Contents 2018

January/February 2018

• EAA-Innovations 2018 covers search for optimal spray drop
  Report of the first European Agrochemical Adjuvants Innovation Meeting (EAA-Innovations 2018) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Patents in brief
• Polyether foam control agent
• Dithiocarbamate with triazole or strobilurin in oil
• Polymeric seed coating compositions
• Transfluthrin formulation with improved long term stability and effectiveness
• Liquid and granular formulations for tefluthrin
• Delivering insecticide to aquatic environment
• Microencapsulation of bacteriophages
• Drift control agent
• Widely applicable coating compositions
• Storage-stable aqueous suspension of isoxazoline insecticide
• Aqueous capsule suspension concentrates of volatile grass herbicide
• Microencapsulated endophytes for seed inoculation
• Symposia abstracts: Weed Science Society of America Annual Meeting
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

March/April 2018

• Facelift for old actives
• Different approaches
• Less volatile auxin herbicides
• Ionic liquids approach
• Deep eutectic solvents
• Bordeaux mixture
• Other copper compounds
• Reduced particle size
• New crystal polymorphs
• Specific release profile
• Hardly new herbicide common names
• News in brief
• Copper chitosan nanoparticles suppress blast disease in finger millet
• Zein nanoparticles as eco-friendly carrier systems for botanical repellents
• Surface activity and safety of deamidated zein peptides
• The impact of sugar-based surfactants structure on surface tension
• Abamectin microcapsule suspension effective against the southern root-knot nematode
• Biosourced and biodegradable lauroyl poly(glycerol-succinate) oligoesters
• Better sticking lamba-cyhalothrin emulsions
• Media: A selection of agrochemistry related news in other media
• Patents in brief
• Oil-soluble plant nutrients
• Surfactants reduce viscosity of seed treatment formulations
• Nematicidal formulations of fluopyram
• Bordeaux mixture
• Stable formulation of water sensitive active
• Abamectin formulation for soil application
• Water dispersible granule
• Essential oil formulations for ultra-low volume application
• Mosquito larvae control
• Symposia abstracts: ACS Spring 2018 National Meeting & Exposition and VII Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Accumulation of pharmaceuticals in greenhouse lettuce
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

May/June 2018

• Many new glyphosate mixtures in the pipeline
• Hidden innovations
• China very active
• Differences in water-solubility is extra challenge
• Quick patent scan 2013 – begin of 2018 (selection)
• News in brief
• Bio-ionic liquids improve sulfonylurea herbicide performance
• RNA interference technology in crop protection
• Cyclodextrin metal-organic frameworks for encapsulation of hydrophobic molecules
• Octenylsuccinated sweet potato starch granules as pickering emulsion stabilizers
• Invert emulsion can enhance efficacy of biopesticides
• Epoxy value controls release from epoxy phenolic novolac resin microcapules
• Update on application technology
• Media: A selection of agrochemistry related news in other media
• Patents in brief
• Glufosinate formulations
• Fast-symptom glyphosate plus diquat dibromide formulation
• Zinc foliar fertilisers compatible with glyphosate
• Formulations for dinotefuran
• Bentazone formulation
• Spreader-sticker
• Alkyl polyglucoside can partly replace better performing nonionic surfactant
• Oil-rich thidiazuron OD formulations for cotton defoliation
• New crystal polymorphs of penoxsulam and epocholeone
• App: Top Unkraut app 2018
• Book reviews and announcements
• Symposia abstracts: 18^th European Weed Research Society Symposium
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Effect of soluble surfactant on regime transitions at drop formation
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

