RU2785783C2 - New nutritional and enriching composition for agricultural crops - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: nutritional and enriching composition for agricultural crops in the form of a liquid suspension contains elemental sulfur in the range of 1-60% by weight of the entire composition, at least one iron salt, complexes, derivatives, or mixtures thereof in the range of 1-55% by weight of the entire composition, at least one structuring substance in the range of about 0.01-5% by weight of the entire composition, and at least one agrochemically acceptable auxiliary substance. At the same time, the composition contains particles with a size in the range of 0.1-20 microns. A method for the production of the above-mentioned composition in the form of a liquid suspension includes: grinding of the mixture of elemental sulfur, at least one of iron salts, complexes, derivatives, or mixtures thereof, at least one structuring substance, and at least one agrochemically acceptable auxiliary substance in water to obtain a suspension or a wet mixture with particles, a size of which is in the range from 0.1 micron to 20 microns.

EFFECT: invention allows for an increase in bioavailability of sulfur and iron for absorption by plants, as well as an increase in the yield of agricultural crops.

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Description

1. FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

The invention relates to a nutritional and enriching composition for crops containing an effective amount of elemental sulfur and one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof, with at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient; moreover, the composition contains particles whose size is in the range of 0.1-20 microns. In addition, the invention relates to a water-dispersible granular composition containing one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof, elemental sulfur and at least one dispersing agent; moreover, the composition contains granules, the size of which is in the range of 0.1-2.5 mm. The invention also relates to a nutritional and enriching composition for agricultural crops in the form of a liquid suspension containing one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof; elemental sulphur, at least one structurant and at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient. In addition, the invention relates to a method for producing a nutritional and enrichment composition for crops, as well as a method for treating plants, seeds, crops, plant propagation material, locus, its parts or soil with a nutritional and enrichment composition for crops.

2. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Specific terminology has been chosen to describe embodiments of the invention in order to provide clarity. However, the invention is not limited to the specific terms chosen, and each specific term is to be understood to include all technical equivalents that have similar functions to achieve a similar purpose.

Fertilization is a key element in the growth and development of crops. Low and unacceptable nutrient availability for plants leads to lack of proper growth and physiological development. As a result, plants become more susceptible to the negative effects of pests. Other problems associated with agriculture are environmental conditions such as drought, biotic and abiotic stress, soil conditions that lead to reduced yields and product quality. Thus, providing an acceptable recharge, taking into account environmental conditions, remains a big problem. Finding the best conditions, using crop nutrients and fertilizers has always been a growing need for farmers to improve the nutrient uptake of crops in order to improve soil and plant health, provide farmers with improved economic returns, and reduce environmental impacts.

Iron (Fe) is an essential nutrient required for the growth, development and reproduction of plants or crops, but in relatively small amounts, making it a micronutrient. Iron is involved in many important physiological processes in plants, such as the production of chlorophyll and a number of enzymes and proteins. It also plays a role in respiration, nitrogen uptake, energy metabolism and metabolism in crops and plants.

Iron is relatively immobile immediately after entering the tissues in the upper parts of plants, and as a result, the movement of iron from one part of the plant to another is restricted, resulting in iron deficiency. Such a deficiency in plants or crops in general is a prerequisite for chlorosis (yellowing). Moreover, poor iron supplementation also leads to poor knotting in legumes, resulting in smaller size and lower yields.

It has been observed that the management of crop iron supplementation is difficult due to factors such as soil carbon dioxide levels, salinity, soil moisture content, soil alkalinity, low temperature, and concentrations of other nutrients (e.g. competing micronutrients such as phosphorus, calcium), which can also affect the availability of iron and sometimes lead to iron deficiency. Also, the ability of plants to respond to iron availability ultimately affects human nutrition, both in terms of crop yields and iron concentration in edible plant tissues. Thus, proper iron supplementation is extremely important for optimizing crop nutrition and metabolism, which in turn contributes to crop yield and quality.

In addition, known iron-based compositions in the form of pellets, briquettes, etc. have an increased distribution of particles, resulting in poor suspension, uneven distribution in the soil and coverage of crops. Moreover, these traditional fertilizers are available in forms that are not completely soluble or do not disperse in an acceptable manner. This presents a big problem for the user and the environment. Because these compositions are not completely soluble, they leave a residue behind. Such commercially available iron-based compositions also tend to precipitate or precipitate in the package or container from which they are applied, thereby not exhibiting the desired spreadability, causing problems when applied by drip irrigation, and do not have a uniform distribution of components. for crops for proper absorption.

Moreover, the role of sulfur as an important nutrient and fertilizer for growth has long been known in the field of agriculture. The most common approach for providing sulfur recharge to plants and soil is to use sulfur as elemental sulfur since it is 100% sulphur. The prior art would encourage those skilled in the art to provide a composition with an increased particle size, since the grinding of elemental sulfur imposes a high risk of explosion or fire and, thus, the inclusion of elemental sulfur with a reduced particle size remains a problem in the composition. As a rule, the composition based on sulfur, known from the prior art, has an increased particle size, for example, in the form of bentonite granules or briquettes, sulfur pellets, sulfur granules, molten sulfur, etc.

Agricultural compositions that contain fertilizer, micronutrients are known in the art and generally involve grinding or crushing insoluble micronutrients to form a ground powder or dust. However, grinding only insoluble micronutrients and mixing other fertilizers, micronutrients and excipients together will result in an inhomogeneous mixture of actives in the formulation, which may be undesirable in terms of its application, as well as poor nutrient uptake by plants.

Known compositions containing sulfur and iron, namely in the form of briquettes or pellets, have been associated with several disadvantages. Briquettes or pellets of micronutrients such as iron and sulfur include swellable clays that swell upon contact with moisture and thus decompose to release active substances. Such pellets or briquettes result in uneven release of micronutrients, resulting in poorer crop yields in the field. Again, such briquette formulations are only suitable for general use due to their own drawbacks, namely poor water dispersibility and suspendability due to their oversized size, resulting in clogged outlets when sprayed, posing a problem in nutrient delivery for plant or agricultural crop. In view of these shortcomings, such prior art briquette compositions containing iron and sulfur are not commercially viable or applicable in drip or sprinkler irrigation, which is the main irrigation method today given the shortage of labor and water resources.

In addition, other formulations described in the prior art would direct a person skilled in the art to obtain viscous and highly concentrated liquids, which would lead to problems in practical application. These highly concentrated formulations are difficult to dilute in water. Such compositions do not form a stable dispersion and tend to form seals, making them unsuitable for use. Such viscous, large particle size formulations that are not flowable tend to clog outlets and pose a problem for nutrient delivery to the plant or crop.

Thus, suitable compositions containing iron in combination with a fertilizer such as sulfur, which could be effectively used as a nutrient to meet the needs of plants and overcome the above-described disadvantages of known compositions, are not known and are not available.

It has been noted by the present inventors that the composition of the present invention is synergistic in nature and when formulated with a specific particle size, making sulfur and iron fully available for plant uptake and increasing overall yield. In addition, it has been observed that the choice of a particular type of iron salts in combination with elemental sulfur prevents the iron from being leached out and makes it available for crop uptake to the maximum extent possible. It helps reduce chlorosis of younger growing leaves, increases chlorophyll content, disease resistance, iron uptake, resulting in a nutrient-rich crop.

In addition, the present inventors have found that the use of iron together with sulfur in the form of the present composition increases the nutrient uptake of the plant in terms of sulfur and iron, i.e. the plant absorbs increased amounts of sulfur and iron from smaller amounts of fertilizer applied to the soil. Moreover, the authors of the present invention have determined that the nutritional and enrichment compositions for crops of the present invention, containing effective amounts of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof, as well as elemental sulfur and at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient , with a particle size in the range of 0.1-20 microns, demonstrate excellent performance in the field. This novel composition promotes increased plant yield, iron uptake, reduced leaf yellowing and improved plant physiological parameters such as increased root formation, increased leaf formation, disease resistance, increased greenness of crops resulting in a nutrient rich and enriched crop. The composition may be in the form of a water-dispersible granular composition and a liquid suspension composition. The composition of the present invention also exhibits excellent physical characteristics such as suspendability, dispersibility, spreadability, wettability and improved viscosity, which provides improved fluidity. The compositions of the present invention have also shown excellent performance in the "accelerated aging" stability test, as well as effective use in drip irrigation. Moreover, the composition exhibits extremely improved performance in the field at reduced dosages of the composition.

3. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The inventors have determined that a water-dispersible, granular, nutritional and enrichment composition for crops, containing effective amounts of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives, or a mixture thereof, elemental sulfur, and at least one dispersing agent, provides increased yield of various crops and improves the physiological parameters of plants, and also finds direct application in micro-irrigation systems. Water-dispersible granules contain one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof in a concentration in the range from 1% to 70% by weight of the entire composition, elemental sulfur in a concentration in the range of 1% to 90% by weight of the entire composition and at least one dispersing agent in the range of 1%-30% by weight of the entire composition. In addition, the water-dispersible, granular, nutritional and enrichment composition for crops contains granules, the size of which is in the range of 0.1-2.5 mm, and is dispersed into particles, the size of which is in the range of 0.1 micron to 20 micron. In addition, water-dispersible granules have practically no hardness.

In addition, the inventors have also found that a nutrient and enrichment composition for crops in the form of a liquid suspension containing effective amounts of elemental sulfur, one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives, or mixtures thereof; at least one structurant and at least one agrochemically acceptable adjuvant with a particle size in the range of about 0.1-20 microns has shown high yield in some crops and also finds direct use in micro-irrigation systems. The liquid suspension contains one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof in a concentration in the range from 1% to 55% by weight of the entire composition, elemental sulfur in the range from 1% to 60% by weight of the entire composition, at least one structurant a substance in the range from 0.01% to 5% by weight of the entire composition and at least one agrochemical active excipient; wherein the composition contains particles whose size is in the range of 0.1-20 microns.

In addition, the invention relates to a method for preparing a nutritional and enriching composition for crops containing effective amounts of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof, with elemental sulfur and at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient; wherein the composition contains particles whose size is in the range of 0.1-20 microns.

The invention also relates to a method for treating plants, seeds, crops, plant propagation material, locus, parts thereof, or soil with a nutrient and enrichment composition for crops containing an effective amount of elemental sulfur and one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives, or mixtures thereof. , as well as at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient.

As a likely preference, the compositions are applied as a foliar spray or to the soil via spreading or sloping/side placement, soaking, drilling, or via micro-irrigation such as drip or jet irrigation. The last mentioned case of drip or jet irrigation further optimizes farming practices, which are severely affected by the ever-increasing shortage of labor and water resources. Thus, the compositions of the invention are used in all possible ways of application according to the convenience of the user.

According to an embodiment, the invention also relates to a method for improving plant health, improving crop nutrition, enriching or fortifying crops, protecting crops, increasing crop yields or soil conditions, treating at least one of seeds, seedlings, crops , plant, plant propagation material, locus, its parts or soil with a nutritional and enriching composition for agricultural crops containing effective amounts of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof, elemental sulfur and at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient.

The composition was observed to exhibit good physical and chemical properties. The composition is highly dispersible, non-viscous and well flowable, does not form compactions and is stable even during long periods of storage and at elevated temperatures, which in turn provides excellent performance in the field.

4. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a more complete understanding of the invention, further reference should be made to embodiments, which are illustrated in more detail in the accompanying drawings and described as embodiments of the invention.

FIGURE 1: Graphical representation to investigate the effect of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide in the form of water-dispersible granules (DWG), liquid slurry (LS) and briquettes on the availability of sulfur.

FIGURE 2: Graphical representation to study the effect of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide in the form of water-dispersible granules (DWG), liquid slurry (SC) and briquettes on the availability of iron.

5. DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Specific terminology has been chosen to describe an embodiment of the invention for the sake of clarity. However, the invention is not limited to the specific terms chosen, and such specific terms are to be understood to include all technical equivalents that have similar functions to achieve a similar purpose. It should be understood that any range of numbers specified herein is intended to include all of its subranges. Also, the percentages of the components in the composition are presented as weight percent, unless otherwise indicated.

A water-dispersible granule is defined as a formulation consisting of granules to be applied after being crushed and dispersed in water. "DG" or "DWG" as used herein refers to water-dispersible granules.

In accordance with the invention, the term "liquid suspension" embraces "aqueous suspension" or "suspension concentrates" or "suspo emulsion" or SC composition. A liquid suspension can be defined as a composition in which solid particles are dispersed or suspended in a liquid. The carrier fluid may be water and/or a water-miscible solvent.

Nutrient uptake (NUT) is defined as a measure of how well plants absorb available mineral nutrients. Increasing the ASL is an important and necessary condition for expanding agricultural production to the least fertile lands with low nutrient availability, but also a way to reduce the use of inorganic fertilizers.

The invention relates to a nutritional or enrichment composition for crops that contains 1%-70% by weight of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof; 1% to 90% by weight of elemental sulfur; at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient; wherein the composition has particles ranging in size from 0.1 to 20 microns and exhibits improved dispersibility and suspendability.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition is in solid form or liquid form. For example, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops may be in the form of wettable powders, aqueous suspensions, suspo emulsions, suspension concentrates, aqueous dispersions, water-dispersible granules, seed disinfectants or grain treatment emulsions, and combinations thereof.

According to an embodiment, salts, complexes, iron derivatives include water-soluble and/or water-insoluble iron salts, or complexes, or derivatives, or mixtures thereof.

According to an embodiment, salts, complexes, iron derivatives particularly include water-insoluble iron salts, or complexes, or derivatives, or mixtures thereof.

According to an embodiment, the water-insoluble salts include one or more of iron oxide, iron hydroxide, iron phosphate, iron dichromate, iron fumarate, iron succinate, iron oxalate, iron saccharate, carbonyl iron, complexes, derivatives thereof, or their mixtures. Iron oxide includes, but is not limited to, ferrous oxide (FeO), ferric oxide (Fe ₂ O ₃ ), or red iron oxide, and ferrous oxide (Fe ₃ O ₄ ) or ferrous oxide . Iron hydroxide includes, but is not limited to, ferric hydroxide, iron oxide yellow (FeOOH), iron hydroxide (Fe(OH) ₃ ), iron (III) hydroxide, iron oxyhydroxide, and limonite. Iron phosphate includes, but is not limited to, ferric phosphate, ferric phosphate dihydrate, ferric phosphate hydrate, ferric glycerophosphate, ferrous pyrophosphate, lithium ferric pyrophosphate, and lithium ferric phosphate. Ferrous fumarate includes, but is not limited to, ferrous fumarate and ferro-fumarate. Iron succinate includes, but is not limited to, ferrous succinate and iron(II) succinate salt. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other water-insoluble iron salts without departing from the scope of the invention.

According to an embodiment, the water-insoluble iron salts specifically include iron oxide. Iron oxide includes, but is not limited to, ferrous oxide (FeO), ferric oxide (Fe ₂ O ₃ ), or red iron oxide, and ferrous oxide (Fe ₃ O ₄ ) or ferrous oxide . However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other water-insoluble iron salts without departing from the scope of the invention.

