453 results about "Agrochemical" patented technology

A process, method and / or system for preparing polymer-coated nanoparticles and / or other ultrafine particles utilizing a supercritical fluid, e.g., supercritical carbon dioxide (SC CO2), as an antisolvent that may be added to a solution of a polymer and an organic solvent in which insoluble nanoparticles or the like are suspended. The coating process occurs when the supercritical fluid (e.g., SC CO2) and the nanoparticle-containing suspension are combined to cause the suspended nanoparticles to precipitate as coated nanoparticles. Processing parameters for optimizing and / or enhancing the efficacy and / or efficiency of the coating process, method and / or system and for controlling the coating and / or agglomeration of coated particles are also described. The process, method and / or system has wide ranging applicability, e.g., for coating and / or encapsulation of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food products, chemicals, agrochemicals, pesticides, polymers, coatings, catalysts and the like.

A networked delivery system and method for controlling operation of a spraying system includes nozzles for emitting an agrochemical according to a predetermined spray pattern and flow rate; vibration sensors located adjacent an agricultural spray system component to sense vibrations of the agricultural spray system component, such as spray nozzles. The networked delivery system also includes a control area network with a computer processor in communication with the vibration sensors. The processor conveys information to an operator regarding the agricultural spray system component based on the sensed vibrations. The processor also actuates each of the agricultural spray system components such as the spray nozzles to selectively control each of the nozzles or a designated group of the nozzles.

A system for uniformly dispensing agricultural chemicals in soil comprises a holding reservoir for the liquid agrichemicals, at least one multi-port uniform dispersing manifold or splitter, and a number of dispensing delivery tubes for dispensing the chemicals proximate openings or slits in the soil during various functions such as planting. The liquid agricultural chemicals, within the system, flow, under pressure, from the reservoir to the exit orifice of each delivery conduit. The multi-port, uniform liquid dispersing manifold passively equally and uniformly, divides the incoming fluid stream to provide separate, but substantially equal, divided fluid streams exiting the manifold to individual delivery conduits. The fluid stream flowing through the fluid inlet of the manifold, under pressure, impinges a planar surface, disposed at one end of the manifold inlet, substantially perpendicular to the fluid flow and proximate the manifold exits, such that the fluid stream is radially dispersed and uniformly divided among the exit ports of the manifold. Advantageously, the fluid exit ports which are radially disposed about the fluid inlet have a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the fluid flow in the fluid inlet causing the direction of the exit a flow to be substantially perpendicular to the fluid flow in the fluid inlet.

Methods of doing business and systems for implementing those methods which improve the effectiveness and success of the research and development of technology such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, agrochemicals, medical technology, and genomics. The methods include the application of value and cost modeling methodologies to provide a pharmaceutical, biotechnology or genomics research and development organization with information and data which will assist it in making choices and decisions about its prospective products and the manner of research and development thereof in order to realize the greatest economic gain from commercialization of the products.

A system and method for combining an additive with a carrier fluid in a spray nozzle. The carrier fluid is fed to one or more nozzles that include an embedded Venturi. The Venturi includes an induction port connected to an additive supply. As the carrier fluid flows through the nozzle, the flow creates a vacuum or suction force that draws in the additive. Of particular advantage, the concentration of the additive combined with the carrier fluid can be maintained constant even if the flow rate of the carrier fluid varies. The system and process are particularly well suited for spraying fields, such as crop fields or orchards, with an agrochemical.

An improved hydroponic apparatus is described. This improved hydroponic system uses renewable energy in containers made from recycled goods. An indoor container controls the weather and all conditions to obtain end results without pesticides or agrochemicals. The system can be fixed or mobile depending on the type of insulation. The system is independent of any kind of weather because it has an internal and external insulation. Indoor temperature also is regulated by a cold-heat exchanger. The lighting system will control the growth and function depending on the program used for each particular crop. The solar panels provide power to all equipment, storing overnight in batteries to keep the system running.

Remotely sensed spectral image data are used to develop a Vegetation Index file which represents spatial variations of actual crop vigor throughout an area that is under cultivation. The latter information is processed to place it in a format that can be used by personnel to correlate and calibrate it with actually observed crop conditions existing at control points within the area. Based on the results, personnel formulate a prescription request, which is forwarded to a central processing site, where the prescription is prepared. The latter is returned to a mobile application means that directly applies inputs to the field at a spatially variable rate.

