Contents 2021

 

January/February March/April May/June
July/August September/October November/December

 

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 7th 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: 74th 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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