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AU741561B2 - Herbicidal formulation and method of controlling plants - Google Patents
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AU741561B2 - Herbicidal formulation and method of controlling plants - Google Patents

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AU741561B2
AU741561B2 AU29440/97A AU2944097A AU741561B2 AU 741561 B2 AU741561 B2 AU 741561B2 AU 29440/97 A AU29440/97 A AU 29440/97A AU 2944097 A AU2944097 A AU 2944097A AU 741561 B2 AU741561 B2 AU 741561B2
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01NPRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
    • A01N65/00Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing material from algae, lichens, bryophyta, multi-cellular fungi or plants, or extracts thereof
    • A01N65/08Magnoliopsida [dicotyledons]
    • A01N65/36Rutaceae [Rue family], e.g. lime, orange, lemon, corktree or pricklyash
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01NPRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
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WO 97/46102 PCT/AU97/00343 HERBICIDAL FORMULATION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PLANTS This invention relates to a herbicidal formulation and method of controlling plants.
This invention has particular but not exclusive application to an environmentally friendly herbicide, and for illustrative purposes reference will be made to such application. However, it is to be understood that this invention could be used in other applications, using components which are selected on criteria other than environmental sensitivity, such as broad efficacy, appealing colour or odour or such like.
Herbicidal formulations presently base their efficacy on systemic invasion of a plant, causing disruption of the plant's biological function leading to plant death and subsequent decomposition. Herbicides almost always leave an undesirable residual in the soil which is ingested into surviving flora and fauna, leading to undesirable health and safety effects. Additionally, synthetic formulations frequently contain intractable poisons and toxins which accumulate, such as polychlorinated biphenols present in minute quantities in popular defoliants such as 24D and 245T, otherwise known as agent orange. Traditional herbicides are not formulated from natural materials or at least include an active ingredient of synthetic origin, and such synthetic materials are often associated with allergies, hypersensitivities and poor health.
Moreover, traditional herbicides are not intrinsically safe. The manufacturers of such formulations will go no further than to say that traditional herbicides are not known to cause harm, a statement which falls short of saying that such herbicides are harmless.
The present invention aims to alleviate one or more of the above disadvantages and to provide a herbicidal formulation and method of controlling plants which will be reliable and efficient in use. This invention also aims to provide a herbicidal formulation and method of controlling plants which is non-systemic, biodegradable and WO 97/46102 PCT/AU97/00343 -2environmentally friendly With the foregoing in view, this invention in one aspect resides broadly in a herbicidal formulation including: a salt; a microbiological food; a detergent, and an oxidant mixed into a solution with a diluent.
Preferably the salt is a metal halide, such as sodium chloride in aqueous solution in the range of from 125 g/L to saturation. In a preferred embodiment, the salt is sea salt in the range of from 200 g/L to 300 g/L, and more preferably, 250 g/L. It will be appreciated that the concentration of the salt may be determined by a consideration of the cost of same which decreases with concentration in balance with the efficacy of the mixture which increases with concentration.
Suitably, the microbiological food is a carbohydrate such as a sugar. The sugar may be any sugar or mixture of sugars, such as the sugar known by the trade name aspartame but preferably is a mono- or disaccharide or closely related thereto, and more preferably in the form of a sugar syrup such as molasses, treacle or such like. The sugar is preferably in the range of from 15 g/L to 25 g/L in the mixture.
The detergent may be any detergent known in the art for use in herbicidal formulations having the purpose, for example, of causing the formulation to stick to the surface of the target plant, and for some plant species, to break down the waxy coating on the exterior walls of the target plant. The preferred embodiment includes an alpha olefin sulfonate having a chain length in the range of from 12 to 14, however, it is to be appreciated that preferred detergents are completely biodegradable and environmentally friendly. Other detergents may be used such as d-limonene or materials containing same, such as for example the cleanser known by the trade mark ORANGE SQUIRT sold by Citrus Resources Australia.
The oxidant is also preferably environmentally friendly, WO 97/46102 PCT/AU97/00343 -3such as hydrogen peroxide or such like, and preferably does not adversely affect the other components of the herbicidal formulation. Other oxidising agents may be used such as alkali permanganates, perchlorates, dichromates and such like.
It will also be appreciated that additives may be substituted for one or more of the above preferred components if such additives include the preferred components so substituted. For example, chamomile herbal organic concentrate may be substituted for the alpha olefin sulfonate because it is known to contain alpha olefin sulfonate.
In a further aspect, this invention resides in a method of controlling plants by applying to a target plant a formulation which desiccates the target plant and selectively promotes the growth of pathogens whereby the target plant is overcome and perishes. Suitably, the formulation is nonsystemic and includes a herbicidal formulation as hereinbefore defined.