The present invention relates to a basically spherical hyperbranched block copolymer having an internal hydrophobic block and an external hydrophilic block. Within the spherical copolymer, the hydrophobic block constitutes a hydrophobic layer, suitable to associate or encapsulate hydrophobic bioactive agents, while the hydrophilic block provides an outer layer, which is suitable to render the copolymer soluble or dispersible in aqueous solutions. Also claimed is a method for preparing the copolymer, which is suitable to encapsulate fragrances, flavours, drugs, agrochemicals, for example.

The apparatus and method of the present invention provides for conducting simultaneous multiple synthesis of general compounds, which often takes place under varied uneven conditions requiring heating, cooling, agitation, reagent / solvent additions to the reactor contents at each reaction vessel location, supply and maintenance of inert atmosphere and means to facilitate the reflux of the reactor contents. Thus, it becomes necessary to monitor and control the reaction conditions during the simultaneous multiple synthesis of general compounds. The apparatus allows the user to connect various independently controlling and conveying means to each reaction vessel through multiple ports provided on a stopper mounted on each reaction vessel. The apparatus of the present invention permits user to readily access the reaction vessels without interrupting the reactions occurring in the adjacent reaction vessels. The unique geometry and shape of the stopper allows positioning of multiple ports, while still providing the stopper with a compact size. As a result, a large array of reaction vessels can be accommodated in the device of the present invention without significantly increasing the overall size of the apparatus. Some of the general compounds that can be readily synthesized by the apparatus and the method of the present invention include inorganic compounds as well as organic compounds, such as oligomers, polymers, agricultural chemicals, drugs, peptides and oligonucleotides.

Remotely sensed spectral image data are used to develop a Vegetation Index file which represents spatial variations of actual crop vigor throughout an area that is under cultivation. The latter information is processed to place it in a format that can be used by personnel to correlate and calibrate it with actually observed crop conditions existing at control points within the area. Based on the results, personnel formulate a prescription request, which is forwarded to a central processing site, where the prescription is prepared. The latter is returned to a mobile application means that directly applies inputs to the field at a spatially variable rate.

The present invention relates to a media mill system and a method using the same to produce fine and ultra-fine particles useful in diagnostic agents, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, nutraceuticals and the like.

Spray drift during the application of agricultural chemicals is reduced by incorporating a self-emulsifiable ester into the liquid to be sprayed.

A process for macromolecularizing phenolic compounds or aromatic amine compounds by the action of a catalyst comprising an enzyme having a polyphenol oxidizing activity in the alkali region; applications of the compounds obtained by the above process to thickeners, stabilizers, coagulants, emulsifiers, dispersants, water retainers, antioxidants, adhesives, concrete admixtures, dyes, coating materials, petroleum recovering agent, soil conditioner, a blow-applied seed bearing surface soil stabilizer, deodorants, smell eliminators, agricultural chemical spreaders, feeding stuff binders, bactericides, antimicrobial agents, viral infection inhibitors, bioadhesion preventives, biotic repellents, insecticides, poultices, ink bases or wood treating agents; and method of waste water disposal, a method of deoxygenation and a method of treating wood, concrete or soil in which use is made of the above reaction.

PCT No. PCT / JP97 / 00558 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 5, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 5, 1997 PCT Filed Feb. 26, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97 / 31527 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 4, 1997An efficacy enhancer for agricultural chemicals and an agricultural chemical composition are disclosed which each manifest perfect stability even when they are incorporated into given agricultural chemicals at high concentrations and which possess excellent efficacy enhancing actions. A compound of the following formula (I) is used as the efficacy enhancer.

A system and method for combining an additive with a carrier fluid in a spray nozzle. The carrier fluid is fed to one or more nozzles that include an embedded Venturi. The Venturi includes an induction port connected to an additive supply. As the carrier fluid flows through the nozzle, the flow creates a vacuum or suction force that draws in the additive. Of particular advantage, the concentration of the additive combined with the carrier fluid can be maintained constant even if the flow rate of the carrier fluid varies. The system and process are particularly well suited for spraying fields, such as crop fields or orchards, with an agrochemical.

The invention is the discovery of an actinomycete genus, given the name Salinospora gen. nov., that displays an obligate requirement of seawater (Na+) for growth and unique 16S rRNA signature nucleotides. The invention is also the use of the genus for the production and discovery of active biomolecules such as pharmaceutical agents, agrichemicals, immunomodifiers, enzymes and enzyme inhibitors.

