Martin, Timothy,Grant, Shawn,Destefano, Neil,Prestegord, Adam,Harper, Michael
申请号：
NZ71904614
公开号：
NZ719046A
申请日:
2014.09.30
申请国别(地区):
NZ
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
Many growers do not apply starter fertilizer, insecticide, or other beneficial agricultural treatments at the time of planting because the amount of additional transportation, handling, and labor required for such application. Applying active ingredients to a large field requires the transport of large volumes of water. The water is commonly carried by a tractor, which has a limited capacity. Additionally, in some regions water in large quantities is unavailable. Many agricultural actives are applied to crops or soil as sprays, which are vulnerable to spray drift and cannot be applied precisely. The present invention provides foamable formulations of agriculturally active ingredients as well as methods for using them. The formulations allow improved delivery of active ingredients by the ability to deliver high amounts of active ingredient with a low volume of formulation used. In particular, the formulations allow more precise delivery of an agricultural formulation to the area where it can be most effective. Such high-precision, ultra-low-volume application techniques allow greater areas to be covered while using lower amounts of active ingredient and lower volumes of water. Thus, the formulations and methods of the present invention provide greater resource efficiency, as well as time savings for the grower. They also reduce the amount of active ingredient applied to areas where such application may be either wasteful or actively harmful. These techniques also have environmental benefits: by reducing the amount of agricultural active that is applied, they reduce the amount that is released into the environment. Precise application of agricultural actives also allows accurate positioning of a lethal dose, which helps to prevent resistant strains from developing.
