COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING PLANTS WITH EXOGENOUS CHEMICALS

摘要

METHODS AND COMPOSITION ARE DISCLOSED WHEREIN EXOGENOUS CHEMICALS ARE APPLIED TO PLANTS GENERATE A DESIRED BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE. ONE EMBODIMENT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION IS A PLANT TREATMENT COMPOSITION THAT COMPRISES (a) AN EXOGENUOUS CHEMICAL; (b) A FIRST EXCIPIENT SUBSTANCE WHICH IS A COMPOUND OR MIXTURE OF COMPOUNDS HAVING THE FORMULA R14-CO-A-R15 WHEREIN R14 IS A HYDROCARBYL GROUP HAVING ABOUT 5 TO ABOUT 21 CARBON ATOMS, R15 IS A HYDROCARBYL GROUP HAVING 1 TO ABOUT 14 CARBON ATOMS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CARBON ATOMS IN R14 AND R15 IS ABOUT 11 TO ABOUT 27, AND A IS O OR NH; AND (c) A SECOND EXCIPIENT SUBSTANCE WHICH IS AN AMPHIPHILIC SUBSTANCE HAVING A CRITICAL PACKING PARAMETER GREATER THAN 1/3.