Synergistic agricultural formula comprising diacyl or diaryl urea and at least one mixture of nutrients
Inventors
Sheth, Ritesh • Stoller, Jerry • Shortell, Robert R.
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Publication Number
US-12408671-B2
Publication Date
2025-09-09
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Abstract
A synergistic agricultural formula including at least one diacyl or diaryl urea, such as a N,N′-diformylurea, and at least one mixture of nutrients, such as a mixture of micronutrients and/or macronutrients. This synergistic agricultural formula gives those skilled in the art the ability to regulate important phenotypical parameters that lead to a variety of important agronomic and horticulture traits which improve crop yield parameters leading beyond that of its individual components.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to a synergistic agricultural formula that is absorbed by the plant. The formula comprises diformylurea together with at least one mixture of nutrients provided as an aqueous solution so that the nutrients may be absorbed by the plant, and the diformylurea and the at least one mixture of nutrients together provide synergy. The composition further includes optional oil, optional surfactant, and water.
In one aspect, the at least one mixture of nutrients comprises magnesium, copper, manganese, and zinc as the only nutrients present in the formula, wherein the nutrients are chelated compounds. The diformylurea is present within a specified wt.% range and the aqueous nutrient mixture is present within a specified wt.% range, with broad composition ranges recited for the synergy-providing combination.
In another aspect, the at least one mixture of nutrients comprises a water soluble form of nitrogen, P2O5, K2O, and boron as the only nutrients in the formula. The formula is defined with specified wt.% ranges for diformylurea and the aqueous nutrient mixture, while maintaining the concept that diformylurea and the nutrient mixture together provide synergy.
The background mechanism described for diformylurea is inhibition of ethylene production via quenching ROS (ACC to ethylene). The described synergy is supported by example formulations and statistical results, and the document also sets restrictions excluding certain radiation managers/UV and blue light absorbers and excluding specific nanoparticle/insoluble oxide materials.
Claims Coverage
The document includes three independent claims. Each independent claim requires a synergy-providing formulation comprising diformylurea and an aqueous nutrient mixture, with constraints on which nutrients may be present and their chelated or water-soluble forms, plus optional oil and optional surfactant.
Synergy-providing diformylurea and aqueous nutrient mixture composition
A synergistic agricultural formula that is absorbed by the plant comprising 30 to 0.5 wt. % diformylurea and 0.1 to 20 wt. % at least one mixture of nutrients provided as an aqueous solution so that said nutrients may be absorbed by the plant, wherein optional oil, optional surfactant, and water are included and wherein said diformylurea and said at least one mixture of nutrients together provides synergy.
Chelated magnesium, copper, manganese, and zinc as the only nutrients
The synergistic agricultural formula wherein the at least one mixture of nutrients comprises magnesium, copper, manganese and zinc as the only nutrients present in said formula and wherein said nutrients are chelated compounds.
Water-soluble nitrogen, P2O5, K2O, and boron as the only nutrients
The synergistic agricultural formula wherein said at least one mixture of nutrients is a mixture including a water soluble form of nitrogen, P2O5, K2O, and boron as the only nutrients in said formula.
Across the independent claims, the inventive core is a plant-absorbed synergistic agricultural formula combining diformylurea with an aqueous nutrient mixture. The main inventive distinctions are the permitted nutrient set and the maintained synergy relationship between diformylurea and the nutrient mixture, with optional oil and optional surfactant.
Stated Advantages
Increased photosynthesis/CO2 rate.
Improved transpiration rate.
Improved root architecture (root length/architecture).
Increased yield and quality.
Documented Applications
No documented applications found
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