15/414,771 is a division of application No. 14/060,845, filed on Oct. 23, 2013, abandoned.
Application 17/813,636 is a continuation of application No. 15/414,771, filed on Jan. 25, 2017, granted, now 11,419,330.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361488 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01N 25/24 (2006.01); A01N 25/06 (2006.01); A01N 57/12 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 25/24 (2013.01) [A01N 25/06 (2013.01); A01N 57/12 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
 
1. A method for improving deposition control of an aqueous pesticide composition during a spray application, comprising:
contacting an aqueous pesticide composition with an adjuvant composition, wherein the adjuvant composition consists of, based on 100 parts by weight of the adjuvant composition:
from 60 to 90 pbw of at least one fatty deposition control agent selected from the group consisting of canola oil and soybean oil, and
from 10 to 40 pbw of at least one surfactant consisting of an ethoxylated glycol ester of fatty acid;
wherein an end use pesticide composition comprises the aqueous pesticide composition and the adjuvant composition and wherein the end use pesticide composition comprises, based on 100 pbw of the end use pesticide composition:
an aqueous medium,
from greater than 0 to about 20 pbw of one or more pesticide compounds;
from 0.1 to 10 pbw of the at least one fatty deposition control agent, wherein the at least one fatty deposition control agent comes from the adjuvant composition,
optionally, one or more hydrotropes;
and wherein the adjuvant composition forms a stable emulsion upon dilution into the pesticide composition; and spray applying the end use pesticide composition to a target pest and/or to the environment of the target pest, wherein the spray applying uses an air induction nozzle or a flat fan nozzle and wherein droplets comprising the aqueous pesticide composition and the adjuvant composition have greater than 60% of the droplets in the 150 to 500 pm range exiting the nozzle when the flat fan nozzle is used and greater than 70% of the droplets in the 150 to 500 pm range exiting the nozzle when the air induction nozzle is used,
wherein the spray applied end use pesticide composition exhibits improved deposition control compared to the aqueous pesticide composition when spray applied.