A METHOD OF PRODUCING FUNCTIONALLY EFFECTIVE ORGANICALLY CHELATED MICRONUTRIENTS

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to functionally effective organically chelated micronutrient and method of preparing the same. More particularly, this invention pertains to method of manufacturing of functionally effective organically chelated micronutrient such as zinc, copper, iron, boron and manganese. The said organically chelated micronutrients are having multiple actions such as plant nutrient and plant protection activity.

BACK GROUND OF THE INVENTION

It is known that various fertilizer products having individual characteristics to use either as plant protection or nutrient supplement. The fertilizer compositions which are used for nutrient supplement are unable to provide protection simultaneously to the crops. It is known that a wide range of pesticides (micrbicides) are conventionally used for protecting the plants. However, these pests remain a serious problem. Many pesticides have the severe disadvantages of high toxicity towards humans and animals, relatively high phytotoxicity to plants, and increasing pest resistance.

Moreover, steady growth of crop yields during recent decades (in particular through the Green Revolution) actually compounded the problem by progressively depleting soil micronutrient pools. This trend is continuing unless appropriate steps are taken. In many places, the supply of micronutrients to crops is low compared to their uptake. Therefore, it is imperative to look at micronutrient balances urgently.

In general, if farmers only apply micronutrients when crops show deficiency symptoms, while micronutrient deficiencies decrease yields before symptoms appear. Also, some common farming practices contribute to widespread occurrence of micronutrient deficiencies in crops by decreasing the availability of the micronutrients present in the soil. Further, it has been observed that micronutrient deficiencies have the following impacts on crops such as affect yields, either directly or indirectly; lead to less efficient use of other essential plant nutrients, result in lower water use efficiency, weaken crop's capacity to
withstand difficult conditions; contain undesirable element with higher risks of having non-nutritive trace elements present in edible parts and crop quality.

There is lacking of such fertilizers product which can stand on the requirement on both aspects like plant growth and plant protection. Therefore, it has now been proposed a solution in the present invention that how fertilizer can be effective nutrient and protectant against the microbes. Hence, the present invention proposed a solution to such problem and developed functionally effective organically chelated micronutrient which significantly improves not only the nutrient absorption but also plant protection activity. It is also a challenge in respect of nutrition security and producing more nutrition food and feed or farming for health of an individual. Hence, the invention proposed a solution by offering micronutrient products in the present invention.

OBJECTIVE OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide functionally effective
organically chelated micronutrient.

Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide organically chelated
micronutrient of zinc, copper, iron, boron and manganese.

Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide organically chelated
micronutrient having multiple actions such as plant nutrient and plant protection activity.

Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide organically chelated
micronutrient for use as a decontaminants, disinfectants, detoxificants, absorbents, enzyme
inhibitors, antimicrobial agents, therapeutic agents.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to functionally effective organically chelated micronutrient and method of preparing the same. More particularly, this invention pertains to method of manufacturing of functionally effective organically chelated micronutrient of such as zinc, copper, iron, boron and manganese. The said organically chelated micronutrients are having multiple actions such as plant nutrient and plant protection activity.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

Figure 1 & 2 (example 3): relates to comparative FTIR analysis of organically chelated micronutrients of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific aspects thereof has been shown by way of example in the illustrative examples and will be described in detail below. It should be understood, however that it is not intended to limit the invention to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the invention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternative falling within the spirit and the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Before describing in detail embodiments it may be observed that the novelty and inventive step that are in accordance with the present invention resides functionally effective organically chelated micronutrient and method of preparing the same. More particularly, this invention pertains to method of manufacturing of functionally effective organically chelated micronutrient by zinc, copper, iron, boron and manganese. It is to be noted that a person skilled in the art can be motivated from the present invention and modify the various constituents of the above-said composition, which are varying from crop to crop. However, such modification should be construed within the scope and spirit of the invention. Accordingly, the examples are showing only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the aspects of the present invention so as not to obscure the disclosure with details that will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art having benefit of the description herein.
The terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a composition, setup, device that comprises a list of components does not include only those components but may include other components not expressly listed or inherent to such compositions, setup or device. In other words, one or more elements in a composition or method proceeded by "comprises... a" does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other elements or additional elements in
the composition or method. The following paragraphs explain present invention with respect to functionally effective urea composition.