In accordance with an embodiment, salts, complexes, iron derivatives, in particular, include water-soluble iron salts, or complexes, or derivatives, or mixtures thereof. According to an embodiment, the water-soluble salts include one or more of ferrous sulfate, ferrous citrate, ferrous ascorbate, ferrous humate, ferrous fulvate, ferrous malate, ferrous chelate, and complexes, derivatives, and mixtures thereof. Ferrous sulfate includes, but is not limited to, ferrous sulfate, green vitriol, ferrous sulfate, ferrous sulfate, melanterite, and somolnokit. Ferrous citrate includes, but is not limited to, ferric citrate, ferrous citrate fumarate, ferric ammonium citrate, ferric citrate anhydrous, ferric citrate dihydrate, ferric citrate hydrate, ferric citrate salt (+3), citrate trihydrate ferric iron, iron (III) citrate and ferric citric acid. Iron ascorbate includes, but is not limited to, ferrous ascorbate, L-(+)-iron(II) ascorbate, and the iron(II) salt of vitamin C. However, one skilled in the art will appreciate that other soluble in water salts of iron, without going beyond the scope of the invention.

According to an embodiment, salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof are present in the range from 1% to 70% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, salts, complexes, iron derivatives, or mixtures thereof are present in the range from 1% to 40% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof are present in the range of 1% to 20% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof are present in the range of 1% to 10% by weight of the entire composition.

In accordance with an implementation option, elemental sulfur is present in the range from 1% to 90% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with an implementation option, elemental sulfur is present in the range from 1% to 80% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with an implementation option, elemental sulfur is present in the range from 1% to 70% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with an implementation option, elemental sulfur is present in the range from 1% to 50% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with an implementation option, elemental sulfur is present in the range from 1% to 40% by weight of the entire composition.

In accordance with another implementation variant, elemental sulfur is present in the range from 20% to 90% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with another implementation option, elemental sulfur is present in the range from 40% to 90% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition is in the form of water-dispersible granules. In accordance with an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops in the form of water-dispersible granules contains one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof in the range from 1% to 70% by weight of the entire composition and elemental sulfur in the range from 1% to 90% by weight of the entire composition, and one or more dispersants in the range of 1% to 30% by weight of the entire composition.

In accordance with an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops in the form of water-dispersible granules contains one or more water-soluble salts, complexes, iron derivatives, or a mixture thereof in the range from 1% to 70% by weight of the entire composition and elemental sulfur in the range from 1% to 90% by weight of the entire composition, and one or more dispersants in the range from 1% to 30% by weight of the entire composition.

In accordance with an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops in the form of water-dispersible granules contains ferrous sulfate in the range from 1% to 70% by weight of the entire composition and elemental sulfur in the range from 1% to 90% by weight of the entire composition, and one or more dispersants in the range of 1% to 30% by weight of the entire composition.

In accordance with an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops in the form of water-dispersible granules contains one or more water-insoluble salts, complexes, iron derivatives or a mixture thereof in the range from 1% to 70% by weight of the entire composition and elemental sulfur in the range from 1% to 90% by weight of the entire composition, and one or more dispersants in the range from 1% to 30% by weight of the entire composition.

In accordance with an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops in the form of water-dispersible granules contains one or more of iron oxide or ferrous oxide, or ferric oxide, or an oxide containing ferrous and ferric iron, in the range of 1 % to 70% by weight of the entire composition and elemental sulfur in the range from 1% to 90% by weight of the entire composition, and one or more dispersants in the range from 1% to 30% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, the weight ratio of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures to elemental sulfur in the form of water-dispersible granules is from 1:90 to 70:1. In accordance with an implementation option, the weight ratio of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures to elemental sulfur in the form of water-dispersible granules is from 1:90 to 3.5:1. In accordance with an implementation option, the weight ratio of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures to elemental sulfur in the form of water-dispersible granules is from 1:10 to 10:1. According to an embodiment, the weight ratio of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures to elemental sulfur in the form of water-dispersible granules is from 1:2.5 to 1.5:1. According to an embodiment, the weight ratio of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures to elemental sulfur in the form of water-dispersible granules is from 1:1.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition is in the form of a liquid suspension. In accordance with an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops in the form of a liquid suspension contains one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof in the range from 1% to 55% by weight of the entire composition and elemental sulfur in the range from 1% up to 60% by weight of the entire composition, and one or more dispersing agents in the range from 0.01% to 5% by weight of the entire composition, as well as one or more agrochemically acceptable excipients.

In accordance with an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops in the form of a liquid suspension contains one or more water-soluble salts, complexes, iron derivatives, or mixtures thereof in the range from 1% to 55% by weight of the entire composition and elemental sulfur in the range from 1% to 60% by weight of the entire composition, and one or more dispersing agents in the range from 0.01% to 5% by weight of the entire composition, as well as one or more agrochemically acceptable excipients.

According to an embodiment, the liquid slurry crop nutrition and enrichment composition contains ferrous sulfate in the range of 1% to 55% by weight of the total composition and elemental sulfur in the range of 1% to 60% by weight of the total composition, and one or more dispersing agents in the range from 0.01% to 5% by weight of the entire composition, as well as one or more agrochemically acceptable excipients.

In accordance with an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops in the form of a liquid suspension contains one or more water-insoluble salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof in the range from 1% to 55% by weight of the entire composition and elemental sulfur in the range from 1% to 60% by weight of the entire composition, and one or more dispersing agents in the range from 0.01% to 5% by weight of the entire composition, as well as one or more agrochemically acceptable excipients.

In accordance with an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops in the form of a liquid suspension contains one or more of iron oxide or ferrous oxide, or ferric oxide, or ferrous and ferric oxide, in the range from 1% to 55% by weight of the entire composition and elemental sulfur in the range from 1% to 60% by weight of the entire composition, and one or more dispersants in the range from 0.01% to 5% by weight of the entire composition, as well as one or more agrochemically acceptable excipients .

In accordance with an embodiment, the weight ratio of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof to elemental sulfur in the form of a liquid suspension is from 1:60 to 55:1. In accordance with an implementation option, the weight ratio of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures to elemental sulfur in the form of a liquid suspension is from 1:10 to 10:1. In accordance with an implementation option, the weight ratio of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures to elemental sulfur in the form of a liquid suspension is from 1:2.5 to 1.5:1. In accordance with an implementation option, the weight ratio of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures to elemental sulfur in the form of a liquid suspension is 1:1.

In accordance with an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops in the form of a liquid suspension and water-dispersible granules contains particles whose size is in the range from 0.1 microns to 20 microns, preferably, the size of which is in the range from 0.1 microns to 15 microns, and most preferably in the range from 0.1 to 10 microns. Improved uptake of iron and sulfur by crops is achieved with a particle size in the range of approximately 0.1-20 microns. Thus, it has been found that the particle size range of 0.1-20 microns in a crop feed and enrichment composition is important not only in terms of ease of application, but also in terms of digestibility.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition is in the form of water-dispersible granules, the granule size being in the range of 0.1 to 2.5 mm. Preferably, according to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition is in the form of water-dispersible granules, the granule size being in the range of 0.1-2 mm. Preferably, according to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition is in the form of water-dispersible granules, the granule size being in the range of 0.1-1.5 mm. Preferably, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition is in the form of water-dispersible granules, the granule size being in the range of 0.1-1 mm. Most preferably, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition is in the form of water-dispersible granules, the granule size being in the range of 0.1-0.5 mm. According to an embodiment, the water-dispersible granular, nutritional and enrichment composition for crops is in the form of microgranules. The granules contain particles whose size ranges from 0.1 to 20 microns.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition may optionally comprise at least one fertilizer. Fertilizers are simple crop nutrients applied to agricultural fields to provide essential elements that are originally found in the soil. The soil is prone to losing its fertility due to the continuous uptake of nutrients by crops, water loss, leaching, nutrient evaporation and soil erosion, resulting in unmet crop needs. The use of fertilizers not only helps to increase yields and stimulate the health of the crop, but also helps in developing protection against pests and diseases. Thus, applying the optimum amount and type of fertilizer to crops is key in meeting the nutrient requirements of the crop.

According to another embodiment, the fertilizers include single nutrient fertilizers, multi-nutrient fertilizers, binary fertilizers, complex fertilizers, organic fertilizers, or mixtures thereof. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other fertilizers known from the prior art, without going beyond the scope of the invention.

According to yet another embodiment, the fertilizer comprises one or more of a water-soluble fertilizer or a water-insoluble fertilizer, or salts or complexes or derivatives or mixtures thereof.

According to yet another embodiment, the fertilizers include nitrogen, phosphate, potash, ammonium, ammonium nitrate, urea, sodium nitrate, potassium chloride, potassium sulfate, potassium carbonate, potassium nitrate, monoammonium phosphate, diammonium phosphate, calcium ammonium nitrate, superphosphates , phosphogypsum, triple superphosphates, triple (NPK) fertilizers or their salts or complexes or derivatives or mixtures. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other fertilizers without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Fertilizers are produced commercially and are available through various companies.

In accordance with an implementation option, the fertilizer is present in the range from 1% to 90% by weight of the entire composition. Preferably, the fertilizer is present in the range of 1% to 40% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition optionally further comprises at least one additional active ingredient, which may include one or more of micronutrients, macronutrients, microbes, bacteriospores, one or more pesticidal actives, and biostimulants. Microbes, bacteriospores, and biostimulants are developed, manufactured, and commercially distributed by the present inventors through various commercial vendors throughout the world.

According to an embodiment, the additional active ingredient is present in an amount of 0.1% to 90% by weight of the composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the additional active ingredient is present in an amount of from 0.1% to 60% by weight of the composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the additional active ingredient is present in an amount of from 0.1% to 40% by weight of the composition.

According to another embodiment, the micronutrients comprise one or more of zinc, boron, calcium, magnesium, copper, manganese, silicon, cobalt, chlorine, sodium, molybdenum, chromium, vanadium, selenium, nickel, iodine, fluorine, phosphorus, potassium in their elemental form, or their salts, complexes, derivatives or mixtures. The composition may optionally further contain other micronutrients, namely one or more of vitamins, organic acids or their salts, complexes or derivatives, or mixtures. However, the above list of micronutrients is an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Micronutrients are commercially produced and supplied through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the micronutrients are present in the range of 0.1% to 70% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the micronutrients are present in the range of 0.1% to 40% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, the composition may further optionally include biostimulants selected from one or more of enzymes, humic acid and fulvic acid. The biostimulants used are manufactured and supplied commercially by various commercial manufacturing companies around the world. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other biostimulants, without going beyond the scope of the present invention.

According to an embodiment, the pesticidal actives include an antifoulant, an insecticide, a fungicide, a herbicide, a nematocide, a pheromone, a defoliant, an acaricide, a plant growth regulator, an algicide, an anti-feeder, an avicide, a bactericide, a bird repeller, a biopesticide, a biocide, a chemosterilant, an antidote. , insect bait, insect repeller, insect growth regulator, mammal repeller, male disorientator, disinfectant, molluscicide, antimicrobial agent, miticide, ovicide, fumigant, plant activator, rodentecide, synergist, virucide, microbial pesticide, incorporated plant protectant, various other pesticides active substances or their salts, derivatives and mixtures.

According to an embodiment, the pesticide is present in an amount of 0.1% to 80% by weight of the composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the pesticide is present in an amount of 0.1% to 60% by weight of the composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the pesticide is present in an amount of from 0.1% to 40% by weight of the composition.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition further comprises at least one agrochemically acceptable adjuvant. According to yet another embodiment, the agrochemically acceptable adjuvant comprises one or more of surfactants, dispersants, wetting agents, binders or binders, disintegrators, fillers or carriers, or diluents, emulsifiers, solvents, lyophilizers. coating agents, buffers or pH adjusters or neutralizing agents, antifoam agents or antifoam agents, penetrants, preservatives, UV absorbers, UV diffusing agents, stabilizers, pigments, dyes, structurants, chelating or complexing or sequestering agents, suspending or suspending agents, wetting agents, adhesives, antifreezes or antifreeze agents, or mixtures thereof. However, one skilled in the art will appreciate that it is possible to use additional agrochemically acceptable adjuvants without departing from the scope of the present invention. Agrochemically acceptable adjuvants are commercially available and supplied through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition, in the form of water-dispersible granules, further comprises at least one agrochemical adjuvant. According to yet another embodiment, the agrochemically acceptable adjuvants that are used in the water-dispersible granular formulation include at least one of disintegrators, wetting agents, binders or fillers or carriers or diluents, buffers or pH adjusters or neutralizing agents, antifoam agents, shear reducing agents, anticaking agents, lyophilizing agents, impregnating agents, adhesives. However, one skilled in the art will appreciate that it is possible to use additional agrochemically acceptable adjuvants without departing from the scope of the present invention.

According to an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops, in the form of a liquid suspension, further comprises at least one agrochemical adjuvant. According to yet another embodiment, the agrochemically acceptable excipients used in suspension or liquid suspension concentrates or aqueous suspension formulations include at least one surfactant, dispersing agent, wetting agent, humectants, solvents, lyophilizing agent. , suspending agents or suspending agent, impregnating agent, adhesives, shear reducing agents, UV absorbers, UV diffusing agents, preservatives, stabilizer, buffers or pH adjusters or neutralizing agents, antifreeze or antifreeze agents, antifoam agents substances, anti-caking agents. However, one skilled in the art will appreciate that it is possible to use additional agrochemically acceptable adjuvants without departing from the scope of the present invention.

According to an embodiment, the agrochemical adjuvants are present in a concentration range of 1% to 98% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the agrochemical adjuvants are present in a concentration range of at least 98% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the agrochemical adjuvants are present in a concentration range of at least 95% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the agrochemical adjuvants are present in a concentration range of at least 90% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the agrochemical adjuvants are present in a concentration range of at least 75% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the agrochemical adjuvants are present in a concentration range of at least 55% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the agrochemical adjuvants are present in a concentration range of at least 35% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the agrochemical adjuvants are present in a concentration range of at least 25% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the agrochemical adjuvants are present in a concentration range of at least 15% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the agrochemical adjuvants are present in a concentration range of at least 5% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the agrochemical adjuvants are present in a concentration range of at least 1% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, surfactants that are used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include one or more of anionic, cationic, nonionic, amphoteric, and polymeric surfactants. According to an embodiment, surfactants include one or more of emulsifiers, wetting agents, and dispersants.

Anionic surfactants include one or more of, but not limited to, fatty acid salt, benzoate, polycarboxylate, alkyl sulfuric acid ester salt, alkyl ether sulfates, alkyl sulfate, alkylaryl sulfate, alkyl diglycol ether sulfate, alcohol sulfuric acid ester salt, alkyl sulfonate, alkylarylsulfonate , arylsulfonate, lignin sulfonate, alkyl diphenyl ether disulfonate, polystyrene sulfonate, alkyl phosphoric acid ester salt, alkyl aryl phosphate, stylaryl aryl phosphate, docusates sulfonate, polyoxyethylene alkyl ester sulfuric acid ester salt, polyoxyethylene alkylaryl ether sulfate, alkyl sarcosinates, salts of sodium alpha-olefin sulfonate sodium, alkylbenzene sulfonate sodium, sulfosuccinates, polyacrylates, polyacrylates - free acid and sodium salt, ester salt of polyoxyethylene alkyl aryl ester of sulfuric acid, polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphate, salt of ester of polyoxyethylene alkyl aryl phosphoric acids, sulfosuccinates of mono- and other diesters, esters of phosphoric acid, derivatives of alkylnaphthalenesulfonate-isopropyl and butyl, sulfates of alkylether - sodium and ammonium salts; alkyl aryl ether phosphates, ethylene oxides and their derivatives, polyoxyethylene aryl ether phosphoric acid ester salt, monoalkyl sulfosuccinates, aromatic hydrocarbon sulfonates, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, ammonium lauryl sulfate, ammonium perfluorononanoate, docusate, disodium cocoamphodiacetate, magnesium laureth sulfate, perfluorobutane sulfate, acid, carboxylates, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, perfluorooctanoic acid, phospholipid, potassium lauryl sulfate, soap, soap substitute, sodium alkyl sulfate, sodium dodecyl sulfate, sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, sodium laurate, sodium laureth sulfate, sodium lauryl succinate, sodium myreth sulfate, sodium nonanoyloxybenzenesulfonate, sodium pareth sulfate, alkyl carboxylates, stearate sodium, alpha-olefin sulfonates, naphthalenesulfonate salts, alkylnaphthalenesulfonate fatty acid salts, naphthalenesulfonate-sodium salt condensates, fluorocarboxylate, fatty alcohol sulfates, conden satov alkylnaphthalenesulfonate - sodium salt, naphthalenesulfonic acid condensed with formaldehyde, or salts of alkylnaphthalenesulfonic acid condensed with formaldehyde; or their salts, derivatives.

