Contents 2021

January/February 2021

• The challenge of combining contact and systemic fungicides in one formulation
• Ongoing innovations
• Wettable powder
• From solid to liquid mixtures
• Rainfastness
• Oil dispersions
• Sustained release
• Outlook
• Further reading and literature cited
• News in brief
• Microencapsulation for improved fungicide efficacy of copper
• Cyantraniliprole: A new insecticidal seed treatment for U.S. rice
• Biodegradable polymers as carriers for tuning the release and improve the effectiveness of herbicidal plant extract
• Application of methyl salicylate induces defence against bacterial blight of rice
• Review of dose expression and crop dependent dose adjustment
• Cinnamon cassia oil emulsions stabilized by chitin nanofibrils
• Novel methodology for encapsulation of lipophilic bioactives
• Patents in brief
• Dimesulfazet formulations for weed control in paddy rice
• Stabilisers for suspension concentrates with water-soluble active ingredient
• Natural pyrethrin insecticide with enhanced stability
• Low volatile and low leaching dicamba formulation
• Tank mix adjuvant
• Oxadiazon microcapsule formulations
• Chemically stable nicosulfuron plus mesotrione OD formulation
• Hydrotrope to stabilise concentrated aqueous DMPP nitrification inhibitor solutions
• Abamectin capsule suspension mixed with fluopyram suspension for nematode control
• Mancozeb polyelectrolyte macromolecular complex
• New disintegration system for water-dispersible granules
• Use of tris(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate as penetration enhancer for herbicides
• Liquid fertiliser-compatible biofertiliser composition
• Stabiliser for pyrethroid and pyrazole insecticides combined with liquid fertiliser
• Vitamin C reduces oxidation of propineb into propineb-DIDT
• Compatibiliser for suspension concentrates with high adjuvant content
• Stable aqueous biopesticide formulations with Bacillus spores as active ingredient
• Cationic plant nutrient compositions that are compatible with glyphosate and glufosinate
• Choice of inerts affects stability of suspension concentrate formulations of kasugamycin and thifluzamide
• Synergism and antagonism of mancozeb and second fungicide depends on formulation type
• Slow-release urea fertiliser
• Hydrotrope for high-electrolyte glufosinate formulations containing amphoteric surfactant
• Controlled-release granule
• Bioplastic coating for granular agrochemicals and seeds
• Natural nanostructured lipid carriers for essential oils
• Polymorph of tembotrione
• Granular flupyrimin formulations for pest control in rice
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: QSPR for predicting the HLB of non-ionic surfactants
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

March/April 2021

• Interest in super absorbents for (bio)pesticides is growing
• Chemistry of super absorbents
• Pros and cons of various classes
• Applications in relation to pesticides and nutrients
• Factors determining performance of super absorbents with pesticides
• Perspectives
• Literature cited
• News in brief
• Suppression of coffee ring effect in high molecular weight polyacrylamide droplets
• Suppression of the coffee-ring effect by tailoring the viscosity of pharmaceutical sessile drops
• Using titanium dioxide as a marker for spray deposition
• Highly concentrated dicamba ionic liquids
• Amine’s hydrogen bonding site number affects dicamba volatilisation from solid residue
• Droplet impact and wetting behaviour regulation of double-chain cationic surfactant
• Evaluating combinations of bioinsecticides and additives for managing Thrips tabaci
• Is there a future for the crop protection industry? Perspectives for a new generation
• Patents in brief
• Shear-stable spray drift control composition
• Acidic herbicides with diamine as counterion
• Specific combinations of glyphosate salts and specific surfactants
• Solvent system for EC formulations to produce very small emulsified oil droplets
• Use of tetraconazole as oil dispersion phase for second fungicide
• Anti-foaming agent for clear compositions of water-insoluble or poorly water-soluble active ingredients
• Suspension concentrate of slow-release polymer/pesticide particles
• Film forming agent for seed coating compositions
• Overview of recent patent publications with brief summary
• App: Formulation Compass – Agrochem
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Magnitude and decline of pesticide co?formulant residues in vegetables and fruits
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