The invention "colloidal nanoscale carriers for active hydrophilic substances and method for producing same" pertains to the field of medical, odontological or hygiene preparations, and is characterized by structures formed by hydrophilic polymers that contain active hydrophilic substances coated with a non-hydrophilic phase and surfactants with affinity for the components, forming an invert emulsion that allows the incorporation and controlled delivery of active hydrophilic substances, conferring properties such as protection against degradation processes, improvement of compatibility with the other components of the formulation in the final product, increase in the availability and / or bioavailability of the active substance in the medium of interest (including improvements in permeation processes in biological materials, reduction of the exposure and volatilization of the active substance in the medium) and controlled release of the active substance(s). The nanoscale carrier obtained by this method, called colloidal nanoscale carrier (NC), can be used in various fields, such as the pharmaceutical field (including dermatology), cosmetics, personal hygiene products, veterinary medicine, agrochemicals and fertilizers, the food industry and the like. The invention proposes a kinetically stable system with an effective nanoscale structure that consists of nanoscale carriers formed by polymers emulsified in a non-aqueous medium in the presence of a surfactant with affinity for the two phases (the dispersion medium and the encapsulating agent). This system is obtained by nanoemulsification of an aqueous phase of hydrophilic polymers emulsified in a non-hydrophilic (lipophilic or silophilic) phase that contains the surfactants, and is characterized by the implementation of two concepts that encompass the generation of an invert nanoscale emulsion and of polymer nanoparticles. The formulation has the novel technical effect of providing a polymer excipient with a nanoscale structure for delivering hydrophilic molecules suspended in a non-hydrophilic phase, which allows controlling the size of the nanoscale particles and modulating colloidal stability by means of process parameters.

The present disclosure is related to the field of agrochemicals, including profungicides of UK-2A and their use to control soybean rust.

An enhancer composition for agricultural chemicals which can enhance the effectiveness of an agricultural chemical without causing any phytotoxicity to various crops, which comprises at least one nitrogen-containing compound selected from the group consisting of a tertiary amine, a tertiary amine salt and a quaternary ammonium salt and a chelating agent, wherein the content of the chelating agent ranges from 0.01 to 30 mol per mol of the nitrogen-containing compound.

The invention discloses an agricultural sterilizing composite containing thifluzamide, which is a sterilizing composite containing a first active ingredient thifluzamide, second active ingredients including difenoconazole, hexaconazole, propiconazole, cyproconazole and tebuconazole, and third active ingredients including tricyclazole, isoprothiolane, fenoxanil, Kanamycinum, prochloraz and azoxystrobin, wherein the weight ratio of the first active ingredient to the second active ingredient to the third active ingredient is (1-6) : (1-6) : 6. The sterilizing composite can be applied to controlling rice sheath blight disease, rice false smut and rice blast, and has reasonable ingredients, curing and protecting function, good sterilizing effect, less times of spraying insecticide and lower cost of spraying insecticide. In addition, the activity and the sterilizing effect of the sterilizing composite are not simple addition of the activity of active ingredients, but remarkable synergism isachieved. The invention has good safety on plants, slows down the generation of resistance and meets the safety requirement on agrochemicals.

The invention discloses an agricultural sterilizing composite containing thifluzamide, containing a first active ingredient thifluzamide, and a second active ingredient selected from tebuconazole, difenoconazole, hexaconazole, propiconazole and cyproconazole, wherein the weight ratio of the first active ingredient to the second active ingredient is (12 : 1)-(1 : 12). The sterilizing composite is applied to controlling rice sheath blight disease, rice false smut, wheat sharp eyespot, wheat loose kernel smut and wheat Tilletia contraversa of cereal crops, and has reasonable ingredients, curing and protecting function, good sterilizing effect, less times of spraying insecticide and lower cost of spraying insecticide. In addition, the activity and the sterilizing effect of the sterilizing composite are not simple addition of the activity of the active ingredients, but remarkable synergism is achieved. The invention has good safety on plants, slows down the generation of resistance and meets the safety requirement on agrochemicals.