July/August 2018

• Guidelines for future generations of active ingredients
• Editorial: What is going on with the western agchem scientific community?
• News in brief
• Adjuvant effects on greenhouse performance of pinoxaden
• Formulation of botanicals
• Effect of formulations and spray nozzles on 2,4-D spray drift
• Hydrogel as a slow release nitrogen fertiliser and water retention aid
• Abamectin solid nanodispersion formulation
• Bee alarm pheromones repel elephants
• Well-chosen adjuvant or carrier can help plant pathologist
• Large reductions in pesticides made possible by use of an insect-trapping lamp
• New approach makes sprayed droplets hit and stick to their targets
• Mobile apps independently recognize pests and diseases
• Patents in brief
• Micelle-forming auxinic herbicide formulations
• High-load EC formulation of prosulfocarb and trifluralin
• Zinc oxide coating as alternative to adjuvants
• Highly concentrated liquid fluensulfone formulation
• Self-dispersible, low foaming, stable in cold water and fertiliser-compatible
• Imazamox formulation containing nonionic surfactant with specific cloud point
• Novel alcohol alkoxylate adjuvants
• Slow-release methoprene formulations for mosquito larvae control
• High-load granular dinotefuran formulations with reduced eye irritancy
• Solid formulation of valifenalate, cymoxanil and mancozeb
• Drift reduction adjuvant compositions
• Solid cyclaniliprole formulations
• Soil disinfection with peracetic acid
• Anti-foaming agent for highly acidic pH
• Symposia abstracts: Southern Weed Science Society Annual Meeting, California Weed Science Society Annual Meeting, Western Society of Weed Science Annual Meeting, 28^th German Conference on Weed Biology and Weed Control, International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP 2018), ACS Fall 2018 National Meeting & Exposition
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Drone can detect herbicide-resistant weeds early
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

September/October 2018

• How herbicides reinforce or counteract each other
• Rate determines interaction
• Too rapid response
• Formulation of glyphosate with other herbicidal actives - Quick patent scan from 2013 to begin of 2018 (selection)
• Few formulations for drone-applied agrochemicals
• News in brief
• Dicationic ionic liquids of 2,4-D give lower environmental risks
• Multinutrient application in integrated granules using zein as a coating layer
• Effect of spray droplet size on herbicide efficacy on four winter annual grasses
• Ethylene glycol diacetate found suitable as carrier for EC formulations
• Environmentally friendly platforms for encapsulation of an essential oil
• Formulation aids and heavy metals blamed to increase glyphosate toxicity
• Insight in droplet bounce height
• Patents in brief
• Shikimate pathway metabolites give glyphosate free play in resistant plants
• New crystalline form of indoxacarb
• Use of chelating agent in copper fungicide containing seed coating
• Improved fluridone formulation for aquatic weed control
• Dry ammonium-free adjuvant with drift control and water conditioning properties
• Stable tebuconazole EC formulation
• Electret particles as carrier for herbicides or fungicides
• Acidify for chemical stability
• Water-soluble active ingredient mixed with oil-soluble active ingredients
• Solvent for mixture of fluoxastrobin and prothioconazole
• Crystal polymorphs of uracil herbicide
• Symposia abstracts: International Banana Conference, German Plant Protection Conference
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Factors influencing agricultural spray deposit structures
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

November/December 2018

• Editorial: At the end of the year ...
• News in brief
• Properties of nanocellulose stabilized emulsions
• Diffusing wave spectroscopy for characterizing cellulose-based oil-in-water emulsions
• Multifunctional nanoparticle formulation of avermectin
• Nanoparticle formulation improves performance spirotetramat
• Emulsifying properties and biological activities of lactose monoesters
• New emulsifiers based on polyglycerol and epoxidized derivatives of sunflower and soybean oil
• Delivery by self-assembling conjugates as alternative to surfactant-based formulations
• Microorganisms can counteract coffee ring effect
• Patents in brief
• Encapsulated agrochemicals
• Micronutrient composition for legume seed treatment
• Deep eutectic solvents protect against paraquat intoxication
• Moisture-triggered biostimulant seed treatment formulation
• Oil-based microbial seed treatment formulation
• Adjuvant to compatibilise glyphosate and 2,4-D with cationic foliar fertilisers
• Solvent for hexazinone and imazapic SL formulation
• Vegetable oil-based pesticide
• Stable liquid prothioconazole formulation
• Gamma caprolactone as stand-alone solvent for EC formulations
• Microemulsion adjuvants
• Water-dispersible butroxydim granule
• Less toxic crystalline form of tefluthrin
• Cyclaniliprole-based seed treatment formulation
• Wetting agent
• Metal oxide or calcium carbonate coating as alternative to adjuvants
• Fungicidal compositions
• Symposia abstracts: Entomology 2018, ASA & CSSA 2018 Annual Meeting, Ag Aviation Expo - Aerial Application Technology Research Session
• Book reviews and announcements
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: A decision tree approach for anticipating dissolution issues of sugar-based surfactants
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

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