摘要 |
This invention relates to inhibiting leaching of crop treating chemicals into the ground water, aqua-system and surrounding soil of the treatment site by contacting the plant or plant site with an effective leach inhibiting, plant tolerating amount of a copolymer of a maleic acid, the corresponding C1 to C6 alkyl ester of said acid or a mixture thereof and a comonomer of an alkyl alpha alkenyl ether; which copolymers have a molecular weight (Mw) of from about 8,000 to about 3,000,000 and can be directly incorporated into a standard agrichemical formulation.
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