LIQUID FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITION FOR PLANTS COMPRISING PROCHLORAZ IN A CARRIER MIXTURE TO PRODUCE AN AQUEOUS BASED EMULSION FORMULATION AND WHICH PREVENTS CRYSTALLINE PRECIPITATION OF PROCHLORAZ

摘要

The invention provides liquid formulation, which comprises 0.1 to 75% by weight of prochloraz, at least 3% by weight of a nonionic surfactant or surfactant mixture, at least 8.5% by weight of a phenol derivative to prevent crystallisation of the prochloraz on storage of the emulsion, said phenol being a compound of formula R1 -O-X in which R1 is phenyl, substituted by one to three C1-C8-alkyl, alpha -methylbenzyl or alpha -methyl-4-methylbenzyl groups, by 4-hydroxyphenylene in the para-position, a C6-C22-alkyl group in the para-position or by two C3-C12-alkyl groups in the ortho and para-positions, and X is hydrogen, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or NR3 in which each R is the same or different and is hydrogen or C1-C8-alkyl, optionally substituted by hydroxy, and at least 1% by weight of an organic solvent which is only slightly soluble in water and which comprises at least one aromatic hydrocarbon.