Cationic surfactants include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: dialkyldimethylammonium chlorides, alkylmethylethoxylated ammonium chlorides or salts, dodecyl, coco, hexadecyl, octadecyl, octadecyl/begenyl, behenyl, cocamidopropyl, trimethylammonium chloride; coco-, stearyl-, bis (2-hydroxyethyl) methyl ammonium chloride, benzalkonium chloride, alkyl-, tetradecyl-, octadecyl-dimethylbenzylammonium chloride, dioctyl-, di (octyl-decyl) -, didecyl-, dihexadecyl-distearyl-, di (hydrogenated tallow )-dimethylammonium chloride, di(hydrogenated tallow)-benzyl-, trioctyl-, tri(octyl-decyl)-, tridodecyl-, trihexadecyl-methylammonium chloride, dodecyltrimethyl-, dodecyldimethylbenzyl-, di-(octyl-decyl)dimethyl, didecyldimethylammonium bromide, quaternized aminoethoxylates , бегентримония хлорид, бензалкония хлорид, бензододециния хлорид, бензододециния бромид, бронидокс, четвертичные аммониевые соли, карбетопендециния бромид, цеталкония хлорид, цетримония бромид, цетримония хлорид, цетилпиридиния хлорид, дидецилдиметиламмония хлорид, диметилдиоктадециламмония бромид, диметилдиоктадециламмония хлорид, домифен бромид, лаурилметилглюцет-10, hydroxypropyldimonium chloride, octenidine dihydrochloride, olaflur, 1M-oleyl-1, 3-propanediamine, pachutoxin, stearalkonium chloride, tetramethylammo nium hydroxide, tonsonium bromide; their salts or derivatives.

Non-ionic surfactants include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: polyol esters, polyol fatty acid esters, polyethoxylated esters, polyethoxylated alcohols, ethoxylated and propoxylated fatty alcohols, ethoxylated and propoxylated alcohols, EO/PO copolymers, EO and PO block copolymers, di-, tri-block copolymers; block copolymers of polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol, poloxamers, polysorbates, alkyl polysaccharides such as alkyl polyglycosides and mixtures thereof, amine ethoxylates, fatty acid ester of sorbitol, esters of glycol and glycerol, glucosidyl alkyl esters, sodium talovate, polyoxyethylene glycol, alkyl esters of sorbitol, derivatives sorbitan, sorbitan fatty acid esters (Spans) and their ethoxylated derivatives (Tweens), and sucrose fatty acid esters, cetostearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, DEA cocamide, MEA cocamide, decylglucoside, decylpolyglucose, glycerol monostearate, lauryl glucoside, maltosides, monolaurin , Narrow Band Ethoxylate, Nonidet P-40, Nonoxynol-9, Nonoxynols, Octaethylene Glycol Monodecyl Ester, N-Octyl Beta-D-Thioglucopyranoside, Octyl Glucoside, Oleyl Alcohol, PEG-10 Sunflower Seed Glycerides, Pentaethylene Glycol Monodecyl Ester, Polidocanol, Poloxamer, Poloxamer 407, polyethoxylated talamine, polyh Lycerol Polyricinoleate, Polysorbate, Polysorbate 20, Polysorbate 80, Sorbitan, Sorbitan Monolaurate, Sorbitan Monostearate, Sorbitan Tristearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Surfactin, Glyceryl Laureate, Lauryl Glucoside, Nonylphenol Polyethoxyethanols, Nonylphenol Polyglycol Ester, Castor Oil Ethoxylate, Polypropylene Oxide, Ethylene Oxide polyalkylene glycol ester hydroxystearic acid block copolymer, tributylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol, octylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol, etopropoxylated tristyrylphenols, ethoxylated alcohols, polyoxyethylene sorbitan, fatty acid polyglyceride, polyglycolic fatty acid ester alcohol, acetylene glycol, acetylene alcohol, oxyalkylene block polymer, polyoxyethylene alkyl ester, ester polyoxyethylene alkylaryl ester, polyoxyethylene styrylaryl ester, polyoxyethylene glycol alkyl ester, polyethylene glycol, polyoxyethylene fatty acid ester, polyoxyethane ester ylenesorbitan and fatty acid, ester of polyoxyethyleneglycerol and fatty acid, alcohol ethoxylates - from C6 to C16 / 18 alcohols, linear and branched, alcohol alkoxylates - various hydrophobes and different contents and ratios of EO / PO, fatty acid esters - mono- and diesters ; lauric, stearic and oleic; esters of glycerol - with and without EO; lauric, stearic, cocoa butter and tall oil derivatives, ethoxylated glycerin, sorbitan esters - with and without EO; based on lauric, stearic and oleic acids; mono and triesters, castor oil ethoxylates - from 5 to 200 mol EO; non-hydrogenated and hydrogenated, block polymers, amine oxides - ethoxylated and non-ethoxylated; alkyldimethyl, fatty amine ethoxylates - coco, talic, stearyl, oleyl amines, polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil or polyoxypropylene fatty acid ester; their salts or derivatives.

Amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactants include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: betaine, cocoa betaines and laurylamidopropyl betaines, cocoalkyl dimethylamine oxides, alkyl dimethyl betaines; C8-C18, alkyl dipropionates - sodium lauriminodipropionate, cocoamidopropylhydroxysulfobetaines, imidazolines, phospholipids, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelins, lauryl dimethylamine oxide, alkylamphoacetates and proprionates, alkylampho(di)acetates and diproprionates, lecithin and ethanolamine fatty amides; or their salts, derivatives.

Commercially available branded surfactants include, without limitation, one or more of the following: Atlas G5000, TERMUL 5429, TERMUL 2510, ECOTERIC®, EULSOGEN® 118, Genapol®X, Genapol®OX -080, Genapol ® C 100, Emulsogen ® EL 200, Arlacel P135, Hypermer 8261, Hypermer B239, Hypermer B261, Hypermer B246sf, Solutol HS 15, Promulgen™ D, Soprophor 7961P, Soprophor TSP/461, Soprophor TSP/724, Croduret 40, Etocas 200 , Etocas 29, Rokacet R26, Cetomacrogol 1000, CHEMONIC OE-20, Triton N-101, Triton X-100, Tween 20, 40, 60, 65, 80, Span20, 40, 60, 80, 83, 85, 120, Brij® Atlox 4912 Atlas G5000 TERMUL 3512 TERMUL 3015 TERMUL 5429 TERMUL 2510 ECOTERIC® ECOTERIC® T85 ECOTERIC® T20 TERIC 12A4 EULSOGEN® 118 ® C 100, Emulsogen ® EL 200, Arlacel P135, Hypermer 8261, Hypermer B239, Hypermer B261, Hypermer B246sf, Solutol HS 15, Promulgen™ D, Soprophor 7961P, Soprophor TSP/461, Soprophor TSP/724, Croduret 40, Etocas 200 , Etoca s 29, Rokacet R26, CHEMONIC OE-20, Triton™ N-101, IGEPAL CA-630 and Isoceteth-20.

However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other conventionally known surfactants without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Surfactants are produced commercially and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the surfactant is present in an amount of 0.1% to 60% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the surfactant is present in an amount of 0.1% to 40% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the surfactant is present in an amount of 0.1% to 30% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with another implementation variant, the surfactant is present in an amount of from 0.1% to 20% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the surfactant is present in an amount of 0.1% to 10% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, dispersants used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol, lignin sulfonates, phenolnaphthalenesulfonates, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and ammonium salts of lignosulfonic acid. acids, lignin derivatives, dibutylnaphthalenesulfonic acid, alkylaryl sulfonates, alkyl sulfates, alkyl sulfonates, fatty alcohol sulfates, fatty acids and sulfated fatty alcohol glycol esters, polyoxyethylene alkyl esters, dioctyl sulfosuccinate, lauryl sulfate, polyoxyethylene alkyl ester sulfate, polyoxyethylene styrylphenyl ether sulfate, salt ester and the like, alkali metal salts, ammonium or amine salts, polyoxyethylene alkylphenyl ether, polyoxyethylene styrylphenyl ether, polyoxyethylene alkyl esters or polyoxyethylene sorbitan alkyl esters, and etc., a mixture of sodium salt of naphthalenesulfonic acid, urea formaldehyde condensate and sodium salt of alkylphenols ethoxylated with phenol sulfoformaldehyde condensate, ethoxylated fatty acids, alkoxylated linear alcohols, polyaromatic sulfonates, sodium alkylarylsulfonates, glyceryl esters, ammonium salts of maleic anhydride copolymers, phosphate copolymers, phosphate anhydride esters, condensation products of arylsulfonic acids and formaldehyde, products of addition of ethylene oxide and fatty acid esters, salts of addition products of ethylene oxide and fatty acid esters, sodium salt of isodecylsulfosuccinic acid hemiester, polycarboxylates, sodium alkylbenzenesulfonates, sodium salts of sulfonated naphthalene, ammonium salts of sulfonated naphthalene, salts polyacrylic acids, sodium salts of condensed phenolsulfonic acid, as well as naphthalenesulfonate-formaldehyde condensates, sodium naphthalenesulfonate-formaldehyde cone densates, tristyrylphenoletoxylate phosphate esters; aliphatic alcohol ethoxylates; alkyl ethoxylates; EO-PO block copolymers; graft copolymers, ammonium salts of sulfonated naphthalene, salts of polyacrylic acids, their salts, derivatives.

Commercially available dispersants include "Morwet D425" (sodium naphthalene formaldehyde condensate, e.g. manufactured by Witco Corporation, USA), "Morwet EFW" sulfated alkyl carboxylate and alkyl naphthalenesulfonate sodium salt, "Tamol PP" (phenol sulfonic acid condensate sodium salt) , "Reax 80N" (sodium lignosulfonate), "Wettol D1" sodium alkylnaphthalenesulfonate (for example, from BASF). However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other conventionally known dispersants, without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Dispersants are commercially available and available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the dispersing agent is present in an amount of 0.1% to 60% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the dispersing agent is present in an amount of 0.1% to 30% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the dispersing agent is present in an amount of 3% to 20% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, wetting agents used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of phenolnaphthalenesulfonates, alkylnaphthalenesulfonates, sodium alkylnaphthalenesulfonates, sulfated alkyl carboxylate sodium salt, polyoxyalkyl ethylphenols, polyoxyethoxylated fatty alcohols, polyoxyethoxylated fatty amines, lignin derivatives, alkane sulfonates, alkyl benzene sulfonates, salts of polycarboxylic acids, salts of sulfosuccinic acid esters, alkyl polyglycol ether sulfonates, alkyl ether phosphates, alkyl ether sulfates and alkyl sulfosuccinic monoesters, their salts, derivatives. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other conventionally known wetting agents without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Wetting agents are produced commercially and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the wetting agent is present in an amount of 0.1% to 60% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the wetting agent is present in an amount of 0.1% to 40% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the wetting agent is present in an amount of 0.1% to 30% by weight of the entire composition.

Emulsifiers used in crop nutrition and enrichment compositions include, but are not limited to, one or more of Atlas G5000, TERMUL 5429, TERMUL 2510, ECOTERIC®, EMULSOGEN® 118, Genapol®X, Genapol®OX-080, Genapol® C 100, Emulsogen ® EL 200, Arlacel P135, Hypermer 8261, Hypermer B239, Hypermer B261, Hypermer B246sf, Solutol HS 15, Promulgen™ D, Soprophor 7961P, Soprophor TSP/461, Soprophor TSP/724, Croduret 40, Etocas 200, Etocas 29, Rokacet R26, CHEMONIC OE-20, Triton™ N-101, Tween 20, 40, 60, 65, 80, Span20, 40, 60, 80, 83, 85, 120, Brij®, Triton™ Atlox 4912 Atlas G5000 TERMUL 3512 TERMUL 3015 TERMUL 5429 TERMUL 2510 ECOTERIC® ECOTERIC® T85 ECOTERIC® T20 TERIC 12A4 EULSOGEN® 118 Emulsogen® EL 200, Arlacel P135, Hypermer 8261, Hypermer B239, Hypermer B261, Hypermer B246sf, Solutol HS 15, Promulgen™ D, Soprophor 7961P, Soprophor TSP/461, Soprophor TSP/724, Croduret 40, Etocas 200, Etocas 29,Rokacet R26, CHEMONIC OE-20, Triton™ N-101, Tween 20, 40, 60, 65, 80 and Span 20, 40, 60, 80, 83, 85, 120 can also be used. However, one skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other conventionally known emulsifiers without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Emulsifiers are produced commercially and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the emulsifier is present in an amount of 0.1% to 60% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the emulsifier is present in an amount of 0.1% to 50% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the emulsifier is present in an amount of 0.1% to 30% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, the solvents used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include water-miscible solvents. Water-miscible solvents include, but are not limited to, 1,4-dioxane, ethylene glycol, glycerin, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, 1,3-propanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, propylene glycol, triethylene glycol, 1,2- butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,4-butanediol, dimethylformamide, dimethoxyethane, dimethyloctanamide, dimethyldecanamide. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other water-miscible solvents without going beyond the scope of the present invention.

In accordance with an implementation option, the solvent is present in an amount of from 0.1 to 95% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with an implementation option, the solvent is present in an amount of from 0.1 to 60% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with an implementation option, the solvent is present in an amount of from 0.1 to 40% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with an implementation option, the solvent is present in an amount of from 0.1 to 30% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, disintegrating agents used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: inorganic water soluble salts, eg sodium chloride, nitrate salts; water-soluble organic compounds such as agar, hydroxypropyl starch, carboxymethyl starch ester, tragacanth, gelatin, casein, microcrystalline cellulose, cross-linked sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, calcium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, metal stearates, cellulose powder, dextrin, methacrylate copolymer , Polyplasdon® XL-10 (cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone), poly(vinylpyrrolidone), polyaminocarboxylic acid, sulfonated styrene-isobutylene-maleic anhydride copolymer, methacrylate polyacrylate salts, starch-polyacrylonitrile graft copolymer, sodium or potassium bicarbonates/carbonates, or mixtures thereof, or salts with acids such as citric acid and fumaric acid, or their salts, derivatives. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other substances to improve the disintegration, without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Disintegrators are commercially available and available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the disintegrating agent is present in an amount of 0.1% to 50% by weight of the composition. According to an embodiment, the disintegrating agent is present in an amount of 0.1% to 30% by weight of the composition. According to an embodiment, the disintegrating agent is present in an amount of 0.1% to 20% by weight of the composition. According to an embodiment, the disintegrating agent is present in an amount of 0.1% to 10% by weight of the composition.