An agrichemical is disclosed having increased bio-activity which is adapted for spray application in a form which offers reduced aerial drift and improved deposition on organisms, reduced agglomeration and gellation problems, is adapted for use with chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers and allows for lower agrichemical use rates. Various adjuvants and surfactants are combined with fertilizers or pesticides, such as herbicides fungicides and insecticides, to reduce application problems relating to droplet size, foaming, chemical stability, plant and area coverage, droplet drift, surface tension, suspension, incompatability, phytoxicity, solubility, volatilization and evaporation, while providing enhanced bio-efficacy and low aquatic toxicity. Purifying the agrichemical composition water source by any of various known processes such as oxidation, ultra-filtration, deionization, reverse osmosis or nanofiltration lowers or removes alkaline components, such as calcium, magnesium, iron, sodium, etc., and reduces water hardness, and further increases the agrichemical's bio-efficacy.

A method, information processing system, and computer program storage product apply agrochemicals to plants. A set of user defineable agrochemical application parameters are wirelessly received from a user. A set of data is received from a multiplicity of plant sensors. The set of data includes at least positional data associated with a multiplicity of plants with respect to a set of agrochemical applicators. At least speed data associated with a vehicle coupled to the set of agrochemical applicators is received. The set of agrochemical applicators is instructed to apply one or more agrochemicals to at least one plant in the multiplicity of plants based at least on the set of user defineable agrochemical application parameters that has been wirelessly received, the set of data from a multiplicity of plant sensors, and the speed data. The set of agrochemical applicators apply the one or more agrochemicals to at least one plant.

The invention relates to modified polypeptides with reduced allergenicity comprising a parent polypeptide with a molecular weight from between 10 kDa and 100 kDa conjugated to a polymer with a molecular weight (Mr) in the range of 1 kDa and 60 kDa. The modified polypeptide are produced using a process including the step of conjugating from 1 to 30 polymer molecules with the parent polypeptide. Further the invention relates to compositions comprising said polypeptides and further ingredients normally used in e.g. detergents, including dishwashing detergents and soap bars, household article, agrochemicals, personal care products, cosmetics, toiletries, oral and dermal pharmaceuticals, composition for treating textiles, and compositions used for manufacturing food and feed. Finally the invention is directed to uses of polypeptides with reduced allergenicity or compositions thereof for reducing the allergenicity of products for a vast number of industrial applications.

Disclosed is an impact-resistant modified polyamide moulding compound which is suitable in particular for the production of containers having a good oxygen barrier and low-temperature impact strength. Also disclosed are containers which are produced from the thermoplastic polyamide moulding compound. In particular, storage or transport containers for industrial chemicals, agrochemicals, the cosmetic industry, pharmaceutical industry or foodstuffs industry can be produced from the polyamide moulding compound of the invention.

The invention discloses a dispersible oil suspension agent containing cyproconazole. The dispersible oil suspension agent is prepared by effective active compositions including cyproconazole and azoxystrobin and a wetting agent, a dispersant, an emulsifying agent, a thickening agent, a stabilizing agent, an anti-freezing agent, a defoaming agent and non-aqua-system dispersing media, wherein the weight proportions of the compositions include that the cyproconazole ranges from 0.5% to 10%, azoxystrobin ranges from 5% to 30%, the wetting agent ranges from 0.5% to 3%, the dispersant ranges from 0.5% to 8%, the emulsifying agent ranges from 0.5% to 10%, the thickening agent ranges from 1% to 6%, the stabilizing agent ranges from 0.5% to 20%, the anti-freezing agent ranges from 1% to 5%, the defoaming agent ranges from 0.1% to 2% and the rest are the non-aqua-system dispersing media. The two active compositions can be mixed to prepare the dispersible oil suspension agent, thereby preventiveeffect of the dispersible oil suspension agent is enhanced, effective period is prolonged, and preventive effective of the dispersible oil suspension agent is obviously better than other agents prepared by the active compositions. Besides, the dispersible oil suspension agent is safe to crop and environment, application dose of agents is reduced, cost is saved, and the dispersible oil suspension agent meets the safety requirement of agrochemicals.

A networked delivery system and method for controlling operation of a spraying system includes nozzles for emitting an agrochemical according to a predetermined spray pattern and flow rate; vibration sensors located adjacent an agricultural spray system component to sense vibrations of the agricultural spray system component, such as spray nozzles. The networked delivery system also includes a control area network with a computer processor in communication with the vibration sensors. The processor conveys information to an operator regarding the agricultural spray system component based on the sensed vibrations. The processor also actuates each of the agricultural spray system components such as the spray nozzles to selectively control each of the nozzles or a designated group of the nozzles.