Contents 2020

January/February 2020

• Adjuvant development for foliar fertilisers requires insight into plant nutrition
• Nutritional status
• Three uptake pathways
• Hygroscopicity
• Various adjuvants can yield same result
• Translocation
• Leaf burning
• From polar pore to dynamic aqueous continuum
• Surfactant-induced stomatal flooding
• Further reading and literature cited
• News in brief
• Low-toxic and nonirritant biosurfactant surfactin
• Wetting properties of Saponaria officinalis saponins
• Insecticidal activity of spray dried microencapsulated essential oils
• Fungal-based bioherbicides for weed control: a myth or a reality?
• Biopesticides R&D: Challenges and prospects
• Gene silencing by RNAi via oral delivery of dsRNA by bacteria in Tuta absoluta
• Acifluorfen more effective with built-in light source
• Co-crystallisation of essential oils
• Seed coating using plasma technology
• Alginate-based formulation for reactive oxygen and nitrogen species
• Confusion about surfactants in glyphosate-based herbicides documented
• Patents in brief
• Crystal growth inhibitors for SDHI fungicides
• Polymers stabilize dsRNA
• Fluxametamide EC formulations
• Cyclodextrin stabilizes liquid prothioconazole and/or penflufen formulations
• Effervescent formulation for PPO inhibitor herbicide
• Crop protection with nanobubble water as carrier
• Urease and nitrification inhibitor combined in emulsion
• Surfactant composition based on glycine betaine amide salt
• Crystal polymorph of new uracil herbicide
• Surface-active clopyralid formulation with improved frost resistance
• Water-dispersible flometoquin formulation
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Tank-mix adjuvants to reduce the adverse effect of muddy rain on the activity of paraquat
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

March/April 2020

• Adjuvants and phytotoxicity
• Factors determining phytotoxicity
• Comparison of different adjuvant classes with regard to phytotoxicity
• Concluding remarks
• Literature cited
• News in brief
• Formulations to optimize the effect of fungicides
• Surfactants for wetting of houseflies
• Biodegradation and ecotoxicity of branched alcohol ethoxylates
• NMR spectroscopy: a tool for analysis of an emulsifier mixture of soybean oil
• RNA-based biocontrol compounds: current status and perspectives to reach the market
• Spreading agent acts as deterrent
• Media: A selection of agrochemistry related news in other media
• Patents in brief
• Soil surfactant for fertigation
• New mild surfactants for glyphosate formulations
• Formulated essential oil as bioherbicide
• Formulations for fungal biopesticides
• New lambda-cyhalothrin CS formulation mixed with novaluron SC formulation to form ZC formulation
• Dodine suspension concentrate formulation
• Fluopyram seed treatment formulation
• New crystalline form of fluopyram
• Improved crop safety by extended release
• Oil dispersion of acetamiprid and bifenthrin
• Herbicidal composition of pyridate and mesotrione
• Surfactant combination for mixture of metribuzin and isoxaflutole
• NBPT urease inhibitor formulation
• Adjuvants for glyphosate and glufosinate formulations
• Stable crystal polymorph of pyrazole insecticide
• Granular anti-foam adjuvant
• Wettable powder glyphosate formulation
• Increased dissolution rate for dimethylalkylamine modification of tribenuron-methyl
• Aqueous compositions of topramezone
• Symposia abstracts: Canadian Weed Science Society Annual Meeting and North Central Weed Science Society Annual Meeting
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Leaf pruning as key factor to successful biological control
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

May/June 2020

• Biopesticides and biostimulants: adjuvant knowledge lags behind increased use
• Track & Trace of adjuvants for biopesticides and biostimulants
• Academic literature
• Independent adjuvant comparisons
• Effect of HLB number
• Alkyl chain length
• Green adjuvants
• Challenge
• Little urge to profile
• Literature cited / further reading
• News in brief
• Close down of Plant Protection Chemistry NZ
• Nanocomposites for delivering agrochemicals: A comprehensive review
• Development of ZnO nanoparticles as an efficient Zn fertiliser
• Photoprotective dispersant
• Argan shell crude extracts for emulsification of oil in water
• Eggplant for emulsification of oil-in-water
• Formulation optimization of D-limonene-loaded nanoemulsions
• Patents in brief
• Methionine-based feed supplement as sticker for fungicides
• Stabilized low-concentrated metsulfuron-methyl liquid composition
• New crystalline form of sulfometuron methyl
• Wetting surfactant composition that reduces foaming upon pesticide dispersion
• Milling method to reduce risk of crystallization
• Stable organophosphorus emulsion compositions
• Oil dispersion formulations with MCPA-derivative as oil phase
• Stable clethodim emulsion compositions
• Microemulsion formulation for novel broadleaf herbicide
• Adjuvants with lysine as backbone
• Stable liquid formulations for new fluoropyrimidinone fungicide
• Catching insects with sticky adjuvant
• Encapsulation
• Mesotrione plus nicosulfuron and thifensulfuron-methyl composition
• WG formulation for emamectin benzoate and profenofos
• Improved biopesticide formulation
• Use of diethyl carbonate as solvent
• Bio-based solvent
• Powdery slow-release 1-MCP formulation
• Symposia abstracts: Northeastern Weed Science Society Annual Meeting
• Book reviews and announcements
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Calendar or agrometeorological data-based decision for fungicide applications in soybeans
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