According to an embodiment, the binders or binders used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: proteins, lipoproteins, lipids, glycolipid, glycoprotein, carbohydrates such as monosaccharides , disaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, complex organic substances, synthetic organic polymers or their derivatives and combinations. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other binders without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Binders are produced commercially and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the binder is present in an amount of 0.1% to 50% by weight of the composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the binder is present in an amount of 0.1% to 30% by weight of the composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the binder is present in an amount of 0.1% to 20% by weight of the composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the binder is present in an amount of 0.1% to 10% by weight of the composition.

According to an embodiment, carriers used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include, but are not limited to, one or more solid carriers or excipients or diluents. According to another embodiment, carriers include mineral carriers, vegetable carriers, synthetic carriers, water soluble carriers. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other carriers without going beyond the scope of the present invention. The media is commercially produced and available through various companies.

Solid carriers include natural minerals such as clay such as china clay, acid clay, kaolin such as kaolinite, dickite, nakrite and gallonsite, serpentines such as chrysolite, lizardite, antigorite and amesite, synthetic and diatomite silica, montmorillonite minerals such as sodic montmorillonite, smectites such as saponite, hectorite, sauconite and siderite, micas such as pyrophyllite, talc, agalmatolite, muscovite, phengite, sericite and illite, silicas such as cristobalite and quartz such as attapulgite and sepiolite; vermiculite, laponite, pumice, bauxite, aluminum hydroxide, perlite, sodium bicarbonate, wolclay, vermiculites, limestone, natural and synthetic silicates, charcoal, silica, wet silica, dry silica, calcined products of wet silica method, surface-modified silica, mica, zeolite, diatomaceous earth, their derivatives; chalk (Omya®), fuller's earth, loess soil, mirabilite, white carbon, slaked lime, synthetic silicic acid, starch, modified starch ("Pineflow" available from Matsutani Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.), cellulose, vegetable carriers , such as cellulose, chaff, wheat flour, wood flour, starch, rice bran, wheat bran and soy flour, tobacco powder, polyethylene vegetable powder, polypropylene, poly(vinylidene chloride), methylcellulose, hydroxypropylcellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, propylene glycol alginate, polyvinylpyrrolidone , carboxyvinyl polymer, sodium casein, sucrose, sodium sulfate, potassium pyrophosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, maleic acid, fumaric acid and malic acid, or derivatives or mixtures thereof. Commercially available silicates are the "Aerosil" brands, the "Sipemat" brands such as Sipernat® 50S and CALFLO E, and kaolin 1777. However, one skilled in the art will appreciate that other solid supports may be used without departing from the scope of this inventions. Solid media are produced commercially and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the carrier is present in an amount of 0.1% to 98% by weight of the composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the carrier is present in an amount of from 0.1% to 80% by weight of the composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the carrier is present in an amount of from 0.1% to 60% by weight of the composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the carrier is present in an amount of from 0.1% to 40% by weight of the composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the carrier is present in an amount of from 0.1% to 20% by weight of the composition.

According to an embodiment, the anti-caking agents used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of polysaccharides such as starch, alginic acid, mannose, galactose; poly(vinylpyrrolidone), colloidal silicon dioxide (white carbon), rosin ester, coumarone-indene resin, sodium stearate "Foammaster® Soap L", polyoxyethylene (100) stearyl ether "Brij® 700", dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate "Aerosol® OT-B", copolymer of silicone and polyester "Silwet® L-77", sodium acetate, sodium metasilicate, sodium alkyl sulfosuccinates, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate, their salts or derivatives. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other anti-caking agents without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Anti-caking agents are commercially available and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the defoamers or defoamers used in the crop feed and enrichment composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of silica, siloxane, silica, polydimethylsiloxane, alkyl polyacrylates, ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymers, polyethylene glycol , silicon oils and magnesium stearate, or derivatives thereof. Preferred antifoam agents include silicone emulsions (such as, for example, Silikon® SRE, Wacker or Rhodorsil® from Rhodia), long chain alcohols, fatty acids, organofluorines. However, one skilled in the art will appreciate that it is possible to use other conventionally known antifoam agents without departing from the scope of the present invention. Antifoam agents are commercially available and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the antifoam agent is present in an amount of 0.01% to 20% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the antifoam agent is present in an amount of 0.01% to 10% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the antifoam agent is present in an amount of 0.01% to 5% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the antifoam agent is present in an amount of 0.01% to 1% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, the pH adjusters or buffers or neutralizing agents used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include both organic and inorganic type acids and bases, as well as mixtures thereof. According to yet another embodiment, pH adjusters or buffers or neutralizers include, but are not limited to, one or more of organic acids, inorganic acids, and alkali metal compounds and salts, or salts, derivatives thereof. According to an embodiment, organic acids include, but are not limited to, one or more of citric, malic, adipic, fumaric, maleic, succinic, and tartaric acids, or salts, derivatives thereof; and mono-, di- or tribasic salts of these acids or their derivatives. Alkali metal compounds include, but are not limited to, one or more of alkali metal hydroxides such as sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide, alkali metal carbonates such as sodium carbonate, alkali metal hydrogen carbonates such as sodium hydrogen carbonate, and alkali metal phosphates, such as sodium phosphate, and mixtures thereof. According to an embodiment, inorganic acid salts include, but are not limited to, one or more alkali metal salts such as lithium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, lithium nitrate, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate , potassium sulfate, sodium monohydrogen phosphate, potassium monohydrogen phosphate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, and the like. Mixtures can also be used to create pH adjusters or buffers or neutralizers. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other conventionally known pH adjusters or buffers or neutralizing agents without going beyond the scope of the present invention. pH adjusters or buffers or neutralizing agents are commercially available and available through various companies.

In accordance with an implementation option, pH adjusters or buffers are present in an amount of from 0.01% to 20% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with an implementation option, pH adjusters or buffers are present in an amount of from 0.01% to 10% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with an implementation option, pH adjusters or buffers are present in an amount of from 0.01% to 5% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with an implementation option, pH adjusters or buffers are present in an amount of from 0.01% to 1% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, the lyophilizing agents used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of cellulose powder, dextrin, modified starch, cross-linked poly(vinylpyrrolidone), maleic acid copolymer with a compound of styrene, a (meth)acrylic acid copolymer, a polymer half-ester consisting of a polyhydric alcohol with a dicarboxylic acid anhydride, a water-soluble salt of polystyrenesulfonic acid, fatty acids, latex, aliphatic alcohols, vegetable oils such as cottonseed oil, or inorganic oils, petroleum distillates, modified trisiloxanes, polyglycol, polyesters, clathrate salts or derivatives thereof. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other conventionally known lyophilizing agents without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Freeze-drying agents are produced commercially and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the lyophilizing agent is present in an amount of 0.1% to 20% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the lyophilizing agent is present in an amount of 0.1% to 10% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the lyophilizing agent is present in an amount of 0.1% to 5% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the lyophilizing agent is present in an amount of 0.1% to 1% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, adhesives used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of paraffin, polyamide resin, polyacrylate, polyoxyethylene, wax, polyvinyl alkyl ether, alkylphenol-formalin condensate, fatty acids, latex, aliphatic alcohols, vegetable oils such as cottonseed oil or inorganic oils, petroleum distillates, modified trisiloxanes, polyglycol, polyesters, clathrates, synthetic resin emulsion, or salts or derivatives thereof. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other conventionally known adhesives without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Adhesives are manufactured commercially and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the adhesive may be present in an amount of 0.1% to 30% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the adhesive is present in an amount of 0.1% to 20% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the adhesive is present in an amount of 0.1% to 10% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, stabilizers used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of peroxide compounds such as hydrogen peroxide and organic peroxides, alkyl nitrites such as ethyl nitrite, and alkyl glyoxylates, such as ethyl glyoxylate, zeolite, antioxidants such as phenolic compounds, phosphoric acid compounds, and the like; ultraviolet absorbers such as benzophenone compounds or derivatives thereof. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other conventionally known stabilizers without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Stabilizers are manufactured commercially and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the stabilizer is present in an amount of 0.1% to 30% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with an implementation option, the stabilizer is present in an amount of from 0.1% to 20% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the stabilizer is present in an amount of 0.1% to 10% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, the preservatives used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of bactericides, antifungals, biocides, antimicrobials, and antioxidants. Non-limiting examples of preservatives include one or more of the following: paraben, its esters and salts, propionic acid and its salts, 2,4-hexadienoic acid (sorbic acid) and its salt, formaldehyde and paraformaldehyde, ester of 2-hydroxybiphenyl and its salts, inorganic sulfites and bisulfites, sodium iodate, chlorobutanol, dehydroacetic acid, formic acid, 1,6-bis(4-amidino-2-bromophenoxy)-n-hexane and its salts, 5-amino-1,3-bis (2-ethylhexyl)-5-methylhexahydropyrimidine, 5-bromo-5-nitro-1,3-dioxane, 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol, 2,4-dichlorobenzyl alcohol, N-(4- chlorophenyl)-N′-(3,4-chlorophenyl)urea, 4-chloro-m-cresol, 2,4,4′-trichloro-2′-hydroxydiphenyl ether, 4-chloro-3,5-dimethylphenol, 1, 1'-methylene-bis(3-(1-hydroxymethyl-2,4-dioximidazolidin-5-yl)urea), poly(hexamethylenediguanide) hydrochloride, 2-phenoxyethanol, hexamethylenetetramine, 1-(3-chloroallyl)-3.5 ,7-triaza-1-azonia-adamantane chloride, 1(4-chlorophenoxy)-1-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-3,3-dimethyl-2-butanone, 1,3 -bis(hydroxymethyl)-5,5-dimethyl-2,4-imidazolidinedione, benzyl alcohol, octopirox, 1,2-dibromo-2,4-dicyanobutane, 2,2'-methylenebis(6-bromo-4-chlorophenol) , bromochlorophene, dichlorophene, 2-benzyl-4-chlorophenol, 2-chloroacetamide, chlorhexidine, chlorhexidine acetate, chlorhexidine gluconate, chlorhexidine hydrochloride, 1-phenoxypropan-2-ol, N-alkyl(C12-C22)trimethylammonium bromide and chloride, 4 ,4-dimethyl-1,3-oxazolidine, N-hydroxymethyl-N-(1,3-di(hydroxymethyl)-2,5-dioxoimidazolidin-4-yl)-N′-hydroxymethylurea, 1,6-bis(4 -amidinophenoxy)-n-hexane and its salts, glutaraldehyde, 5-ethyl-1-aza-3,7-dioxabicyclo(3.3.0)octane, 3-(4-chlorophenoxy)propane-1,2-diol, hyamine, alkyl(C8-C18)dimethylbenzylammonium chloride, alkyl(C8-C18)dimethylbenzylammonium bromide, alkyl(C8-C18)dimethylbenzylammonium saccharinate, benzylhemiformal, 3-iodo-2-propynylbutylcarbamate, sodium hydroxymethylaminoacetate, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, cetylpyridinium chloride, and 2H derivatives isothiazol-3-one (so-called isothiazolone derivatives), such as alkylisothiazolones (e.g., 2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one, MIT; chloro-2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one, CIT), benzoisothiazolones (e.g. 1,2-benzoisothiazol-3(2H)-one, BIT, commercially available as Proxel® species from ICI) or 2- methyl 4,5-trimethylene-2H-isothiazol-3-one (MTIT), C1-C4-alkyl para-hydroxybenzoate and dichlorophene, Proxel® from ICI or Acticide® RS from Thor Chemie and Kathon® MK from Rohm & Haas, Bacto-100, Thimerosal, Sodium Propionate, Sodium Benzoate, Propylparaben, Sodium Propylparaben, Potassium Sorbate, Potassium Benzoate, Mercury Phenylnitrate, Phenethyl Alcohol, Sodium, Ethylparaben, Methylparaben, Butylparaben, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzethonium Chloride, Cetylpyridinium Chloride, Benzalkonium Chloride, 1 ,2-benzothiazol-3-one, Preventol® (Lanxess®), butylhydroxytoluene, potassium sorbate, iodine-containing organic compounds such as 3-bromo-2,3-diiodo-2-propenylethyl carbonate, 3-iodine-2-propynylbutyl carbamate , 2,3,3-triiodoallyl alcohol and p-chlorophenyl-3-iodopropargylformal; benzimidazole compounds and benzthiazole compounds such as 2-(4-thiazolyl)benzimidazole and 2-thiocyanomethylthiobenzothiazole; triazole compounds such as 1-(2-(2',4'-dichlorophenyl)-1,3-dioxolan-2-ylmethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole, 1-(2-(2', 4'-dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-ylmethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole and α-(2-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl)-α-(1,1 -dimethylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol; and naturally occurring compounds such as 4-isopropyl tropolone (hinokitiol) and boraxor salts or derivatives thereof. Antioxidants include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: imidazole and imidazole derivatives (e.g. urocanic acid), 4,4'-thiobis-6-t-butyl-3-methylphenol, 2,6-di-t -butyl-p-cresol (BHT) and pentaerythrityltetrakis[3-(3,5,-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)]propionate; amine antioxidants such as N,N'-di-2-naphthyl-p-phenylenediamine; hydroquinoline antioxidants such as 2,5-di(t-amyl)hydroquinoline; phosphorus-containing antioxidants such as triphenyl phosphate, carotenoids, carotenes (eg, α-carotene, β-carotene, lycopene) and their derivatives, lipoic acid and its derivatives (eg, dihydrolipoic acid), aurothioglucose, propylthiouracil, and other thio compounds ( e.g. thioglycerol, thiosorbitol, thioglycolic acid, thioredoxin, N-acetyl, methyl, ethyl, propyl, amyl, butyl, lauryl, palmitoyl, oleyl, γ-linoleyl, cholesteryl and its glyceryl esters) and their salts, dilauryl thiodipropionate, distearyl thiodipropionate, thiodipropionic acid and its derivatives (esters, ethers, lipids, nucleotides, nucleosides, and salts), and sulfoximine compounds (e.g., butionine sulfoximines, homocysteine sulfoximine, butionine sulfones, penta-, hexa-, heptathionine sulfoximine) at very low tolerated doses ( e.g. pmol/kg to pmol/kg), α-hydroxy acids (e.g. citric acid, lactic acid, malic acid), humic acids, gallium esters (e.g. propyl, octyl and dodecyl gallate), unsaturated fatty acids and derivatives, hydroquinone and its derivatives (e.g. arbutin), ubiquinone and ubiquinol and their derivatives, ascorbyl palmitate, stearate, dipalmitate, acetate, magnesium ascorbyl phosphates, ascorbyl phosphate and disodium sulfate, ascorbyl potassium, tocopherol phosphate, isoascorbic acid and its derivatives, benzoic coniferyl benzoate, rutin, rutinic acid and its derivatives, disodium rutinyl disulfate, dibutylhydroxytoluene, 4,4-thiobis-6-tert-butyl-3-methylphenol, butylhydroxyanisole, p-octylphenol, mono-(di- or tri-)methylbenzylphenol, 2,6-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol, pentaerythritol-tetrakis 3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate, butylhydroxyanisole, nordihydroguaic acid, nordihydroguaiaretic acid, trihydroxybutyrophenone, uric acid and its derivatives, mannose and its derivatives, selenium and selenium derivatives (eg selenomethionine), stilbenes and stilbene derivatives (eg stilbene oxide, trans-stilbene oxide) . However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other conventionally known preservatives without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Preservatives are produced commercially and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the preservative or bactericidal agent or antifungal agent or biocides or antimicrobial agent or antioxidant is present in an amount of 0.1% to 20% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the preservative or bactericidal agent or antifungal agent or biocides or antimicrobial agent or antioxidant is present in an amount of 0.1% to 10% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the preservative or bactericidal agent or antifungal agent or biocides or antimicrobial agent or antioxidant is present in an amount of 0.1% to 5% by weight of the entire composition. In accordance with another embodiment, the preservative or bactericidal agent or antifungal agent or biocides or antimicrobial agent or antioxidant is present in an amount of 0.1% to 1% by weight of the entire composition.