Accordingly, the present invention relates to a method of producing functionally effective organically chelated micronutrients, said method comprising the steps of:

a) preparing micronutrients in nitrate and/or chloride form by dissolving in 50 to 90 % alcohol,

b) adding citric acid to the reaction mixture of step (a) in the ratio of 1.5:1 to 5:1 v/v to obtain chelation,

c) adding boron solution to the reaction mixture of step (b) in the ratio of 0.1:1 to 1: 10 v/v,,

d) obtaining saturated ammonium nitrate solution in organic extract of lignite,

e) obtaining saturated urea solution in organic extract of lignite,

f) obtaining saturated mono potassium phosphate (MKP) solution in organic extract of lignite,

g) mixing the saturated solution of step (d), (e) and (f) with chelated micro nutrients of step (c) in a ratio in the range of 1:1:4:2 to 1: 5:20:10 in order to obtain organically chelated micronutrients.

One aspect of the present invention, wherein in step (a) preparing micronutrients in sulphate or nitrate or chloride by dissolving in water to obtain micronutrient stock. Another aspect of the present invention, wherein in step (a) wherein the micronutrients are selected from the group comprising Zinc, Copper, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Iron and Boron, chromium, cobalt and mixture thereof.

Yet another aspect of the present invention, wherein thus produced organically chelated micronutrients is applied to the plant or part thereof with a agriculture acceptable carriers. Yet another aspect of the present invention, wherein in step (a) the micronutrients in nitrate and chloride form comprising of Zinc in the range of 0.34% to 4.0 %, Copper in the range of 0.112% to 1.3%, Magnesium in the range of 0.191% to 2.2 %, Manganese in the range of 0.052% to 0.60 %, Molybdenum in the range of 0.0008% to .01 %, Iron in the range of 0.076% to 0.9 %, Boron in the range of 0.019% to 0.5 %, cobalt 0.003 to 000003 % and chromium 0.0009 to 0.0000009 %. Yet another aspect of the present invention, wherein in step (a) the alcohol is ethanol.

Yet another aspect of the present invention, wherein in step (d), (e) and (f) the organic
extract or solution is obtained by treating lignite one or more times with H2O2, and mixing
with water in the ratio of 1:2.

Yet another aspect of the present invention, wherein organically chelated micronutrients
are being sprayed on the rice crop, which enhances the yield up to 40 % of the same.
Yet another aspect of the present invention, wherein thus produced product having Zinc is
0.34%, Copper is 0.112%, Magnesium is 0.191%, Manganese is 0.052%, Molybdenum is
0.0008%, Iron is 0.076%, Boron is 0.019%, and nitrogen 6.0% to 10%, Potassium 2.0% to
5 % and Phosphorus in the range of 3.0% to 8 %
Yet another aspect of the present invention, wherein thus produced product chelated with
or without organic molecules with single or multiple combination, with or without ethanol
for foliar application or for crop selective nutrition.

Yet another aspect of the present invention, wherein the organic solution of lignite is
optionally mixed with calcium chloride in a ratio in the range of 1:0.6 to 1:10 w/v, and
being sprayed on groundnut crop, which enhances the yield up to 40 % of the same.

Yet another aspect of the present invention, wherein the organic solution of lignite is
optionally mixed with calcium nitrite in a ratio in the range of 1:0.2 to 1:10 w/v, and being
sprayed on groundnut crop, which enhances the yield up to 30 % of the same.

Now the invention will be described in detailed so as to illustrate and explain various salient features of the invention.

The embodiment of the invention is to provide method of producing functionally effective organically chelated micronutrients comprised of zinc, copper, iron and manganese with multiple actions such as plant nutrient along with plant protection activity. The salient feature of this invention is described below with following examples for preparation of functionally effective organically chelated micronutrients such as zinc, copper, iron and manganese with multiple action such as plant nutrient along with plant protection activity.

Example 1

Preparation of organically chelated micronutrients with multiple actions: Zinc sulphate (0.45 g/ml), Copper sulphate (0.3 g/ml), and Manganese sulphate (0.45 g/ml) were prepared in water. These three solutions were mixed in a ration of 10:3:1 and resultant solution was added to organic molecules extracted from lignite (obtained by cleaving lignite either one step or sequential multiple steps of reacting with variable concentration of hydrogen peroxide) in a ratio of 1:1 - 1:50 depending up on concentration of reactants and final product requirement.

