METHOD FOR DEFOLIATION OF COTTON PLANTS Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC A01N55/00 A01N57/24 

FIELD: agriculture, in particular, plant growing, may be used in preparing of cotton for harvesting.

SUBSTANCE: method involves treating sown crops with mixture of chemical substances; harvesting raw cotton. Upon ripening of 20-30% of balls, crops are sprayed with para-aminobenzoic acid and 10-15 day later upon ripening of 50-60% of balls, crops are sprayed with bast defoliant mixture and reglon used in an amount of 1.5-2 kg/hectare of each of said components.

EFFECT: reduced toxicity of defoliants.

2 tbl, 2 ex