May/June 2021

• New adjuvant class to reduce dicamba vapour drift
• pH-buffering agents
• Other volatility reduction adjuvants
• Photolysis
• VaporGrip Xtra Agent
• Potassium carbonate
• Riboflavin
• Alkaline boron foliar fertilisers
• Official authorisation procedure for volatility reduction adjuvants
• Dicamba-drift-tolerant soybean and 2,4-D-drift tolerant cotton
• Literature cited / further reading
• News in brief
• Adjuvant effects on peanut tolerance to applications of PPO-inhibitor herbicides
• Nanocrystal-based formulations against peanut smut
• Viscoelasticity and strain relevant to effect of drift control adjuvants
• Common errors in dose–response analysis and how to avoid them
• Physical stability, oxidative stability, and bioactivity of nanoemulsion delivery systems
• Encapsulation strategies for Bacillus thuringiensis
• Patents in brief
• Shear-stable cationic polymer as drift control agent
• Stabilised suspension concentrates
• Hydrogel as carrier for biocontrol agent of slugs and snails
• Alginate sludge composition as delivery system
• Solvents for spidoxamat suspension concentrates
• Prothioconazole composition containing complexing agent and de-complexing agent
• Overview of recent patent publications with brief summary
• Symposia abstracts: North Central Weed Science Society Annual Meeting, California Weed Science Society Annual Meeting, Weed Science Society of America Annual Meeting and 95th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Future canopy spray application technology in specialty crops
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

July/August 2021

• Drift control agents: current status and latest trends
• History of drift control agents in a nutshell
• Parameters to characterize drift
• Chemistries used for DCA
• Mode of action of DCA
• Deposition on leaves
• Effect of recirculation
• Drift reducing spray technology versus drift reducing agents
• DCA perspectives
• Dynamic surface tension and drift
• Literature cited
• Additives and spray drift
• Challenging the formulator
• Sprays
• Sprays and surfactants
• Sprays and oil emulsions
• Sprays and polymer solutions
• Literature cited
• Patents in brief
• Aqueous formulations of poorly water-soluble nanoparticulate active ingredients
• Solvent combination to stabilise EC formulations
• Concentrated low-viscous clothianidin seed treatment formulation
• Adjuvant to make WG and WP formulations suitable for uav application
• Overview of recent patent publications with brief summary
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Improved formulation of zoxamide for tomatoes
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

September/October 2021

• Spray drift due to bag break up and the remedy for it
• Crosswind alters breakup mode
• Little research
• Perforation aid
• Bottom line
• Literature cited / further reading
• Insight in developments of spray drop characterization methods
• Wind and temperature and the risk of dicamba and 2,4-D injury
• News in brief
• New hypothesis for superspreading phenomenon
• Anionic-cationic surfactant synergism in microemulsions
• Effect of ethylene oxide group in the anionic–nonionic mixed surfactant system on microemulsion phase behaviour
• Antisurfactant behaviour of superspreader surfactant
• Xylem sap contains potent surfactants
• Structure simplification of natural products as approach in agrochemical discovery
• User-safe and efficient nanoherbicide
• Responses of 2,4-D resistant Brassica rapa biotype to various 2,4-D formulations and other auxinic herbicides
• Iron as safener to reduce topramezone injury to bermudagrass
• Eco-friendly carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogels filled with nanocellulose or nanoclays
• Self-spreading pesticides according to the Marangoni flow principle
• Seed treatment is under discussion
• Reflections on using pesticides – a global problem
• Patents in brief
• Concentrated auxinic herbicide salt solutions with stable build-in oil-type drift reduction adjuvant
• Glufosinate plus PPO inhibitors
• Potassium increases burn down effect of water-soluble herbicides
• Overview of recent patent publications with brief summary
• Symposia abstracts: German Plant Protection Conference and 7^th International Conference on Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Capped polyethylene glycol esters of fatty acids as novel herbicides
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

November/December 2021

• Tweens ever-continuing product life cycle
• Introduction
• Original chemistry
• Applications of the products
• Effects on performance
• Adjuvant selection
• Crop safety
• Profile of the production
• Environmentally
• Conclusions and perspectives
• Literature cited
• News in brief
• Effects of mixing surfactants on wettability
• Folate/Zn²⁺ supramolecular hydrogels as drift reducing agent
• Comparison of UAV and fixed-wing aerial application for alfalfa insect pest control
• Effect of nitrogen-based products on the performance of 2,4-D in soft and hard water
• Addition of oil can improve spray penetration capability
• Chitosan/collagen peptides nanoparticles as green topical delivery vehicles
• Antifungal versus antibacterial defence of insect wings
• Patents in brief
• As concentrated as possible
• Riboflavin reduces dicamba vapour drift injury
• Dicamba SL-formulations stable at cold storage
• Overview of recent patent publications with brief summary
• Symposia abstracts: 74^th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics and Entomology 2021
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Cellulose nanocarriers allow pathogen-specific pesticide delivery
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

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