Enhanced plant tissue penetration
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS ARE DESCRIBED FOR ENHANCING PENETRATION OF PLANT-ACTIVE AGENTS INTO PLANTS BY APPLYING THE PLANT-ACTIVE AGENT TO THE PLANT IN A COMPOSITION INCLUDING AN AMOUNT OF DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE WHICH MAY VARY FROM AS LOW AS PART PER ILLION VALUES UP TO 100% CONCENTRATION, DEPENDING UPON THE TYPE OF PLANT AND AMOUNT AND ROUTE OF APPLICATION. THE AGENTS INCLUDE INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES, VIRUCIDES, ANTIBIOTICS, NUTRIENTS, METAL SALTS, PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS, ORDORANTS, COLORANTS, HERBICIDES AND DEFOLIATING AGENTS. AGRICULTURAL DILUENTS AND SURFACTANTS ARE PREFERABLY INCORPORATED IN THE COMPOSITION. APPLICATION MAY BE BY SPRAY, DRENCH, XYLEM INJECTION, AND BARK PAINTS.
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- 👤 R Herschler
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