Certain metal complexes of certain substituted pyrazole compounds are employed as the active nitrification inhibitor in the presence of reduced nitrogen fertilizers. Compositions containing these complexes can be applied to the surface of soil and can remain on said soil surface for up to 3 days or more without mechanical incorporation into the soil and retain at least about 70 percent of the pyrazole in the complex in the composition.
It is the object of the present invention to develop agent combinations having an improved synergistic effect with regard to the inhibition or control of ammonium nitrogen nitrification. It was unexpectedly found that agent combinations which consist of at least one compound of the general formula ##STR1## with M with n=1 and greater than 1--in case of coordination compounds--standing for several mono- and multivalent metal ions, but being negated with n=0 in case of metal salts of substituted pyrazoles, A being the counterion in case of anion complexes and pyrazolates, preferably ammonium, alkali and alkaline earth, the 3-methyl pyrazolium cation in case of anion complexes and additionally Fe and Al in case of metal salts; b being in the range of 0 to 4, X being the same or different and embodying several mono- and multivalent inorganic or organic anions with q=0 to 6, R.sub.1 being hydrogen, methyl or halogen and Z representing hydrogen, CONH.sub.2, CNHNH.sub.2 or CSNH.sub.2, s adopting values between 1 and 6 and dicyandiamide result in a considerable improvement of inhibition of the nitrification process.
This patent describes nitrification inhibitors characterized by the fact that they contain as their active ingredients a substituted pyrazole, or a salt or metallic complex thereof, dicyanodiamide, and one of the compounds ammonium thiosulfate, biguanide, or ammonium rhodanide. The combinations of the present invention are more efficacious than the individual ingredients alone and binary combinations of the same ingredients, and are thus superior to same from the ecological, phytotoxicity, and cost-effectiveness stand-points, as well as in terms of their tendencies to form undesirable residues.
The use of inorganic or organic polyacids for the treatment of inorganic fertilizers, in particular the use of the polyacids as a mixture with at least one nitrification inhibitor for the treatment of inorganic fertilizers; the use of selected pyrazole derivatives as nitrification inhibitor in inorganic fertilizers and also as stabilizers of liquid manure or liquid fertilizer formulations, as well as the corresponding treated inorganic fertilizers per se; and novel pyrazole derivatives which can be used as nitrification inhibitors in inorganic fertilizers and also as stabilizers of liquid manure or liquid fertilizer formulations are described.
The use of inorganic or organic polyacids for the treatment of inorganic fertilizers, in particular the use of the polyacids as a mixture with at least one nitrification inhibitor for the treatment of inorganic fertilizers; the use of selected pyrazole derivatives as nitrification inhibitor in inorganic fertilizers and also as stabilizers of liquid manure or liquid fertilizer formulations, as well as the corresponding treated inorganic fertilizers per se; and novel pyrazole derivatives which can be used as nitrification inhibitors in inorganic fertilizers and also as stabilizers of liquid manure or liquid fertilizer formulations are described.
The use of inorganic or organic polyacids for the treatment of inorganic fertilizers, in particular the use of the polyacids as a mixture with at least one nitrification inhibitor for the treatment of inorganic fertilizers; the use of selected pyrazole derivatives as nitrification inhibitor in inorganic fertilizers and also as stabilizers of liquid manure or liquid fertilizer formulations, as well as the corresponding treated inorganic fertilizers per se; and novel pyrazole derivatives which can be used as nitrification inhibitors in inorganic fertilizers and also as stabilizers of liquid manure or liquid fertilizer formulations are described.
