Contents 2016

January/February 2016

• Delivered just in time
• Learning from medicine
• Trigger-responsive fertilisers
• Pest- and pathogen triggered release
• Long way from lab to market
• Selection of articles and patent publications related to triggered release
• News in brief
• Droplet interaction influences the drying pattern
• Oil based conidial formulation of Isaria fumosorosea more effective than powder formulation
• Floatable alginate based formulation of Pandora delphacis effective against the brown plant hopper
• Gelling nanostructured surfactant system as a formulation of an essential oil
• Patents in brief
• Rainy season-long coffee rust control
• Nitrification inhibitor formulations with reduced volatility
• Emulsifiable foaming concentrates for seed furrow application
• Cosolvents that improve foliar penetration
• Photodegradable nano-encapsulated imidacloprid and indoxacarb formulations
• Bacteriostatic agent for aqueous solutions of biopesticides
• Microbial inoculant with microencapsulated adjuvant
• Water conditioner that does not enhance auxin volatility
• Solid sulfonylurea formulation
• Adjuvant composition
• 2,4-D microemulsion concentrate
• At least one patent application per working day
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online
• Item of the month: A 3d virtual model for studying spray retention by seedlings

March/April 2016

• ISAA 2016 highlights trends in adjuvants and formulations
• All symposium information at your fingertips
• Information about ISAA symposia participants
• ISAA 2016 app
• ISAA Society
• A decade of symposium support
• SURfaPLUS facilitates ISAA Society
• A peachy defence system for seeds
• News in brief
• Nanoencapsulation, nano-guard for pesticides
• Effect of simulated rainfall and adjuvant on the effectiveness of insecticides in blueberry
• Synthesis and emulsifier properties of a new bio-sourced cationic surfactant
• Patents in brief
• Liquid salicylic acid biostimulant formulation
• Emamectin benzoate formulation with penetration enhancer for tree injection
• Defoamers for high electrolyte formulations
• Aqueous microemulsions of sparingly water-soluble phenylpyrazole and/or pyrethroid insecticides
• Adjuvant composition for soil-applied herbicides
• Built-in adjuvant for aqueous suspension concentrates
• Microfibrillated cellulose adjuvant
• Novel aqueous glufosinate formulations
• Agrochemical resinates
• Reduced toxicity of bifenthrin formulations
• Swellable hydrogel beads as carriers for actives and/or nutrients
• Book reviews and announcements
• Symposia abstracts: North Central Weed Science Society Annual Meeting, Southern Weed Science Society and Weed Science Society of America joint Annual Meeting, Northeastern Plant, Pest, and Soils Conference including Northeastern Weed Science Society Annual Meeting, ACS Spring National Meeting & Exhibition
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online
• Item of the month: Assessing deposition and canopy penetration of nozzles with different spray qualities in an oat (Avena sativa L.) canopy

May/June 2016

• Stimulating and eye-catching presentations at ISAA 2016
• Availability of ISAA 2016 proceedings
• New ISAA Society Board and venue ISAA 2019
• Wolf spider catches fewer preys upon contact with surfactants
• Little leaching of trisiloxane adjuvants
• News in brief
• The history and future of 2,4-D
• Different effects of divalent cations on 2,4-D efficacy
• Uptake and translocation of seed-applied insecticides in soybeans
• Emulsifying process and the stability of pesticide nanoemulsions
• Formation of O/W nanoemulsion by W/O microemulsion dilution
• Wetting mixtures of surfactants from renewable resources
• Nonylphenol affects growth of lettuce seedlings
• APP: Side effects app
• Patents in brief
• Mixtures of glyphosate plus amino acids
• 2,4-D microemulsion concentrate portfolio
• Water conditioners that do not enhance herbicide volatility
• Water dispersible granular biopesticide formulations
• Quaternary organosilicon surfactants
• Microencapsulated volatile insecticides for soil application
• Matrix-forming agents with trisiloxane surfactants
• Limonene EC formulation
• Adjuvant containing 2-oxo-1,3-dioxolan-4 carboxylates
• Iron coating for directly seeded rice with a herbicide included
• Stabilized liquid acephate pesticide formulation for stem application
• Additives to reduce eye irritancy of actives and emulsifiers
• Symposia abstracts: 18^th International Cyclodextrin Symposium
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online
• Item of the month: Dynamical behaviours of structural, constrained and free water in calcium- and magnesium-silicate-hydrate gels

