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Adjuvants & Formulations

Bimonthly newsletter for agchem specialists (former Adjuvant Newsletter)

 

March / April 2015

Formulating fertilisers for effective foliar absorption
Foliar fertilisers have to enter the leaf, but should also be trans-located in a plant. Formulators have to cope with both requirements, but they cannot rely on many science-based rules. The formulation of foliar fertilisers therefore is still a matter of trial and error, despite the large amount of research on foliar application of nutrients. Adjuvants & Formulations summarizes and comments on recent trends and findings.


To add a surfactant, or not to ad?
Adjuvants can improve the performance of foliar fertilisers. The potential of surfactants, humectants and other additives, however, is largely underused. This is due to the lack of sound information on the behavior of different classes of adjuvants with nutrients. Read more in Adjuvants & Formulations.


Patents in brief
Microfibrillated cellulose acts as a humectant in agrochemical compositions and can also improve the penetration of active ingredients intro the leaf. Besides this patent pending adjuvant, Adjuvants & Formulations has also news about anilide herbicides with a carbamate crystallization suppressant, foamable formulations for seed furrow application, liquid fertiliser-compatible bifenthrin formulations, novel boron fertiliser compositions and chitosan derivates as stabilizers.



And further in this issue
Common inerts harmful to bees.
Wetting agents differ widely in efficacy.
IPM drives resistance of apple scab to fungicides.
Adjuvant and formulation news from the annual meetings of the Southern Weed Science Society and the Western Society of Weed Science.
An overview of the recent adjuvant and formulation literature, including hyperlinks to original sources.
A selection of agrochemistry related news in other media.


Book reviews and announcements
In this issue focus on a new reference work about pesticide application methods, an introduction to the field of polymer-clay nanocomposites, a new book on micro and nanostructured polymer systems and a book on smart wormlike micelles.



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