Claims
- 1. An aqueous insecticide composition consisting essentially of acetic acid and at least one additional acid selected from the group consisting of citric acid, malic acid and ascorbic acid, the ratio of acetic acid to said at least one acid being in the range of 10:1 to 1:1 on a weight basis, the concentration of acetic acid being less than 8 g/L, thereby exhibiting substantially no herbicidal properties.
- 2. The aqueous insecticide composition of claim 1 in which said at least one acid is citric acid.
- 3. The aqueous insecticide composition of claim 1 in which said at least one acid is malic acid.
- 4. The aqueous insecticide composition of claim 1 in which said at least one acid is ascorbic acid.
- 5. The aqueous insecticide composition of any one of claims 1-4 in which the ratio is in the range of 4:1 to 1:1 on a weight basis.
- 6. The aqueous insecticide composition of claim 5 in which the ratio is in the range of 4:1 to 2:1 on a weight basis.
- 7. The aqueous insecticide composition of any one of claims 1-6 in which the concentration of acetic acid is up to 4 g/l.
- 8. The aqueous insecticide composition of any one of claims 1-7 in which the concentration of acids is such that the composition does not exhibit herbicidal properties on tomatoes.
- 9. An aqueous insecticide composition consisting essentially of acetic acid; at least one additional acid selected from the group consisting of citric acid, malic acid and ascorbic acid, the ratio of acetic acid to said at least one acid being in the range of 10:1 to 1:1 on a weight basis, the concentration of acetic acid being less than 8 g/L, thereby exhibiting substantially no herbicidal properties; and at least one of a surfactant, a soap or propylene glycol.
- 10. An aqueous insecticide composition consisting essentially of acetic acid; at least one additional acid selected from the group consisting of citric acid, malic acid and ascorbic acid, the ratio of acetic acid to said at least one acid being in the range of 10:1 to 1:1 on a weight basis, the concentration of acetic acid being less than 8 g/L; and insecticidal soap.
- 11. An aqueous insecticide composition of claim 9 consisting essentially of acetic acid, citric acid and surfactant.
- 12. An aqueous insecticide composition consisting essentially of acetic acid, citric acid and soap, the ratio of acetic acid to citric acid being in the range of 10:1 to 1:1 on a weight basis, the concentration of acetic acid being less than 8 g/L.
- 13. An aqueous insecticide composition of claim 9 consisting essentially of acetic acid, citric acid and propylene glycol.
- 14. The aqueous insecticide composition of claim 9 in which the composition has a surfactant, said surfactant being in a concentration of 0.1 to 40 g/l.
- 15. An aqueous insecticide composition of claim 14 in which the surfactant has a concentration of between 1-5 g/l.
- 16. The aqueous insecticide composition of claim 15 in which the surfactant is a mixture of anionic and nonionic surfactant.
- 17. The aqueous insecticide composition of claim 14 in which the amount of surfactant is at least 5 g/l.
- 18. A method of treating flea beetles comprising the step of contacting said flea beetles with an aqueous insecticide composition of claim 11.
- 19. A method of the treatment of insects with an insecticide, comprising spraying said insects with said aqueous insecticide composition of claim 1.
- 20. An aqueous insecticide composition consisting essentially of acetic acid and surfactant, wherein the concentration of said acetic acid being up to 50 g/L.
- 21. The aqueous insecticide composition of claim 20 in which said surfactant being in a concentration of 0.1 to 40 g/l.
- 22. An aqueous insecticide composition consisting essentially of a surfactant in an amount of the range of 0.1 to 4.0 g/L, wherein the surfactant is a mixture of anionic and non-ionic surfactant.
- 23. The aqueous insecticide composition of claim 22 in which the concentration of said surfactant is in the range of 1-5 g/l.
- 24. An aqueous insecticide composition consisting essentially of citric acid and surfactant, wherein the concentration of citric acid being up to 25 g/L.
- 25. The aqueous insecticide composition of claim 24 in which said surfactant being in a concentration of 0.1 to 40 g/l.
- 26. An aqueous insecticide composition consisting essentially of an insecticidal effective amount of a surfactant.
- 27. The aqueous insecticide composition of claim 26 in which the surfactant is a mixture of anionic and nonionic surfactant.
- 28. The aqueous insecticide composition of claim 27 in which the concentration of the surfactant is in the range of 0.1 to 40 g/l.
- 29. The aqueous insecticide composition of claim 28 in which the concentration of said surfactant is in the range of 1-5 g/l.
Parent Case Info
This Application is a 371 of PCT/CA99/00755 filed Aug. 17, 1999 which claims the benefit of Ser. No. 60/100,316 filed Sep. 15, 1998.
PCT Information
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