Compatibility agents and method of use

摘要

Compatibility agents were developed for improving the compatibility and stability of mixtures of liquid fertilizers and liquid or wettable powdered pesticides. These compatibility agents contain water, a low alkanol and an alkylaryl polyoxyethylene glycol phosphate ester. The compatibility agent is used at a preferred concentration range of 0.1 to 0.4% of the fertilizer solution. The preferred compatibility agent not only improves the compatibility of liquid fertilizer-pesticide mixtures, but also results in uniform and stable mixtures ensuring accurate pesticide applications. The preferred compatibility agent is a mixture containing about 16% water, about 20% methanol and about 64% of an octylphenol polyoxyethylene glycol phosphate ester.