In another aspect, this invention resides in a herbicidal formulation having a salt, sugar and oxidant concentration in solution sufficient to desiccate a target plant and a wetting agent having a concentration sufficient to permit the formulation to wet the surface of the target plant whereby the solution upon drying is substantially evenly distributed over the target plant. It is preferred that the sugar is in sufficient concentration to provide a food and/or energy source for naturally occurring plant pathogens to attack the desiccated target plant whereby the target plant is overcome thereby and dies.
If desired, pathogenic elements may be introduced or included in the formulation, and the formulation may be biologically active. Alternatively, a non-aqueous diluent may be used, such as alcohol, acetone or such like, to increase the drying rate of the formulation upon the target plant, however, it will be appreciated that the diluent chosen should be a solvent for sugar.
In order that this invention may be more readily WO 97/46102 PCT/AU97/00343 4understood and put into practical effect, reference will now be made to the following examples which illustrate a typical embodiment of the invention.
EXAMPLE 1 An aqueous solution comprising 250 g/L sea salt, 25 ml/L cane sugar molasses, 10 ml/L alpha olefin sulfonate and g/L potassium permanganate was made and applied to plants of the species listed in the accompanying table. After application of the herbicidal formulation in accordance with this invention, all of the following plants displayed indicative symptoms associated with the retardation of plant vigour and a high order of pathogenic control following experimental field trials: Family Common Name Botanical Name
ASCLEPIADACEAE
Cotton Bush Gomphcarpus spp
ASTERACEAE
Billy Goat Weed Bindii Cobblers Pegs Fireweed Flatweed Groundsel Japanese Sunflower Milk Thistle Mist Flower Potato Weed Stinking Roger Ageratum houstonianum Soliva pterosperma Bidens pilosa Senecio spp Hypochoeris radicata Baccharis halimifolia Tithonia diversifolia Sonchus oleraceus Ageratina riparia Galinsoga parviflora Tagetes minuta
CONVULVACEAE
Kidney Weed Dichondra repens
CYPERACEAE
Mullimbimby Couch Cyperus brevifolius WO 97/46102 PCT/AU97/00343 5 Family Common Name Botanical Name
FABACEAE
Clover Trifolium subteeraneum Legume Macroptilium lathyroides Phasey Bean Macroptilium lathyroides Rattle Pod Crotalaria sp
POACEAE
Blady Grass Imperata cylindrica Carpet Grass Axonopus spp Kikuyu Pennisetum clandestinum Paspalum Paspalum dilitatum
SOLONACEAE
Wild Tobacco Solanum sp
VERBENACEAE
Lantana Lantana camara The herbicidal formulation of the present invention may be placed into back mounted tanks or smaller hand pump spray appliances. The dry ingredients are added to the tank and the sea salt added thereto in the required quantities, whereupon water is added and stirred until the solids are completely dissolved. After the solution is complete, the detergent is added and stirred, and the final quantity of water added to make the formulation the required strength.
The herbicidal formulation so produced is sprayed liberally on target plants until a good coverage is achieved, using a standard nozzle adjusted to a fine mist.
It will of course be realised that while the above has been given by way of illustrative example of this invention, all such and other modifications and variations thereto as would be apparent to persons skilled in the art are deemed to fall within the broad scope and ambit of this invention as claimed in the following claims.

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  1. 2. A herbicidal formulation as claimed in claim i, wherein the salt is mixed in an aqueous solution in the range of from 125 g/L to saturation and the microbiological food is a sugar mixed in the aqueous solution in the range of from 15 g/L to g/L.
  2. 3. A herbicidal formulation as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the salt is sea salt in the range of from 200 g/L to 300 g/L.
  3. 4. A herbicidal formulation as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the sugar is in the form of a sugar syrup selected from molasses and treacle. A herbicidal formulation as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the detergent is alpha olefin sulfonate having a chain length in the range of from 12 to
  4. 14. 6. A herbicidal formulation as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the oxidant is selected from non- halogen soluble oxidising agents which do not adversely affect the other components of the herbicidal formulation. 7. A herbicidal formulation as claimed in claim 5, wherein the soluble oxidising agent is hydrogen peroxide. 8. A herbicidal formulation as claimed in claim i, wherein the detergent is contained in chamomile herbal organic 7 concentrate. 9. A method of controlling plants by applying to a target plant a formulation which desiccates the target plant and selectively promotes the growth of pathogens whereby the target plant is overcome and perishes. A method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the formulation is non-systemic and includes a herbicidal formulation as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8. 11. A herbicidal formulation substantially as hereinabove described with reference to the examples. 12. A method of controlling plants substantially as hereinabove described with reference to the examples. DATED THIS 5 TH DAY OF MARCH 2001 BGP INDUSTRIES PTY LTD BY PIZZEYS PATENT TRADE MARK ATTORNEYS *coco
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