According to an embodiment, structurants used in the crop nutrition and enrichment composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of thickeners, viscosity modifiers, tackifiers, suspension aids, rheology modifiers, or anti- deposition. The structurant prevents precipitation of particles of the active ingredient after long-term storage.

According to an embodiment, structurants used in the aqueous suspension composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of polymers such as polyacrylic polymers, polyacrylamides, polysaccharides, hydrophobically modified cellulose derivatives, cellulose derivative copolymers, carboxyvinyl or polyvinylpyrrolidones, polyethylenes, polyethylene oxide, polyvinyl alcohol and derivatives; clays such as bentonite clays, kaolin, smectite, attapulgites, high surface silica attaglines and natural gums such as guar gum, xanthan gum, gum arabic, gum tragacanth, ramzan gum, locust bean gum, carageenan, welan gum , veegum, gelatin, dextrin, collagen; polyacrylic acids and their sodium salts; fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers and polyethylene oxide or polypropylene oxide condensates, as well as mixtures thereof, which include ethoxylated alkylphenols (also referred to in the art as alkylaryl polyester alcohols); ethoxylated aliphatic alcohols (or alkyl polyester alcohols); ethoxylated fatty acids (or polyoxyethylonic fatty acid esters); ethoxylated anhydrosorbitol esters (or polyethylenesorbitan fatty acid esters), long chain amine and cyclic amine oxides, which are non-ionic in basic solutions; long chain tertiary phosphine oxides; and long chain dialkyl sulfoxides, fumed silica, a mixture of fumed silica and fumed alumina, swellable polymers, polyamides or derivatives thereof; polyols such as glycerol, poly(vinyl acetate), sodium polyacrylate, poly(ethylene glycol), phospholipid (eg cephalin, etc.); stachyose, fructo-oligosaccharides, amylose, pectins, alginates, hydrocolloids and mixtures thereof. Also, celluloses such as hemicellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, ethylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, hydroxymethylethylcellulose, hydroxyethylpropylcellulose, methylhydroxyethylcellulose, methylcellulose; starches such as starch acetates, starch hydroxyethyl esters, ionic starches, long chain alkyl starches, dextrins, maltodextrin, corn starch, amine starches, phosphate starches and dialdehyde starches; vegetable starches such as corn starch and potato starch; other carbohydrates such as pectin, dextrin, amylopectin, xylan, glycogen, agar, gluten, alginic acid, phycocolloids, chitin or derivatives thereof. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other conventionally known structurants without going beyond the scope of the present invention.

Preferred structurants include one or more of xanthan gum, aluminum silicate, methylcellulose, polysaccharide, alkaline earth metal silicate, gelatin, and polyvinyl alcohol. Structurants are produced commercially and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the structurant is present in an amount of 0.01% to 5% by weight of the composition. According to an embodiment, the structurant is present in an amount of 0.01% to 4% by weight of the composition. According to an embodiment, the structurant is present in an amount of 0.01% to 3% by weight of the composition. According to an embodiment, the structurant is present in an amount of 0.01% to 2% by weight of the composition. According to an embodiment, the structurant is present in an amount of 0.01% to 1% by weight of the composition. According to an embodiment, the structurant is present in an amount of 0.01% to 0.1% by weight of the composition.

According to an embodiment, the antifreeze or antifreeze agents used in the aqueous suspension composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of polyhydric alcohols such as ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, propylene glycol, butyrolactone, N ,N-dimethylformamide, glycerin, monohydric or polyhydric alcohols, glycol ethers, glycol monoethers such as ethylene glycol methyl, ethyl, propyl and butyl ether, diethylene glycol, propylene glycol and dipropylene glycol, glycol diesters such as ethylene glycol methyl and ethyl diesters, diethylene glycol and dipropylene glycol or urea, glycerin, isopropanol, propylene glycol monomethyl ether, di- or tripropylene glycol monomethyl ether or cyclohexanol, carbohydrates such as glucose, mannose, fructose, galactose, sucrose, lactose, maltose, xylose, arabinose, sorbitol, mannitol, trehalose, raffinose or their derivatives. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other antifreezes without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Antifreezes are manufactured commercially and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, chelating or complexing or sequestering agents used in the aqueous suspension composition include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: polycarboxylic acids such as polyacrylic acid and various hydrolyzed poly(methyl vinyl ethers/ maleic anhydrides); N-hydroxyethyliminodiacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA), N,N,N',N'-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, N-hydroxyethyl-N,N',N'-ethylenediaminetriacetic acid and N,N,N',N",N "-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid; α-hydroxy acids such as citric acid, tartaric acid and gluconic acid; orthophosphates such as trisodium phosphate, disodium phosphate, monosodium phosphate; condensed phosphates such as sodium tripolyphosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate and sodium tetrapolyphosphate; 5-sulfo-8-hydroxyquinoline; and 3,5-disulfopyrocatechol, polycarboxylates, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), N-hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid (HEDTA), ethylenediaminediacetate (EDDA), ethylenediaminedi(o-hydroxyphenylacetic) acid (EDDHA), cyclohexanediaminetetraacetic acid acid (CDTA), polyethyleneamine polyacetic acids, lignosulfonate, Ca-, K-, Na- and ammonium lignosulfonates, fulvic acid, ulmic acid, nucleic acids, cyclodextrin, humic acid, pyrophosphate. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other traditionally known chelating or complexing or sequestering agents without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Chelating or complexing or sequestering agents are commercially available and available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the penetrant used in the aqueous slurry composition includes, but is not limited to, one or more of the following: alcohol, glycol, glycol ether, ester, amine, alkanolamine, amine oxide, quaternary ammonium compound, triglyceride, fatty acid ester, fatty acid ether, N-methylpyrrolidone, dimethylformamide, dimethylacetamide or dimethyl sulfoxide, polyoxyethylene trimethylol propane monooleate, polyoxyethylene trimethylol propane dioleate, polyoxyethylene trimethylol propane trioleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitol hexaoleate. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other penetrants without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Penetrants are produced commercially and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the UV absorber is selected, without limitation, from one or more of the following: 2-(2'-hydroxy-5'-methylphenyl)benzotriazole, 2-ethoxy-2'-ethyloxazalic acid bisanilide, dimethyl-1- (2-hydroxyethyl)-4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine succinic acid polycondensate, benzotriazole compounds such as 2-(2'-hydroxy-5'-methylphenyl)benzotriazole and 2-(2'-hydroxy -4'-n-octoxyphenyl)benzotriazole; benzophenone compounds such as 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone and 2-hydroxy-4-p-octoxybenzophenone; salicylic acid compounds such as phenyl salicylate and p-t-butylphenyl salicylate; 2-ethylhexyl 2-cyano-3,3-diphenylacrylate, 2-ethoxy-2'-ethyl oxalate bisanilide and dimethyl succinate-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine polycapacitor, their derivatives or the like. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other UV absorbers without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Such UV absorbers are commercially available and available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, UV diffusing agents may be used, which include, but are not limited to, titanium dioxide or the like. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other substances for scattering UV rays or mixtures thereof, without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Such UV diffusing agents are commercially available and available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the humectant is selected, without limitation, from one or more of the copolymers, in particular polyoxyethylene/polyoxypropylene block copolymers such as the "Synperonic PE" series copolymers available from Uniqema, or salts thereof. , derivatives. Other humectants are propylene glycol, monoethylene glycol, hexylene glycol, butylene glycol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, poly(ethylene glycol), poly(propylene glycol), glycerin, and the like; polyhydric alcohol compounds such as propylene glycol ether, derivatives thereof. Also, other moisturizers include aloe gel, alpha hydroxy acids such as lactic acid, glycerol triacetate, honey, lithium chloride, etc. The non-ionic surfactants mentioned above also act as humectants. However, the person skilled in the art will understand that it is possible to use other conventionally known humidifiers without going beyond the scope of the present invention. Humidifiers are manufactured commercially and are available through various companies.

According to an embodiment, the humectant is present in the range of 0.1% to 90% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the humectant is present in the range of 0.1% to 70% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the humectant is present in the range of 0.1% to 60% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the humectant is present in the range of 0.1% to 50% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the humectant is present in the range of 0.1% to 30% by weight of the entire composition. According to an embodiment, the humectant is present in the range of 0.1% to 10% by weight of the entire composition.

The inventors of the present invention have also determined that the composition of the present invention surprisingly has improved physical properties of dispersibility, suspenderability, spreadability, wetting time, lower viscosity, flowability, ease of use, and also reduces material loss when using the product during packaging, as well as during time of use in the field. Surprisingly, the inventors of the present invention have also determined that the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops in the form of a liquid suspension and water-dispersible granules demonstrates superior efficacy even when used at reduced doses compared to the composition of the prior art.

The dispersibility of a water-dispersible granule crop feed and enrichment composition is a measure of percent dispersion. Dispersibility is calculated from the minimum percentage of dispersion. By definition, dispersibility is the ability of the granules to disperse after they have been added to a liquid such as water or a solvent. To determine the dispersibility of a granule composition, according to the CIPAC test, MT 174, a known amount of the granule composition was added to a specified volume of water and mixed by agitation to form a slurry. After holding for a short period, the top nine tenths were removed and the remaining tenth was dried and determined gravimetrically. In fact, this method is an abbreviated suspendability test and is useful for determining the ease with which a granular composition is uniformly dispersed in water.

According to an embodiment, the water-dispersible granule crop nutrition and enrichment composition exhibits almost instantaneous dispersibility thereby making the actives readily available to crops.

According to an embodiment, the water-dispersible granules have a dispersibility of at least 40%. According to an embodiment, the water-dispersible granules have a dispersibility of at least 50%. According to an embodiment, the water-dispersible granules have a dispersibility of at least 60%. According to an embodiment, the water-dispersible granules have a dispersibility of at least 70%. According to an embodiment, the water-dispersible granules have a dispersibility of at least 80%. According to an embodiment, the water-dispersible granules have a dispersibility of at least 90%. According to an embodiment, the water-dispersible granules have a dispersibility of at least 99%. According to an embodiment, the water-dispersible granules have a dispersibility of 100%.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition exhibits good suspendability. By definition, suspendability is the amount of active ingredient suspended after a given time in a column of liquid of a given height, which is expressed as a percentage of the amount of active ingredient in the original suspension. Water-dispersible granules can be tested for suspensibility according to the CIPAC manual, "MT 184 Test for Suspensibility", whereby a suspension of a known concentration of the composition in the form of granules in water according to the CIPAC standard was prepared and placed in a dedicated measuring cylinder at a constant temperature , and allowed to remain at rest for a specified time. The top 9/10 fractions were withdrawn and the remaining 1/10 fraction was then analyzed chemically, gravimetrically or by solvent extraction and the suspendability was calculated.

Suspendability of a liquid suspension is the amount of active ingredient suspended after a given time in a column of liquid of a given height, which is expressed as a percentage of the amount of active ingredient in the original suspension. Suspendability of a liquid suspension concentrate is determined according to CIPAC MT-161 by preparing 250 ml of a diluted suspension, allowing it to remain in the measuring cylinder under certain conditions, and removing the top nine tenths. The remaining tenth is then analyzed chemically, gravimetrically or by solvent extraction and the suspendability is calculated.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition, in the form of water-dispersible granules and liquid suspension, has a suspendability of at least 30%. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition, in the form of water-dispersible granules and liquid suspension, has a suspendability of at least 40%. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition has a suspendability of at least 50%. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition has a suspendability of at least 60%. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition has a suspendability of at least 70%. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition has a suspendability of at least 80%. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition has a suspendability of at least 90%. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition has a suspendability of at least 99%. In accordance with an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops has a suspendability of 100%.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition, in the form of water-dispersible granules, has substantially no hardness. The hardness exhibited by the pellets can be evaluated with hardness testers such as those from Shimadzu, Brinell Hardness (Model AKB-3000), Mecmesin, Agilent, Vinsyst, Ametek and Rockwell.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition, in the form of water-dispersible granules and liquid suspension, exhibits excellent resistance to heat, light, temperature, and caking. In accordance with another embodiment, the persistence shown by the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops is more than 3 years. In accordance with another embodiment, the persistence shown by the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops is more than 2 years. In accordance with another embodiment, the persistence shown by the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops is more than 1 year. In accordance with another embodiment, the persistence shown by the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops is more than 10 months. In accordance with another embodiment, the persistence shown by the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops is more than 8 months. In accordance with another embodiment, the persistence shown by the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops is more than 6 months.

Wetting is a condition or state of wetting and can be defined as the degree to which a solid is wetted by a liquid, as measured by the adhesion force between the solid and liquid phases. The wettability of a composition in the form of granules is measured using the MT-53 test of the CIPAC standard, which describes the procedure for determining the time of complete wetting of wettable compositions. A weighed amount of the composition in the form of granules is lowered into the water in a vessel from a specific height, after which the time until complete wetting is determined. According to another embodiment, the water-dispersible composition in the form of granules has a wettability of less than 2 minutes. According to another embodiment, the water-dispersible composition in the form of granules has a wettability of less than 1 minute. According to another embodiment, the water-dispersible composition in the form of granules has a wettability of less than 30 seconds.

In accordance with an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops, in the form of a liquid suspension and in the form of water-dispersible granules, undergoes a wet sieve retention test. The test is used to determine the amount of non-dispersible material in formulations that are applied in water in the form of dispersions. The wet sieve retention value of a crop feed and enrichment composition in liquid suspension form and in the form of water-dispersible granules is measured using the MT-185 test of the CIPAC standard, which describes a procedure for measuring the amount of material retained on a sieve. . A sample of the composition is dispersed in water and the resulting suspension is transferred to a sieve and washed. The amount of material retained on the sieve is determined by drying and weighing.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition has a 75 micron wet sieve retention value of less than 10%.

According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition has a 75 micron wet sieve retention value of less than 7%. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition has a 75 micron wet sieve retention value of less than 5%. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition has a 75 micron wet sieve retention value of less than 2%.

In accordance with an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops, in the form of a liquid suspension, is not highly concentrated and has an easy fluidity. The viscosity of a fluid is a measure of its resistance to gradual deformation due to shear stress or tensile stress.

In accordance with an implementation option, the viscosity of the liquid suspension is determined according to CIPAC MT-192. The sample is transferred to a standard measuring system. The measurement is performed under various shear conditions and the apparent viscosity is determined. The temperature of the liquid is kept constant during the test. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition, in the form of a liquid suspension, has a viscosity at 25° C. of about 10 cps to about 120 cps, making it fluid. According to an embodiment, the composition in the form of a liquid suspension has a viscosity at 25° C. of about 10 centipoise to about 500 centipoise. According to an embodiment, the liquid suspension composition has a viscosity at 25° C. of less than about 500 centipoise. According to an embodiment, the composition in the form of a liquid suspension has a viscosity at 25° C. of about 10 centipoise to about 400 centipoise. According to an embodiment, the composition in the form of a liquid suspension has a viscosity at 25° C. of about 10 centipoise to about 300 centipoise. Too viscous and highly concentrated composition is prone to the formation of caked, which makes it non-flowable and, therefore, unacceptable.