July/August 2016

• Biostimulants: formulation research lags behind increased use
• Not a pesticide, not a fertiliser
• Classification of plant biostimulants and examples of their mode of action(s)
• Silence around promising biostimulant
• Further reading
• News in brief
• Evaluation of surfactant humectancy using water sorption isotherms
• Polymer-surfactant system PEO-SDS effectively reduced spray drift to near zero
• Bio-based coating material for environmentally friendly controlled-release urea fertilisers
• Slow-release formulations of metribuzin based on degradable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)
• Patents in brief
• Sugar surfactants
• Storage-stable aqueous dispersions of water-insoluble active ingredients
• Anionic emulsifier suitable as adjuvant in high-electrolyte pesticides
• Novel OD formulations
• Lactofen and dicamba diglycol amine liquid formulations
• Liquid fertiliser compatible bifenthrin plus plant growth promoting bacteria composition
• Polymeric dispersant for pyrethroids and neonicotinoids plus fertiliser
• Microencapsulated grape pomace for grey mold control
• Solvents for fenpicoxamid emulsifiable concentrate formulations
• Pyriproxyfen capsule formulation
• Granular herbicide floating on paddy field water surface
• Granular herbicide combinations with reduced a.i. concentrations
• Solvents for fertiliser-compatible EC formulations
• One-shot rice herbicide composition
• Curcumin formulations
• Drift control agents
• Water conditioner made of specific mixture of potassium salts
• Self-buffering 2,4-D acid compositions (11-08-2016)
• Urea sulphate as adjuvant in herbicide-micronutrients combinations
• Symposia abstracts: Western Society of Weed Science and ACS Fall National Meeting & Exhibition
• Media: A selection of agrochemistry related news in other media
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online
• Item of the month: Impact of wetting agents, time of day and periodic energy dosing strategy on the efficacy of hot water for weed control

September/October 2016

• Attract and kill with CO₂ and pesticides
• New online advertisement form
• Reducing runoff by making spray droplets less bouncy
• APP: Spray Quality Finder app
• News in brief
• Penetration and translocation of nanocarriers
• Solubilization of active ingredients of different polarity in micellar solutions
• Wrinkled microcapsules for enhancement of release rate
• New biosurfactant
• Porous microspheres for peptide drug loading; a new strategy
• Cellulose membrane with UV-protectant properties
• Biopesticide from a mesh bag
• Low-dose application of surfactant film coating enhances turfgrass seed germination and growth
• Patents in brief
• Pillow-shaped seed carrier to enhance rangeland reseeding success
• Dust-off reduction with oil/ethoxylated oil mixture for seed treatments
• Fertiliser coating
• Alkoxylated ester adjuvants
• Herbicide safener increases rimsulfuron stability
• Thymol and carvacrol formulations
• ULV deltamethrin WP formulation for mosquito control
• Hard water compatible fatty acid blends
• High fructose corn syrup reduces herbicide volatility
• Adjuvant comprising a vinyl ester-based polymer dispersion and a plasticizer
• Concentrated natamycin suspension formulations
• Solvents and surfactants for fertiliser-compatible EC formulations
• Water soluble formulations suitable for spraying with hard water
• Maleated natural oil derivative
• Adjuvant with drift control and deposition aid properties
• New sulfoxaflor formulations
• Ammonium-free drift control and water conditioning agents
• Book reviews and announcements
• Symposia abstracts: German Plant Protection Conference
• Media: A selection of agrochemistry related news in other media
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online
• Item of the month: Tuning of cloud point by the nature of surfactant headgroup: influence of counterion and additives

November/December 2016

• New insights and innovations at ASTM 2016
• News in brief
• Rhamnolipid biosurfactant as emulsifier for nanoemulsions
• Microcapsules loaded with biological and chemical agents
• Smart water channelling through dual wettability of bamboo leaves
• Modified teflon surfaces: moderate apparent contact angle but superior air-retaining properties
• alpha-gel phases of saturated monoglycerides, polyglycerol fatty acid esters, and their derivatives
• New model predicts dynamic impact behaviour of spray droplets on leaves
• Patents in brief
• Carrier for pheromone release
• Glycol ether as solvent in pesticide plus fertiliser formulations
• Pyriproxyfen formulations for autodissemination
• Herbicide formulations for spraying with hard water
• Fire ant control with composition containing insecticidal surfactant
• Storage-stable formulations of entomopathogenic nematodes
• Organic acids plus detergents improve herbicide performance
• New surfactant emulsifiers
• Biodiesel reduces the odour of organophosphate insecticide emulsion concentrates
• Soil adjuvant
• Media: A selection of agrochemistry related news in other media
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online
• Item of the month: Electric powder as carrier for pirimiphos

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