Example 2

Preparation of organically chelated micronutrients with multiple actions:
Zinc sulphate (0.45 g/ml), Copper sulphate (0.3 g/ml), Manganese sulphate (0.45 g/ml)
were prepared in water. These three solutions were mixed in a ration of 10:3:1 and resultant
solution was added to organic molecules extracted from lignite (obtained by cleaving
lignite either one step or sequential multiple steps of reacting with variable concentration of
hydrogen peroxide) in a ratio of 1:1 - 1:50 depending up on concentration of reactants and
final product requirement. To the resultant solution ethanol or methanol was added
Above illustration was given that is not limited to variable alternatives, amounts, ratios, conditions to obtain the effective organically chelated micronutrients with or without multiple action.

Example 3: preparation of organically chelated micronutrients
Preparation of chelate micronutrient stock preparation:

a) preparing micronutrients in nitrate and/or chloride form by dissolving in 50 to 90 % w/v alcohol to obtain micronutrient stock,

b) adding 500 ml of the micronutrient stock of step (a) to 700 ml citric acid solution, which is prepared by dissolving 300 gm of citric acid in 900 ml of water, to obtain chelation,

c) adding chelate stock of step (b) to 132 ml of boron solution, that is prepared by dissolving 14gm of boric acid in 300ml of water, to obtain chelated micronutrient stock.

Wherein, the micro nutrients present in the stock: Zinc 4%, Copper 1.3%, Magnesium 2.2%, Manganese 0.6%, Molybdenum 0.01%, and Iron 0.9%, Preparation of organically chelated micronutrients

d) obtaining saturated ammonium nitrate solution by dissolving 250gm ammonium nitrate in 500ml of organic extract of lignite,

e) obtaining saturated urea solution by dissolving lOOOgm of urea in 2160ml of organic extract of lignite,

f) obtaining saturated mono potassium phosphate (MKP) solution by dissolving 300gm mono potassium phosphate in 1250ml of organic extract of lignite,

g) mixing 125ml of saturated Ammonium nitrate solution of step (a), 125ml of saturated urea solution of step (b) and 500ml of MKP saturated solution of step (c) with 250ml of chelated micro nutrients of example 3 in a ratio in the range of 1:1:4:2 to 1: 5:20:10 in order to obtain organically chelated micronutrients.

Wherein the said organically chelated micronutrients comprising Zinc 0.34%, Copper
0.112%, Magnesium 0.191 %, Manganese 0.052%, MolybdenumO.0008%, Iron 0.076%,Boron 0.019%, Total nitrogen 7.0%, Potassium 4.0%, Phosphorus 6.0%.

This product when sprayed [50ml per liter] on rice which resulted significant yield
enhancement up to 40% even without any fertilizer soil application compared to normal
farmer recommendation dosage on rice.

Example 4: preparation of organically chelated micronutrients
Preparation of chelate micronutrient stock preparation:

a) preparing micronutrients in nitrate and/or chloride by dissolving in 50 to 90% w/v alcohol to obtain micronutrient stock,

b) adding 500 ml of the micronutrient stock of step (a) to 900 ml citric acid solution, which is prepared by dissolving 300 gm of citric acid in 900 ml of water, to obtain chelation,

c) adding chelate stock of step (b) to 100 ml of Boron solution, which is prepared by dissolving 14gm of boric acid in 300ml of water, to obtain chelated micronutrient stock.

Wherein, the micro nutrients present in the stock: Zinc 3.5%, Copper 1.13%, Magnesium 1.92%, Manganese 0.52%, Molybdenum 0.087%, Iron 0.78%,
Preparation of organically chelated micronutrients

d) obtaining saturated ammonium nitrate solution by dissolving 250gm ammonium nitrate in 500ml of organic extract of lignite,

e) obtaining saturated urea solution by dissolving l000gm of urea in 2160ml of organic extract of lignite,

f) obtaining saturated mono potassium phosphate (MKP) solution by dissolving 300gm mono potassium phosphate in 1250ml of organic extract of lignite,

g) mixing 250ml of saturated Ammonium nitrate solution of step (a), 250ml of saturated urea solution of step (b) and 250ml of MKP saturated solution of step (c) with 250ml of chelated micro nutrients of example 3 in order to obtain organically chelated micronutrients.

Wherein the said organically chelated micronutrients comprising Zinc 0.34%,Copper
0.112%, Magnesium 0.191 %, Manganese 0.052%, Molybdenum0.0008%, Iron 0.076%,Boron 0.019%, Total nitrogen 7.0%, Potassium 4.0%, Phosphorus 6.0%.

This product when sprayed [50ml per liter] on rice which resulted significant yield
enhancement up to 40% even without any fertilizer soil application compared to normal
farmer recommendation dosage on rice.