According to an embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops, in the form of water-dispersible granules and liquid suspension, exhibits excellent stability in terms of suspendability in the Accelerated Aging Stability Test (ATS). According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition exhibits greater than 90% suspendability at ATS. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition exhibits greater than 80% suspendability at ATS. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition exhibits greater than 70% suspendability at ATS. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition exhibits greater than 60% suspendability at ATS. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition exhibits greater than 50% suspendability at ATS. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition exhibits greater than 40% suspendability at ATS. According to an embodiment, the crop nutrition and enrichment composition exhibits greater than 30% suspendability at ATS.

In accordance with an embodiment, the invention relates to a method for preparing a nutritional and enrichment composition for crops containing one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof, elemental sulfur and at least one dispersant, in the form of water-dispersible granules. The nutritional and enrichment composition for crops, in the form of water-dispersible granules, is produced by various technologies such as spray drying, fluid bed granulation, extrusion, freeze drying, and the like.

In accordance with an embodiment, a method of preparing a composition in the form of water-dispersible granules includes grinding a mixture of one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives, or a mixture thereof with elemental sulfur, as well as at least one dispersing agent, obtaining a slurry or wet mixture. The composition further includes at least one fertilizer, at least one active ingredient selected from micronutrients, macronutrients, biostimulants, pesticidal actives, or mixtures thereof. The resulting wet mixture is then dried, for example in a spray dryer, fluid bed dryer, or any suitable granulation equipment, followed by sieving to remove oversized and oversized granules to obtain microgranules of the desired size.

According to another embodiment, the nutritional and enrichment composition for crops, in the form of water-dispersible granules, is also obtained by dry grinding one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives, or mixtures thereof, elemental sulfur, and at least one dispersing agent. in an air mill or jet mill to obtain the desired particle size in the range of 0.1 to 20 microns, preferably 0.1 to 10 microns. Water is added to the dry powder and the mixture is kneaded to form a thick mass or paste which is then extruded through an extruder to obtain the desired granule size.

According to an embodiment, the invention relates to a method for preparing a nutritional and enrichment composition for crops in the form of a liquid suspension. In accordance with another embodiment, the invention relates to a method for preparing a composition in the form of a liquid suspension containing one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof, as well as elemental sulfur, at least one structurant with at least one agrochemical acceptable excipient. The composition further includes at least one fertilizer, at least one active ingredient selected from micronutrients, macronutrients, biostimulants, pesticidal actives, or mixtures thereof.

According to an embodiment, a process for preparing a composition in the form of a liquid suspension comprises homogenizing one or more excipients by feeding them into a vessel provided with agitation means. Salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof, as well as elemental sulfur are then added to the homogenized mixture and continuously stirred for 5 to 10 minutes until the entire mixture is homogeneous. Next, the resulting slurry is passed through a wet mill to obtain a particle size in the range of 0.1 to 20 microns, preferably 0.1 to 10 microns. Then, the required amount of structurant is added to the resulting suspension with continuous homogenization.

According to an embodiment, the invention also relates to the use of a crop nutrition or enrichment composition as at least one of a nutrition composition, a crop strengthening composition, a soil improver composition, a crop enrichment composition, crop protection and yield improvement composition.

According to another embodiment, the invention also relates to a method of applying an effective amount of a nutritional and enrichment composition for crops, comprising one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof, elemental sulfur and an agrochemical auxiliary substance, and the composition is applied to seeds , seedling, crop, plant, plant propagation material, locus, parts thereof, or the surrounding soil.

According to an embodiment, the invention also relates to a method for improving plant health, improving crop nutrition by facilitating the uptake of important nutrients, protecting crops, increasing crop yields, strengthening a plant or soil condition, the method comprising treating at least one from seeds, seedlings, crops, a plant, plant propagation material, a locus, parts thereof, or soil, an effective amount of a nutritional and enrichment composition for crops containing one or more salts, complexes, iron derivatives, or mixtures thereof, as well as elemental sulfur with at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient.

The composition is used in a wide variety of ways. Soil application methods include any suitable method that allows the composition to penetrate the soil, such as application by brooder, furrow application, drip irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, soil impregnation, soil injector, or soil incorporation, and other similar methods. The composition is also used in the form of a foliar spray.

The frequency of application or dosage of the composition depends on the type of application, the type of crops or the specific active ingredients in the composition, however, they are such that the effective amount of the agrochemical active ingredient provides the desired effect (such as plant absorption capacity of the nutrient, crop yield).

A. OBTAINING EXAMPLES

The following examples illustrate the basic methodology and versatility of the composition of the invention. In the preparation examples, only an example of the source of iron is given, and it can be replaced by any other water-soluble or insoluble salts, complexes or iron derivatives. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to these examples.

A. Composition in the form of water-dispersible granules containing iron salts and elemental sulfur

Example 1 Water-dispersible granule composition containing 23% ferric iron oxide and 55% elemental sulfur: A water-dispersible granule composition was prepared by mixing 55 parts of elemental sulfur, 23 parts of ferric oxide, 10 parts of naphthalenesulfonate condensate, 8 parts of sodium lingosulfonate, 4 parts of kaolin to obtain a mixture. The resulting mixture was ground to obtain a powder with a particle size of less than 20 microns. The powder was mixed with water in suitable mixing equipment to form a slurry or wet mixture.

The resulting slurry was wet ground in suitable grinding equipment. The resulting wet milled slurry was spray dried at an inlet temperature of less than 175° C. and an outlet temperature of less than 90° C. to obtain a granular powder. The composition has the following particle size distribution: D10 less than 1.2 microns; D50 less than 3.5 microns and D90 less than 8.5 microns. The granule size of the composition is in the range of 0.1-1.5 mm. The composition has a dispersibility of 98%, a suspendability of 92%, a wet sieve retention value of 0.8%, a wettability of less than 30 seconds, and practically no hardness. The composition also showed a suspendability of approximately 86% in the "accelerated aging" stability test.

Example 2 Composition in the form of water-dispersible granules containing 70% ferric sucrose and 20% elemental sulfur: This composition was prepared similarly to Example 1 using 70 parts of ferric sucrose, 20 parts of elemental sulfur, 4 parts of naphthalenesulfonic acid, 4 parts of starch and 2 parts silicon dioxide. The composition has the following particle size distribution: D10 less than 1 micron; D50 less than 3.5 microns and D90 less than 10 microns. The granule size of the composition is in the range of 0.1-2.5 mm. The composition has a dispersibility of 52%, a suspendability of 55%, a wet sieve retention value of 1.5%, a wettability of less than 55 seconds. The composition has practically no hardness. The composition also exhibited a suspendability of approximately 57% in the "accelerated aging" stability test.

Example 3 Composition in the form of water-dispersible granules containing 14% ferrous sulfate and 70% elemental sulfur: This composition was prepared similarly to Example 1 using 14 parts of ferrous sulfate, 70 parts of elemental sulfur, 6 parts of EO-PO block copolymer , 7 parts of naphthalenesulfonic acid and 3 parts of kaolin. The composition had the following particle size distribution: D10 less than 1.5 microns; D50 less than 2.3 microns and D90 less than 6.5 microns. The granule size of the composition is in the range of 0.1-2.0 mm. The composition has a dispersibility of 65%, a suspendability of 68% and a wettability of less than 40 s, as well as a wet sieve retention value of 3%. The composition does not have any hardness. The composition also exhibited a suspendability of approximately 59% in the "accelerated aging" stability test.

Example 4 Composition in the form of water-dispersible granules containing 5% ferrous fumarate and 85% elemental sulfur: This composition was prepared similarly to Example 1 using 5 parts of ferrous fumarate, 85 parts of elemental sulfur, 4 parts of sodium formaldehyde naphthalene condensate, 6 parts of lignosulfonate. The composition has the following particle size distribution: D10 less than 3.5 microns; D50 less than 6.5 microns and D90 less than 14 microns. The granule size of the composition is in the range of 0.1-1.5 mm. The composition has a dispersibility of 90%, a suspendability of 92% and a wettability of less than 60 s, a wet sieve retention value of 0.2%, a wettability of less than 35 s and practically no hardness. The composition also exhibited a suspendability of approximately 85% in the "accelerated aging" stability test.

Example 5: Composition in the form of water-dispersible granules containing 2% ferrous oxidation product and 90% elemental sulfur: This composition was prepared similarly to Example 1, using 2 parts ferrous oxide, 90 parts elemental sulfur, 4 parts sodium salt of polycarboxylic acid and 2 parts perlite. The composition had the following particle size distribution: D10 less than 2.6 microns; D50 less than 4 microns and D90 less than 10 microns. The granule size of the composition is in the range of 0.1-1.5 mm. The composition has a dispersibility of 95%, a suspendability of 98%, a wettability of less than 40 seconds, a wet sieve retention value of 0.2% and practically no hardness. The composition also exhibited a suspendability of approximately 85% in the "accelerated aging" stability test.

B. Compositions in the form of a liquid suspension with iron salts and elemental sulfur:

Example 6 Liquid suspension composition containing 1.5% iron oxide and 55% elemental sulphur. The composition in the form of a liquid suspension was prepared by mixing 1.5 parts of iron oxide, 55 parts of elemental sulfur, 6 parts of naphthalenesulfonate condensate, 5 parts of propylene glycol, 29.5 parts of water and homogenized by feeding them into a vessel equipped with stirring means until until the whole mixture is homogeneous. Next, the resulting suspension was passed through a wet mill to obtain a suspension with particles whose size was less than 20 microns. Then, with continuous homogenization, 3 parts of gum arabic (3%) were added to obtain a suspension concentrate. The composition had an approximate particle size distribution: D10 less than 2.5 microns; D50 less than 3.9 microns and D90 less than 6.2 microns. The sample has a suspendability of approximately 95%, a viscosity of approximately 750 centipoise. The composition has a suspendability of approximately 89% in the "accelerated aging" stability test.

Example 7 Liquid Suspension Composition Containing 11.5% Ferric Oxide and 27.5% Elemental Sulfur naphthalenesulfonate condensate, 2 parts glycerol monolaurate, 12 parts polyethylene glycol, 3 parts 3% gum arabic solution, and 34 parts water. The composition had an approximate particle size distribution: D10 less than 3.5 microns; D50 less than 3.5 microns and D90 less than 10 microns. The sample has a suspendability of approximately 96%, a viscosity of approximately 380 centipoise. The composition has a suspendability of approximately 89% in the "accelerated aging" stability test.

Example 8 Liquid Suspension Composition Containing 45% Ferrous Glycinate and 5% Elemental Sulfur This composition was prepared similarly to Example 6 using 45 parts of ferrous glycinate, 5 parts of elemental sulfur, 6 parts of polycarboxylic acid, 1 part of sorbitan monolaurate, 6 parts ethylene glycol, 4 parts 3% guar gum solution and 33 parts water. The composition had an approximate particle size distribution: D10 less than 2.5 microns; D50 less than 5 microns and D90 less than 13 microns. The sample has a suspendability of approximately 56%, a viscosity of approximately 450 centipoise. The composition has a suspenderability of approximately 44% in the "accelerated aging" stability test.

Example 9 Liquid Suspension Composition Containing 25% Ferric Oxide and 28% Elemental Sulfur This composition was prepared similarly to Example 6 using 25 parts ferric oxide, 28 parts elemental sulfur, 8 parts sodium naphthalene formaldehyde condensate, 3 parts monolaurate glycerin, 4 parts propylene glycol ether, 3 parts 3% xanthan gum solution and 29 parts water. The composition had an approximate particle size distribution: D10 less than 1.5 microns; D50 less than 3.5 microns and D90 less than 9 microns. The sample has a suspendability of approximately 96%, a viscosity of approximately 320 centipoise. The composition has a suspendability of approximately 90% in the "accelerated aging" stability test.

Example 10 Liquid suspension composition containing 8.7% ferrous sulfate and 50% elemental sulfur This composition was prepared similarly to Example 6 using 8.7 parts of ferrous sulfate, 50 parts of elemental sulfur, 4 parts of naphthalenesulfonate, 1, 3 parts sorbitan monolaurate, 3 parts glyceryl triacetate, 2 parts 3% gum tragacanth solution, 31 parts water. The composition has an approximate particle size distribution: D10 less than 1.5 microns; D50 less than 4 microns and D90 less than 9 microns. The sample has a suspendability of approximately 78%, a viscosity of approximately 300 centipoise. The composition has a suspenderability of approximately 71% in the "accelerated aging" stability test.

FIELD STUDY:

Experiment 1: To study the effect of water-dispersible granules or suspension concentrate of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide on peanuts, a field test was conducted to evaluate an embodiment of the composition of the present invention in Idar city, Gujarat on a peanut crop. The trials were designed in a randomized block design (CRP) with six treatments, including an untreated control, repeated four times. For each treatment, a plot size of 35 square meters was maintained. m (7 m x 5 m). The test nutrient compositions containing sulfur and ferric oxide, in the form of DWG, KS and briquettes at the prescribed dose, were used as the main application during the sowing of the peanut culture. The details of the experiment are as follows:

a) Test site: Idar, Gujarat

b) Crops: Peanuts (variety: GG 20)

c) Season of the experiment: Kharif 2018

d) Test design: Randomized block design

e) Repetitions: Four

e) Processing: Six

g) Plot size: 7 m x 5 m = 35 sq. m. m

h) Date of submission: 01/22/2018

i) Date of sowing: 01/23/2018

j) Method of application: Basic

k) Harvest date: 06/04/2018

Observations were recorded at harvest time, and Table 1 presents the average data for calculating the effectiveness of water-dispersible granules or suspension concentrate with elemental sulfur and ferric oxide.

Table 1: Study of the effect of a combination of water-dispersible granules or suspension concentrate of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide:

Processing details Dose of nutrient salt in g/acre Wed Number of pods per plant % increase in pods compared to untreated Expected % increase in pods Weight of 100 pods (in g) Pod yield (kg/acre) S Fe T1-No treatment - - 38.9 - - 140.1 1691.41 T2-Ferric Oxide-23% (Fe-16%) DVG - 800 43.5 11.8 - 143.7 1853.14 T3- Sulfur 90% DWG 2750 - 46.2 18.8 - 150.5 1951.37 T4- Sulfur (S-55%) + Ferric Oxide -23% (Fe-16% ) Briquettes 2750 800 48.1 23.7 28.4 (0.83)* 150.9 2001.91 T5- Sulfur (S-55%) + Ferric Oxide -23% (Fe-16% ) DWG, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 2750 800 53.2 36.8 28.4 (1.30)* 155.1 2322.03 T6- Sulfur (S-27.5%) + Ferric Oxide -11.5% (Fe-8%) RC, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 2750 800 52.9 36 28.4 (1.27)* 153.6 2234.12

*Synergy factor

*The selected iron salt and the concentration used are exemplary and may be substituted for other iron salts at other concentrations as claimed in the present invention.

Based on the data presented in Table 1, it can be concluded that the compositions of T5 and T6, according to variants of implementation of the present invention, demonstrate synergistic behavior.

The definition of "synergy" is provided by Colby C. R. in an article entitled "Calculation of the synergistic and antagonistic responses of herbicide combinations" published in Weeds, 1967, 15, pp. 20-22. The action expected for a given combination of two active ingredients can be calculated as follows:

E = X + Y -(XY/100)

Where:

E= Expected % effect of a mixture of two products X and Y at a given dose.

