| abstract |
Microcapsule containing: a core material comprising insecticides, herbicides, plant growth regulators, insect attractants, insect deterrents, fungicides or combinations thereof; and a capsule shell wall completely surrounding the core material, wherein the material of the shell wall glutaraldehyde cross-linked gelatin and 1 to 75 wt .-%, based on the gelatin component, of at least one water-soluble plasticizer from the group of water-soluble starches, sugars, cyclodextrins, Maltodextrins, corn syrup solids, glycerol, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene oxide and sorbitol, which inhibits the transport of the core material through the crosslinked gelatin, and wherein the shell wall comprises or has on its surface a cucurbitacin-containing quenching agent. |