Preparation of 1:2 organic solutions:

Treated lignite (treated sequentially with 10%, 20%, 30% Hydrogen peroxide) mixed with
water in the ratio of 1:2. The resultant solution was centrifuged and collect the supernatant obtained for the preparation of organic chelation.

This product when sprayed [50ml per liter] on rice which resulted significant yield
enhancement up to 40% even without any fertilizer soil application compared to normal
farmer recommendation dosage on rice..

All above chelated with or without organic molecules with single and or multiple
combinations with or without ethanol has potential for foliar nutrition and also for crop
selective nutrition as liquid diet to crops.

Example 5: preparation of organically chelated micronutrients
Preparation of chelate micronutrient stock preparation:

a) preparing micronutrients in sulphate or nitrate or chloride form by dissolving in water to obtain micronutrient stock,

b) adding 500 ml of the micronutrient stock of step (a) to 700 ml citric acid solution, which is prepared by dissolving 300 gm of citric acid in 900 ml of water, to obtain chelated stock,

c) adding chelate stock of step (b) to 132 ml of boron solution, that is prepared by dissolving 14gm of boric acid in 300ml of water, to obtain chelated micronutrient stock.

Wherein, the micro nutrients present in the stock: Zinc 4%, Copper 1.3%, Magnesium 2.2%, Manganese 0.6%, Molybdenum 0.01%, and Iron 0.9%, Preparation of organically chelated micronutrients

d) obtaining saturated ammonium nitrate solution by dissolving 250gm ammonium nitrate in 500ml of organic extract of lignite,

e) obtaining saturated urea solution by dissolving l000gm of urea in 2160ml of organic extract of lignite,

f) obtaining saturated mono potassium phosphate (MKP) solution by dissolving 300gm mono potassium phosphate in 1250ml of organic extract of lignite,

g) mixing 125ml of saturated Ammonium nitrate solution of step (a), 125ml of saturated urea solution of step (b) and 500ml of MKP saturated solution of step (c) with 250ml of chelated micro nutrients of example 3 in a ratio in the range of 1:1:4:2 to 1: 5:20:10 in order to obtain organically chelated micronutrients.

Wherein the said organically chelated micronutrients comprising Zinc 0.34%, Copper 0.112%, Magnesium 0.191 %, Manganese 0.052%, Molybdenum0.0008%, Iron 0.076%, Boron 0.019%, Total nitrogen 7.0%, Potassium 4.0%, Phosphorus 6.0%. This product when sprayed [50ml per liter] on rice which resulted significant yield enhancement up to 40% even without any fertilizer soil application compared to normal farmer recommendation dosage on rice.

Example 6

Preparation of organic calcium chloride:
200gm of calcium chloride was dissolved in 300ml of 1:2 organic solutions and sprayed
[25ml per liter] on groundnut which resulted significant yield enhancement up to 30%.

Example 7

Preparation of organic calcium nitrate:
lOOgm of calcium nitrate was dissolved in 500ml of 1:2 organic solution and sprayed on
groundnut [25ml per liter] which resulted significant yield enhancement to 30%
There are several ways to supply above organically chelated micronutrients to crops: by soil application, fertigation, foliar spray, seed treatment, or combination with crop protection products. While the above organically chelated micronutrients compositions exhibited significant reduction in bacterial, fungal, and viral infection on plants, when these organically chelated micronutrients were sprayed on chillis infected with microbes such as Xanthomonas (species), protected the crop with enhancement of yield up to 30 %. Each option has specific advantages and disadvantages depending on the nutrient, the crop and the soil characteristics. Similarly, the different product types (e.g. chelated/non-chelated, organic/inorganic, granular/fluid) have respective relative strengths. The various options have quite different impacts on the solubility and availability of the micronutrients, on the uniformity of application, as well as on health, safety and the environment. The methods of employing the above organically chelated micronutrient are dry mixing, bulk blending, complex fertilizers, coated fertilizers and fluid fertilizers.

The compositions according to the present invention are generally applied to the plant or part thereof, with an agriculturally acceptable carrier. By the term "agriculturally acceptable carrier" is meant a substance which may be used to dissolve, disperse or diffuse an active compound in the composition without impairing the effectiveness of the compound and which by itself has no detrimental effect on the soil, equipment, crops or agronomic environment. The compositions according to the present invention may be either solid or liquid formulations or solutions. For example, the compounds may be formulated as wettable powders, or a concentrate which is emulsifiable. It is often desirable
to include adjuvants, such as wetting agents, spreading agents, dispersing agents, stickers
and adhesives, in accordance with conventional agricultural practices.