X= Observed % effect of product A

Y= Observed % effect of product B

The synergy coefficient (CS) is calculated using the Abbot formula (Equation (2) (Abbot, 1925).

KS = Observed effect / Expected effect

Where COP > 1 for a synergistic reaction; COP < 1 for antagonistic response; KS=1 for the addition reaction.

When the percentage of yield effect observed (H) for a combination is greater than the expected percentage, then a synergistic effect of the combination can be inferred. When the percentage of yield effect observed for the combination equals the expected percentage, then only an addition reaction can be inferred, and when the percentage of yield effect observed for the combination is less than the expected percentage, then an antagonistic effect of the combinations can be inferred.

It can be observed that the synergy factor is 1.30 and 1.27 for the T5 and T6 treatments, as shown in Table 1, which shows that the compositions in the form of DWG and KS with elemental sulfur and ferric oxide are synergistic in nature. The synergistic behavior of sulfur + ferric oxide in the form of DWG and KS, according to an embodiment of the present invention, can be observed from the yield of peanut crop pods. Three treatments, namely T4 (sulfur-55% + ferric oxide 23%, briquettes), T5 (sulfur-55% + ferric oxide 23%, DVG) and T6 (sulfur-27.5% + ferric oxide- 11.5%, CS) were used at the same active dosage, i.e. 2750 g/acre sulfur and 800 g/acre iron. T5 and T6 treatments exhibited the highest pod yields of approximately 2322 kg/acre and 2234 kg/acre, respectively, compared to T4 treatment with a pod yield of -2001 kg/acre, a DWG treatment with ferric oxide (pod yield of -1853 kg/acre) , DVG treatment with 90% sulfur (pod yield -1951 kg/acre). Thus, the combination of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide in the form of DWG and KS, according to an embodiment of the present invention, has synergy and provides increased crop yields compared to the combination of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide in the form of briquettes.

Experiment 2: To study the effect of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide in the form of DWH and KS on the availability of sulfur and iron.

Pod experiments were performed to observe the effect of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide in the form of DWG and KS on the nutrient availability (oxidation) of sulfur and iron in soil over a period of time.

Two kilograms of loamy soil were placed in earthen baskets and maintained in five sampling sets at days 3, 20, 40, 60 and 80 with three treatments and three repetitions. The processing details are as follows:

T1- sulfur 55% + ferric oxide 23%, DVG (Fe-16%)

T2- sulfur 55% + ferric oxide Fe 23%, briquettes (Fe-16%)

T3- sulfur-27.5% + ferric oxide-11.5% (Fe -8%)

2 g of each combination of sulfur and ferric oxide, i.e. T1- sulfur 55% + ferric oxide 23%, DVG (Fe-16%), T2- sulfur 55% + ferric oxide Fe 23%, briquettes (Fe-16%) and 4 g T3- sulfur-27.5 % + ferric oxide-11.5% (Fe-8%), KS, were placed in the appropriate processing baskets and mixed well for each repetition of the processing. The experimental baskets were maintained at a temperature of 28°C±2°C, and a sufficient level of humidity was maintained throughout the experiment. Samples of 100 g from the first treatment kit (i.e. 3 days after treatment) were taken to assess the availability (oxidation) of S and Fe in the soil on day 3 and similarly, soil samples were taken on day 20, day 40, 60 day and day 80 of 2, 3, 4 and 5 basket sets respectively.

Comparative oxidation of nutrient S and Fe from different treatments was evaluated and presented in Figures 1 and 2 to observe the state of availability of nutrient S and Fe over a certain period of time.

In Figure 1 and Figure 2, it can be observed that the availability of sulfur and iron in relation to the composition in the form of DWG and KS obtained in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention is greater than that observed in the embodiment with briquettes. It should be noted that sulfur and iron are immediately available to crops, while briquettes take relatively longer to meet the nutritional needs of the crop. In Figures 1 and 2, it can be observed that sulfur and iron were available for absorption immediately after application of the composition in the form of DWG or CS, while very little sulfur, iron was released from the briquettes even 3 days after application. In Figure 1, it can be observed that approximately 114 ppm and 98 ppm sulfur were available for absorption at 20 days post-treatment in relation to the composition with sulfur and ferric oxide in the form of DWG and KS, whereas when applied in the form of briquettes for only 28 parts per million sulfur was available for absorption by plants. It can also be observed in Figure 2 that approximately 14.22 ppm and 12.2 ppm of iron were available for absorption 20 days after treatment with respect to the composition with sulfur and ferric oxide in the form of DWG and KS, whereas at using the combination in the form of briquettes, only 4.5 ppm of iron was available for absorption by the plants.

In addition, similar trends in the availability of sulfur and iron were observed in the case of a combination of sulfur and ferric oxide in the form of DWG and KS, obtained in accordance with embodiments of the present invention, compared with briquettes, even after 40, 60 days after treatment. Thus, compositions in the form of water-dispersible granules and suspension concentrate containing elemental sulfur and ferric oxide, according to embodiments of the present invention, with a size in the range of 0.1-20 microns, provided a significantly increased amount of sulfur and iron available for absorption, compared to briquettes with sulfur and ferric oxide. Therefore, this suggests that the sulfur and ferric oxide composition in the form of water-dispersible granules and the compositions in the form of a suspension concentrate obtained in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention demonstrate themselves as an effective fertilizer with high nutritional value, and, therefore, a low dose of sulfur and iron is required to meet the plant's nutritional requirements for sulfur and iron.

Experiment 3: To study the effect of elemental sulfur and various iron salts on peanuts, field trials were conducted to observe the effect of various formulations with elemental sulfur and iron salts on yield and related yield parameters in a commercial plowed peanut field in the state of Gujarat.

Trials were scheduled during the kharif season in a randomized block design (CRP) with ten treatments, including an untreated control, repeated three times. For each treatment, a plot size of 35 square meters was maintained. m (7 m x 5 m). The peanut crop in the field trial was grown in accordance with good agricultural practice. The details of the experiment are as follows:

Experiment details

a) Test site: Himatnagar, Gujarat

b) Crops: Peanuts (variety: GG 20)

c) Season of the experiment: Kharif 2018

d) Test design: Randomized block design

e) Repetitions: three

e) Processing: ten

g) Plot size: 7 m x 5 m = 35 sq. m. m

h) Distance R x P: 30 cm x 15 cm

i) Date of sowing: 07/03/2018

j) Date of entry: 07/03/2018

k) Method of application: Basic

m) Harvest date: 10/14/2018

Observations for various yield parameters and related yield factors, sulfur and iron concentrations in the plant, leaf chlorophyll content, husk percentage and oil content were recorded at harvest time and the averaged data are presented in Table 2 to demonstrate the effect of different compositions of the combination of elemental sulfur and iron salts.

Table 2: Field data for a combination of elemental sulfur and iron salts in the form of water-dispersible granules (DWG), suspension concentrate (SC) per peanut crop.

Processing details Dose of nutrient salt in g/acre plant nutrient concentration Total Chlorophyll Content (mg/g leaf dry weight) Pod yield (kg/acre) % increase in yield compared to untreated % husk Weight of 100 seeds (g) % oil content R Fe R
(in %) Fe (ppm) T1-S -70% +14% ferrous sulfate (Fe -5%), DWG, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 3500 250 0.321 147 4.58 1876.1 17.3 70.8 48.2 43.1 T2-S-55% + Ferric Oxide -23% (Fe-16% ), DWG, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 2750 800 0.291 163 4.94 1958.8 22.5 71.4 48.7 44.9 T3-S-20% + Ferric Sugar -70% (Fe-35% ), DWG, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 1000 1750 0.237 183 4.96 1916.6 19.8 70.5 47.9 43.5 T4-S - S -70% +14% ferrous sulfate (Fe -5%), briquettes 4000 250 0.178 112 3.98 1699.4 6.3 69.2 47.2 42 T5-S -55%+ Ferric oxide -23% (Fe-16%), briquettes 2750 800 0.154 115 3.75 1700.7 6.3 68.8 47.6 42.2 T6-S -20% + Ferric Sugar -70% (Fe-35% ), briquettes 1000 1750 0.153 117 4.11 1706.3 6.7 69.4 46.5 42.3 T7-S -50% + Ferrous Sulfate 8.7% (Fe-3.108%), KS, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 4000 249 0.301 152 4.56 1801.2 12.6 70 48 43.3 T8-S -27.5% + Ferric Oxide 11.5% (Fe-8%), KS, according to an embodiment of the present invention 2750 800 0.286 159 5.03 1938.0 21.2 69.3 48.2 43.9 T9-S -10.5% + Ferric Sugar -35% (Fe-17.5%), KS, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 1000 1750 0.259 178 4.98 1927.2 20.5 69.8 47.8 44.1 T10-Untreated - - 0.148 110 3.78 1599.4 0 69.1 47.3 42.1 CD (at 0.5%) - - 0.057 32.5 0.73 144.5 - 1.52 0.82 1.87

From the results presented in Table 2, it can be understood that various combinations of elemental sulfur (ES) and iron salts found in water-dispersible granules (DWG), briquettes and slurry concentrate (SC) were tested in the field in relation to their effects on chlorophyll content, pod yield, husk percentage, and oil content of peanut kernels. The use of the selected treatments has shown that the ES + iron salt compositions in the form of water-dispersible granules according to an embodiment of the present invention and in the form of a suspension concentrate according to an embodiment of the present invention, at different concentrations, exhibit significantly better results compared to with ES + iron salt in the form of briquettes and control plots.

It has been observed that the combination of elemental sulfur and iron salts in the form of water-dispersible granules or suspension concentrate exhibits improved absorption of sulfur and iron compared to the combination of elemental sulfur and iron salts in the form of briquettes. Fe absorption at T2 (sulfur-55% + ferric oxide 23%, DWG), T5 (sulfur-55% + ferric oxide 23%, briquettes) and T8 (sulfur-27.5% + ferric oxide 11.5 %, SC) were reported as 163 ppm, 115 ppm and 152 ppm, respectively, as can be seen from Table 2. It can also be noted that when comparing treatments T2, T5 and T8, which are applied at the same dosage, T2 and T8 treatments, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, showed improved absorption of sulfur and iron compared to T5 treatment.

It can also be understood from the observed results that the content of chlorophyll in the leaves of the peanut plant was higher in the case of DWG and RL with elemental sulfur and iron salts compared to briquettes. It can be noted that when comparing treatments T1, T4 and T7, treatments T1 and T7 had a chlorophyll content of 4.58 and 4.56, respectively, while the T4 treatment had a chlorophyll content of approximately 3.98. Thus, the leaves in the area with peanuts treated according to the T1 and T7 treatments were greener compared to the T4 treatment and the untreated area. The untreated control also had a chlorophyll content of approximately 3.78. Yellow leaves were observed in the T4 treated area and in the untreated area.

In addition, it was unexpectedly observed that sites treated with ES + iron salts in the form of DWG and KS formulations exhibited significantly higher site yield, husk percentage and oil content in peanuts compared to sites treated with ES + iron salts in the form of briquettes. It can be observed that of the T1, T4 and T7 treatments applied at the same dosage, the T1 and T7 treatments provided increased plot yield, oil content, seed weight compared to the T4 treatment. Similarly, when comparing T2, T5, T8 and T3, T6, T9, it was noted that treatments with T2, T8 provided an increase in yield of approximately 22% and 21%, respectively, compared with a treatment with T5, which provided an increase in yield of approximately 6.3 % compared to the untreated area, while the T3 and T9 treatments provided approximately 19.8% and 20.5% yield increases over the T6, which provided a yield increase of approximately 6.7% over the untreated area. A similar trend is observed in relation to other tested parameters, as can be seen from Table 2. It should be noted that even at different dosages, the combination of elemental sulfur and iron salts in the form of DWG and KS, according to an embodiment of the present invention, compared to the form of briquettes showed significantly more high yield of pods, absorption of sulfur and iron, oil content, seed weight.

It has been observed that in addition to the iron salts listed in the above Table, other iron salts claimed in this application also showed a synergistic effect in combination with elemental sulfur in the claimed concentration ranges, according to the present invention.

Experiment 4: Data on the effectiveness of the composition of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide in the form of DWG and KS in relation to a tomato crop when tested in the field.

Trials were scheduled during the kharif season in a randomized block design (CRP) with six treatments, including an untreated control, repeated three times, at Khaulkedindori, Nashik. For each treatment, a plot size of 35 square meters was maintained. m (7 m x 5 m). Field testing of the tomato culture was carried out in accordance with good agricultural practice. Combinations of sulfur and ferric oxide in formulations of various types with a prescribed dose were applied in the main way at the time of inoculation.

Yield data were recorded at harvest time and the averages are presented in Table 3 to calculate the effects of different combinations of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide.

Table 3: Data on the effectiveness of the composition of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide in the form of DWG or KS in relation to tomato culture when tested.

Processing details Dose of nutrient salts in g/acre Tomato weight (kg/plot) Tomato yield (in kg/acre) % yield increase R Fe T1-S-55% + 32% ferric oxide (Fe-22%), DWG, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 2200 880 660.1 48894.8 27.5 T2 -S-48% + Ferric Oxide -8.6% (Fe-6%), KS, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 2200 880 579.8 42950.2 12 T3-ferric sulfate (Fe-19%), Powder - 4750 525.2 38903.1 1.4 T4- Sulfur 90% DWG 2750 - 532 39044.3 1.8 No processing - - 517.8 38355.2 0

From Table 3, it can be seen that the T1 and T2 treatments obtained in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention showed improved yield compared to the T3, T4 and untreated treatments. The T1 and T2 treatments showed an increase in yield of approximately 24% and 12% at a reduced dosage compared to the T3 treatment (commercially available), which provided only a 1.4% yield increase, and the T4 treatment (commercially available), which provided yield increase of only 1.8%. Thus, it can be concluded that at a reduced dosage, the combination of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide (T1 and T2 treatment) in the form of DWG and KS, according to an embodiment of the present invention, shows a significant increase in fruit weight, fruit yield compared to those of a single nutritional powder (T3, T4 treatments).

Experiment 5: To evaluate the synergistic effect of various compositions of elemental sulfur + ferric oxide on sugar cane.

Field trials were conducted to investigate the effect of different compositions of elemental sulfur + ferric oxide on leaf chlorophyll content and yield in a commercially plowed sugar cane field in Navshari, Gujarat.

The trials were scheduled during the kharif season in a randomized block design (CRP) with six treatments, including an untreated control, repeated four times. For each treatment, a plot size of 50 square meters was maintained. m (10 m x 5 m). The nutrient compounds tested, sulfur and ferric oxide separately, as well as their various compositions in the prescribed dose, were applied in the main way in the furrow during the planting of sugar cane. The sugarcane crop in the field trial was grown in accordance with good agricultural practice.

Experiment details

a) Test site: Navshari, Gujarat

b) Crops: Sugar cane (var. COJ 238)

c) Season of the experiment: Kharif 2018

d) Test design: Randomized block design

e) Repetitions: Four

e) Processing: Six

g) Plot size: 10 m x 5 m = 50 sq. m. m

h) Date of submission: 3.10.2018

i) Date of sowing: 01/05/2018

j) Method of application: Basic

k) Harvest date: 02/06/2019

Observations on chlorophyll content 90 days after planting and cane yield at harvest were recorded and the averages are presented in Table 4 to calculate the effect of the combination of sulfur and ferric oxide alone and their various combinations on chlorophyll content and cane yield.