July/August 2020

• Insecticidal soaps and oils
• Relevance
• Chemistries and targets
• Mode of action
• Registration
• Conclusion
• Literature cited
• Editorial: To facilitate the subscriber
• News in brief
• Challenging the formulator
• UV-responsive surfactants for autonomous regulation of droplet evaporation
• Tunable electrospun seed coatings made of biodegradable nanofibers
• Patents in brief
• Pyroxasulfone microcapsule formulations
• Algae-based oil dispersion formulation
• Specific solvents for broflanilide
• Emulsifier package for paraquat combinations with butafenacil or S-metolachlor
• Alkyl polyglycerylamine surfactants need no hydrotrope in concentrated formulations
• Four different fluindapyr formulations
• Polyalkyoxylated alcohols as solubiliser for poorly water-soluble and water-insoluble actives
• Surfactant system for combinations of water-soluble and insoluble agrochemicals
• Glyphosate encapsulation
• Stabilising oil dispersion formulations without use of thickeners
• Green process for environmentally-friendly nano-pesticide formulations
• Concentrated fomesafen formulations
• Dendrimers as delivery system for foliar fertilisers
• Alkyl esters of alkyl acids as adjuvants and solvents
• Multifunctional adjuvant
• Rheology modifiers for highly ionic compositions and formulations of multivalent cations
• Indaziflam with reduced soil mobility
• Sulfosuccinate surfactants improve retention of elemental sulphur
• New crystal polymorph of dimpropyridaz
• Triclopyr formulation with phosphate ester adjuvant
• Apps: Three free apps that can be used to quantify spray coverage based on water-sensitive spray cards using image analysis.
• Symposia abstracts: Plant Health 2020 - APS Annual Meeting and ACS Fall 2020 National Meeting & Exposition
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Attract and kill onion fly
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

September/October 2020

• The smaller, the better?
• Active ingredients in nanometer sizes
• Nanodispersions
• Micro- and nanoemulsions
• Controlled-release via nano-sized delivery systems
• Triggered release
• Targeted delivery
• The bottom line
• Nanopesticides often stay under the radar
• Little enthusiasm for nanosized metals and metalloids
• Literature cited / further reading
• News in brief
• Eco-friendly emulsifiers for O/W emulsions
• Agrochemical industry development, trends in R&D and the impact of regulation
• Simulating spray droplet impaction outcomes: comparison with experimental data
• Image analysis of shatter and pinning events on hard-to-wet leaf surfaces by drops containing surfactant
• The evaporation of surfactant-laden droplets: contact line models
• Engineering nanocellulose superabsorbent structure by controlling the drying rate
• Patents in brief
• Crystal growth inhibitor for aqueous difenoconazole suspensions
• Pyraclostrobin microcapsules
• OH groups determine storage-stability of liquid halosulfuron-methyl compositions
• Wetting agent for soil-applied entomopathogenic nematodes
• Protective polydopamine coating for UV-sensitive nanoparticulate pesticides
• Water-resistant and expulsion-resistant flowable concentrates for seed coating
• Pickering emulsions of trinexapac-ethyl plus mepiquat and/or chlormequat
• Pelargonic acid derivative as adjuvant and herbicide
• Surfactant for glufosinate
• Polyacrylamide drift reducing agent formulated as inverse microemulsion
• Surfactants for crop oil concentrates
• Acidifier allows tank-mixing of grass herbicides with anta¬gonistic active ingredients
• Concentrated pyroxasulfone SC formulations with improved storage-stability
• Storage-stable prothioconazole formulations with help of vitamins C and E
• Crystal growth inhibitor
• Storage-stable pyrazosulfuron-ethyl WP formulations
• Iminodipropionate surfactant improves glufosinate’s herbicidal activity
• Dispersing agents
• Coating poorly water-soluble active ingredient and disintegrant onto granule
• Apps: Solvent Finder
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Silicon improves plant health
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

November/December 2020

• Glufosinate ammonium: herbicide with room for improvements
• News in brief
• Investigated: biopesticides use by smallholder farmers in Kenya
• Development of an abamectin-loaded nanoemulsion
• Peppermint essential oil encapsulated in chitosan nanoparticles effective in stored-grain pest control
• Mesoporous silica nanoparticle-based formulation of plant essential oils effective against wheat take-all disease
• Organic solvent-free oil-in-water microemulsion of thiamethoxam and acetamiprid for UAV spraying
• Choosing emulsifiers based on dilational rheological properties helps in preparing stable emulsions
• Patents in brief
• Natural carriers with channel-type nano-pores
• Slowly disintegrating granule for long-standing action of soil-applied systemic pesticides
• Liquid symbiont formulations compatible with in-furrow applied fertilisers
• Foliar fertiliser comprising dendrimer nutrient carrier
• Spiropidion suspension concentrate
• Microgranular carrier for biopesticide
• Anionic surfactant for liquid cinnolinium derivative herbicides
• Guar gum-based drift control agent formulated as suspension
• Bifenthrin EC formulation without volatile organic compounds
• Precision application of UAV formulations
• Seven new crystal polymorphs of pyroxsulam
• Crystal polymorph of a heterocyclic amide herbicide
• Improved hymexazol formulations
• Nano-emulsion
• Bisammonium salt with MCPA as anion
• Granular fertiliser with coating containing chelated iron
• New crystal polymorph of bixlozone
• Symposia abstracts: 2020 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Entomology 2020 Virtual Meeting, Canadian Weed Science Society Annual Meeting and Ag Aviation Expo - Aerial Application Technology Research Session
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Imidacloprid uptake and translocation pathways in maize seedlings revealed
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

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