For the preparation of emulsifiable concentrates, one or more of the active ingredients may be dissolved in one or more organic solvents, such as benzene, toluene, xylene, methylated naphthalene, corn oil, pine oil, o-dichlorobenzene, isophorone, cyclohexane and methyl oleate, or mixtures thereof, together with an emulsifying agent which permits dispersion in water.

Wettable powders suitable for spraying may be prepared by admixing one or more of the
active ingredients with a finely divided solid, such as clays, inorganic silicates and
carbonates and silicas, and by incorporating wetting agents, sticking agents and/or
dispersing agents in such mixtures.

ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

The primary advantage of the present invention is to functionally effective organically chelated micronutrient which enhances the growth and yield of the various crops (rice, maze etc.) by 30 to 70 %.

Yet another advantage objective of this invention is to produce eco friendly composition. Yet another advantage of the present invention is to provide organically chelated micronutrient for use as a decontaminants, disinfectants, detoxificants, absorbents, enzyme inhibitors, antimicrobial agents, therapeutic agents.

The inventor has developed the invention, so that advantage can be achieved in an economical, practical, and facile manner. While preferred aspects and example configurations have been shown and described, it is to be understood that various further modifications and additional configurations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. It is intended that the specific embodiments and configurations herein disclosed are illustrative of the preferred nature of the invention, and should not be interpreted as limitations on the scope of the invention.

WE CLAIM

1) A method of producing functionally effective organically chelated micronutrients,
said method comprising the steps of:

a) preparing micronutrients in nitrate and/or chloride form by dissolving in 50 to 90 % alcohol,

b) adding citric acid to the reaction mixture of step (a) in the ratio of 1.5:1 to 5: 1 v/v to obtain chelation,

c) adding boron solution to the reaction mixture of step (b) in the ratio of 0.1:1 to 1: 10 v/v,,

d) obtaining saturated ammonium nitrate solution in organic extract of lignite,

e) obtaining saturated urea solution in organic extract of lignite,

f) obtaining saturated mono potassium phosphate (MKP) solution in organic extract of lignite,

g) mixing the saturated solution of step (d), (e) and (f) with chelated micro nutrients of step (c) in a ratio in the range of 1:1:4:2 to 1: 5:20:10 in order to obtain organically chelated micronutrients.

2) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in step (a) preparing micronutrients in sulphate or nitrate or chloride by dissolving in water to obtain micronutrient stock.

3) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in step (a) wherein the micronutrients are selected from the group comprising Zinc, Copper, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Iron and Boron, chromium, cobalt and mixture thereof.

4) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein thus produced organically chelated micronutrients is applied to the plant or part thereof with an agriculture acceptable carriers.

5) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in step (a) the micronutrients in nitrate and chloride form comprising of Zinc in the range of 0.34% to 4.0 %, Copper in the range of 0.112% to 1.3%, Magnesium in the range of 0.191% to 2.2 %, Manganese in the range of 0.052% to 0.60 %, Molybdenum in the range of 0.0008% to .01 %, Iron in the range of 0.076% to 0.9 %, Boron in the range of 0.019% to 0.5 %, cobalt 0.003 to 000003 % and chromium 0.0009 to 0.0000009 %.

6) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in step (a) the alcohol is ethanol.

7) The method as claimed in claims 1, wherein in step (d), (e) and (f) the organic extract or solution is obtained by treating lignite one or more times with H2O2, and mixing with water in the ratio of 1:2.

8) The method as claimed in claims 1, wherein organically chelated micronutrients are being sprayed on the rice crop, which enhances the yield up to 40 % of the same.

9) The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein thus produced product having Zinc is 0.34%, Copper is 0.112%, Magnesium is 0.191%, Manganese is 0.052%, Molybdenum is 0.0008%, Iron is 0.076%, Boron is 0.019%, and nitrogen 6.0% to 10%, Potassium 2.0% to 5 % and Phosphorus in the range of 3.0% to 8 %

10) The method as claimed in claims 1, wherein thus produced product chelated with or without organic molecules with single or multiple combination, with or without ethanol for foliar application or for crop selective nutrition.

11) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the organic solution of lignite is optionally mixed with calcium chloride in a ratio in the range of 1:0.6 to 1:10 w/v, and being sprayed on groundnut crop, which enhances the yield up to 40 % of the same.

12) The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the organic solution of lignite is optionally mixed with calcium nitrite in a ratio in the range of 1:0.2 to 1:10 w/v, and being sprayed on groundnut crop, which enhances the yield up to 30 % of the same.