Table 4: To assess the effect of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide, DWG and RC on sugar cane

Processing details Dose of nutrient salt in g/acre Total Chlorophyll Content (mg/g leaf dry weight) % increase in chlorophylls compared to untreated Cane yield (square/acre) % increase in cane yield compared to control R Fe T1-No treatment - - 4.6 - 386.5 - T2-Ferric Oxide (Fe-16%) DVG - 800 6.2 34.8 412.6 9.7 T3- Sulfur 90% DWG 2750 - 5.1 10.9 409.7 8.9 T4- Sulfur (S-55%) + Ferric Oxide-23% (Fe-16%) Briquettes 2750 800 5.7 23.9 (41.9)* 421.3 12 T5- Sulfur (S-55%) + Ferric Oxide-23% (Fe-16% ) DWG, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 2750 800 6.9 50.0 (41.9)* 449.5 19.5 T6-S -27.5% + Ferric Oxide 11.5% (Fe-8%), KS, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 2750 800 6.8 47.8 (41.9)* 439.2 16.7

*Calculated/Expected increase in chlorophyll content

From the data presented in Table 4, it can be observed that the combination of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide in the form of DWG and KS provides good yield compared to the composition in the form of briquettes and the untreated area, thereby showing synergy. Areas treated with treatments T5, T6 showed an increased content of chlorophyll compared to areas treated with treatments T2, T3, T4. The content of chlorophylls in the case of treatments T5, T6 was approximately 6.9 and 6.8, respectively, while in the case of treatments T2, T3, T4, it was approximately 6.2, 5.1 and 5.7, respectively. In summary, a synergistic combination of elemental sulfur and iron salts in the form of DWG, KS has been shown to help increase chlorophyll content through improved photosynthesis and ultimately reduce leaf yellowing caused by iron deficiency in crops. When comparing treatments T2, T3, T4, T5, an increase in yield of approximately 19.5% was observed in the case of treatment with T5. Treatments T2, T3, T4 showed an increase in yield of approximately 9.7%, 8.9% and 12%, respectively. Similarly, the T6 treatment showed a yield increase of approximately 16.7%. T5 and T6 show significantly higher yields, which are 19.5% and 16.7% respectively, compared to other treatments. Thus, in the case of a combination of elemental sulfur and ferric oxide in the form of DWG and KS, a greater number of green leaves and a significantly higher yield were observed compared to the treatment alone and the combination in the form of briquettes.

Experiment #6: To study the effects of various sulfur + ferric oxide formulations in combating dry root rot disease (caused by Macrophominaphaseolina) in peanuts.

Field experiment methodology:

Field trials were conducted to observe the effect of various sulfur + ferric oxide formulations in controlling dry root rot disease in peanuts in Sikar, Rajasthan. The trials were scheduled during the kharif season in a randomized block design (CRP) with six treatments, including an untreated control, repeated four times. For each treatment, a plot size of 50 square meters was maintained. m (10 m x 5 m). The test compounds of the product, sulfur and ferric oxide alone, as well as their various combinations in the prescribed dose, were applied in the main way in the furrow during the sowing of peanut seeds. The peanut crop in the field trial was grown in accordance with good agricultural practice. Peanut seeds were treated with thiamethoxam 30% FS insecticide to prevent damage to crops by soil born insects. Groundnut seed, cultivar RG 425, was used for the test and planted with 35 cm row spacing and 15 cm plant spacing.

Experiment details

a) Test site: Sikar, Rajasthan

b) Crops: Peanuts (variety: RG 425)

c) Season of the experiment: Kharif 2018

d) Test design: Randomized block design

e) Repetitions: Four

e) Processing: Six

g) Plot size: 10 m x 5 m = 50 sq. m. m

h) Date of sowing: 22.06.2018

i) Date of submission: 22.06.2018

j) Method of application: Basic in the furrow

k) Harvest date: 07.09.2018

Plant mortality observations due to dry root rot disease caused by Macrophominaphaseolina were recorded 30, 45 and 60 days after sowing seeds from a 3 sq. m, delimited randomly in each area immediately after sowing peanut seeds. Plants that died due to dry root rot disease, which were counted at days 30, 45, and 60, were summed and the percentage of disease control was calculated using the following formula.

Average plant mortality and disease control percentages are presented in Table 5.

Disease Control (%) = [Control Plant Mortality - Treated Plant Mortality) / Control Plant Mortality] X 100

Table 5: To evaluate the effect of various compositions of sulfur (S-55%) + ferric oxide-23% (Fe-16%) in peanuts

Processing details Dose of nutrient salt in g/acre Plant mortality due to dry root rot disease* % Disease Control R Fe 30 days after sowing 45 days after sowing 60 days after sowing General T1-No treatment - - 3.3 5.8 4.5 13.5 0 T2-Ferric Oxide 23% (Fe-16%), DWG - 8800 2.8 4.8 3.75 11.3 16.7 T3-Sulfur 90%, DWG 2750 - 2.5 3.8 3.25 9.6 29.3 T4- Sulfur (S-55%) + Ferric Oxide-23% (Fe-16%) Briquettes 2750 800 3.0 4.5 2.3 9.8 27.8 T5- Sulfur (S-55%) + Ferric Oxide-23% (Fe-16%) DWG, according to an embodiment of the present invention 2750 800 1.5 2.5 2.0 6.0 55.6 T6- Sulfur (S-55%) + Ferric Oxide-23% (Fe-16%) RC, according to an embodiment of the present invention 2750 800 1.8 2.8 1.8 6.3 53.7 CD at 0.5% - - - - - - 5.67

*Average over four reps

From the data presented in Table 5, it can be observed that the T5 (S-55% + ferric oxide -23%, DWG) treatment according to an embodiment of the present invention appears to be the most effective treatment for controlling dry root rot disease. in peanuts followed by treatment with T6 (S-55% + ferric oxide -23%, CR), according to an embodiment of the present invention. It was observed that the % disease control in the case of T5 and T6 was approximately 55.6% and 53.7%, respectively, while in the case of T4 treatment it was approximately 27.8%. Disease control for T3 and T2 was approximately 29.3% and 16.7%, respectively. It has been noted that the superior performance of the formulation in the form of DWG is due to the instantaneous dispersibility of the product in water, which helps to cover the entire surface surrounding the root rhizosphere, making the crop strong enough to inhibit the growth of the dry root rot disease pathogen. Thus, the combination of elemental sulfur and iron oxide in the form of water-dispersible granules and a suspension concentrate with particles ranging in size from 0.1 to 20 microns helps control dry root rot disease in peanuts.

Experiment #7: To evaluate the effect of particle size distribution in a composition containing sulfur + ferric oxide on rice yield.

Field experiment methodology:

Field trials were conducted to observe the effect of various particle size ranges of the sulfur + ferric oxide composition on rice yield at Chiloda, Gandhinagar.

Trials were scheduled during the kharif season in a randomized block design (CRP) with seven treatments, including an untreated control, repeated four times. For each treatment, a plot size of 40 square meters was maintained. m (8 m x 5 m). The test products at the prescribed dose were applied to the top layer 15 days after the planting of the irrigated rice field. The rice crop in the field trial was grown in accordance with good agricultural practice. Rice seeds cv. Gurjari were used to grow a nursery, and a nursery aged 25 days was used to plant a test field with a spacing of 30 cm between beds and a spacing of 25 cm between plants.

Experiment details

a) Place of test: Chiloda, Gandhinagar

b) Crop: Rice (variety: Gurjari)

c) Season of the experiment: Kharif 2018

d) Test design: Randomized block design

e) Repetitions: Four

f) Processing: 5

g) Plot size: 8 m x 5 m = 40 sq. m. m

h) Planting date: 07/18/2018

i) Date of entry: 08/03/2018

j) Method of application: On the top layer

k) Harvest date: 02.11.2018

Yield observations were recorded at harvest time and the average data are presented in Table 6 to observe the effect of different treatments on rice grain yield.

Table 6: To assess the impact of particle size distribution in a composition containing sulfur + ferric oxide on rice yield

Processing details Composition Particle Size Range Composition dose (kg/acre) Dose of nutrient salt in g/acre Average number of shoots/hills* Seed index (g) Grain yield (c/acre) % increase in yield compared to untreated R Fe T1-No treatment - - - - 7.9 25.3 17.5 - T2- Sulfur (S-55%) + Ferric Oxide 23% (Fe-16%) DWG, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 0.1 to 20 microns 5.0 2750 800 9.3 26.9 21.2 21.1 T3- Sulfur (S-55%) + Ferric Oxide 23% (Fe-16%), DWG 0.1 to 50 microns 5.0 2750 800 8.8 26.5 20.1 13.1 T4- Sulfur (S-55%) + Ferric Oxide 23% (Fe-16%), DWG 20 to 50 microns 5.0 2750 800 8.7 25.9 19.8 16.6 T5- Sulfur (S-55%) + Ferric Oxide 23% (Fe-16%), DWG 50 to 100 microns 5.0 2750 800 8.5 25.8 19.1 9.1 CD (P>0.05) - - - - 0.39 0.44 1.03 -

*Average 20 slides

From the data presented in Table 6, it can be observed that the T2 treatment (a composition of water-dispersible granules containing S-55% + ferric oxide - 23%, having a particle size distribution in the range of 0.1 to 20 microns) obtained in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, shows a significant increase in yield compared to treatments T3 (S-55% + ferric oxide -23%, DWG, with a particle size distribution in the range from 0.1 to 50 microns), T4 (S-55% + ferric oxide -23% DWH, with a particle size distribution ranging from 20 to 50 microns) and T5 (S-55% + ferric oxide -23% DWH, with a particle size distribution ranging from 50 up to 100 microns). It was observed that the % increase in yield in the case of T3, T4 and T5 was approximately 13.1%, 16.6% and 9.1%, respectively, while in the case of T2 treatment it was 21.1%. It may be noted that when comparing the treatments T2, T3, T4 and T5, having formulations in the form of DWG with the same concentrations of active substances, and also used in the same dosages, T2 with a specific particle size distribution of 0.1-20 microns, obtained in accordance with embodiment of the present invention, showed superior performance compared to T3, T4 and T5 with other particle size distributions. Thus, it was surprisingly found that even among DWG formulations, superior performance was observed with a DWG formulation having a specific particle size distribution of 0.1-20 microns compared to DWG formulations having different particle sizes in other ranges.

In addition, the present inventors have also tested the combination of elemental sulphur, iron salts with fertilizer or micronutrients on some crops such as sugar cane, tomato. It has been observed that the addition of other micronutrients such as boron salts or zinc fertilizers to the combination of the present invention can further improve crop characteristics such as straw weight, plant height, as well as improve the nutritional value of the crop. In addition, such combinations can also help improve crop yield, improve photosynthesis, increase chlorophyll content, and increase nutrient uptake by the crop.

Thus, the compositions of the present invention have been observed to exhibit improved, efficient and superior performance in the field. In fact, various preferred properties associated with the compositions of the invention include, but are not limited to, the following: improved stability, improved toxicological and/or ecotoxicological behavior, improved crop characteristics, including crop yield, crop quality characteristics such as increased nutrient content, more developed root system, increased crop height, larger leaf blade, less dead basal leaves, stronger shoots, greener leaf color, less fertilizer required, increased shoot formation, increased shoot growth, increased vigor growth of a plant or crop, earlier flowering, more productive shoots, less plant lodging, increased content of chlorophyll in leaves, photosynthetic activity, early seed germination, early maturation seed production, improved yield quality, improved crop enrichment, soil conditioning, disease resistance, and other benefits that are familiar to one skilled in the art. In addition, the compositions of the present invention are also suitable for deep or sprinkler irrigation in addition to other applications of agricultural compositions in which most commercially available products and products of the prior art do not succeed.

Thanks to the composition of the present invention, the number of times of application or the amount of nutrients, fertilizers or pesticides is minimized. The composition has a high degree of safety for the user and the environment.

From the above information, it will be clear that many modifications and variations can be implemented without going beyond the spirit and scope of the novel ideas of the present invention. It should be understood that no limitation should be imposed or implied with respect to the specific embodiments that have been illustrated.

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1. Feeding and enriching composition for crops in the form of a liquid suspension containing elemental sulfur in the range of 1-60% by weight of the entire composition; at least one salt, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof in the range of 1-55% by weight of the entire composition; at least one structurant in the range of about 0.01-5% by weight of the entire composition; at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient; and characterized in that the composition contains particles with a size in the range of 0.1-20 microns. 2. A composition in the form of a liquid suspension according to claim 1, characterized in that the iron salts or its complexes or derivatives contain water-soluble and/or water-insoluble salts or complexes or derivatives thereof. 3. A composition in the form of a liquid suspension according to claim 1, characterized in that the water-soluble iron salts or complexes or derivatives thereof contain one or more of ferrous sulfate, ferrous succinate, ferrous fumarate, ferrous humate, ferrous fulvate, ferrous citrate , iron ascorbate or mixtures thereof. 4. The composition in the form of a liquid suspension according to claim 1, characterized in that the water-soluble salts of iron or its complexes or derivatives contain one or more of iron oxide, iron hydroxide, ferrous oxide, ferric oxide, di- and ferric, ferric hydroxide, ferrous oxalate, ferrous sucrose, ferric sucrose, ferrous hydroxide, ferrous phosphate, ferric phosphate, ferrous phosphate, or mixtures thereof. 5. A composition in the form of a liquid suspension according to claim 1, characterized in that the weight ratio of one or more iron salts, complexes, derivatives or mixtures to elemental sulfur is from 1:60 to 55:1, preferably the weight ratio is from 1:10 up to 10:1 and more preferably the weight ratio is from 1:2.5 to 1.5:1. 6. The liquid suspension composition of claim 1 further comprising at least one additional active ingredient selected from micronutrients, macronutrients, biostimulants, pesticide actives, and/or a fertilizer selected from nitrogen fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer, potassium fertilizer , its salts, complexes, derivatives or mixtures. 7. A composition in the form of a liquid suspension according to claim 6, characterized in that at least one micronutrient or its salts, complexes, derivative or mixtures are present in the range of 0.1-70% by weight of the entire composition, preferably in the range of 0, 1-40% by weight of the entire composition. 8. The composition in the form of a liquid suspension according to claim 1, characterized in that the structurant contains one or more of surfactants, thickeners, viscosity modifiers, tackifiers, suspension aids, rheology modifiers or anti-settling agents. 9. A composition in the form of a liquid suspension according to claim 1, characterized in that the agrochemically acceptable excipient is selected from one or more of colorants, water-miscible solvents, pH adjusters, antifoam agents, chelating or complexing or sequestering agents, humectants, preservatives , agents for scattering UV rays, antifreezes, stabilizers, adhesives and lyophilizing agents. 10. A method for producing a nutritional and enriching composition for crops in the form of a liquid suspension according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes: grinding a mixture of elemental sulfur in the range of 1-60% by weight of the entire composition, at least one of the salts, complexes, iron derivatives or mixtures thereof in the range of 1-55% by weight of the entire composition, at least one structurant in the range of 0.01-5% by weight of the entire composition and at least one agrochemically acceptable excipient in water to form a suspension or wet mixtures with particles ranging in size from 0.1 micron to 20 micron. 11. A composition in the form of a liquid suspension according to claim 1, characterized in that the composition is a fertilizer composition, a nutrient composition, a composition for strengthening crops, a soil improver composition, a composition for increasing yields.

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