Contents 2023

January/February 2023

• The rising star of the spray drone
• Drone-related research papers in the public domain
• Impact of drones on adjuvants and formulations
• Few new formulations
• Drones and spray drift
• Adjuvants
• Patent applications: anti-drift, granules and specific formulations
• Trends in UAV spray technology
• Bottom line
• Literature cited / further reading
• News in brief
• Tank mixtures of dicamba and glyphosate are less effective
• Improved slow release formulation of MCPA
• Covalent organic frameworks for the loading of the herbicide cyhalofop-butyl
• Novel temperature-sensitive fertiliser controlled-release system based on PNIPAM and potassium alginate
• Novel carboxylated cellulose nanocrystals as a green solid emulsifier for oil-in-water Pickering emulsion
• Water-in-oil Pickering emulsions for enzyme encapsulation
• Liposomes based on hydrophilic emulsifiers and lecithin as carrier for active ingredients
• Patents in brief
• Three rainfastness adjuvants
• Overview of recent patent publications with brief summary
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Cell penetrating peptides as a tool for more efficient insect control
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

March/April 2023

• Foliar uptake of agrochemicals and its interaction with adjuvants
• Common sense about foliar uptake
  • Physical chemical properties of the active ingredients  •  Plant factor  •  Environmental factors  •  Driving factors for uptake
• Common sense about the effects of adjuvants on foliar uptake
  • The drop deposit  •  Cuticle permeability
• Different approaches in adjuvant studies
• Missing information
  • Effects of deposit make-up on foliar uptake  •  Combination of contact and systemic fungicides and insecticides
• Conclusions and perspectives
• Classification of adjuvants
• Technologies for measurement of foliar uptake
• Literature cited
• News in brief
• Natural product-based crop protection compounds - origins and future prospects
• Disulfide herbicides: polymeric nanoparticle formulation and cyclodextrin complexation
• A dsRNA delivery system based on rosin-modified polyethylene glycol and chitosan
• Construction of deposit patterns
• Vegetable oil as co-formulant and adjuvant for wild tomato extracts
• A review on losses and transformation mechanisms of common antioxidants
• Patents in brief
• Hydrophobic actives close together
• Antioxidant protects can from deformation
• Stable SE formulation for two solid ingredients with different solubility in a third liquid ingredient
• Overview of recent patent publications with brief summary
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Environmentally friendly alternative to enhance biostimulant properties against drought
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

May/June 2023

• Pesticide formulations based on Pickering emulsions
• Principles of Pickering emulsions
• Agrochemical emulsions
• Encapsulation
• Biopesticide encapsulation
• Bottom line
• Particle properties
• Patent applications: oil-in-water emulsions, microcapsules and anti-drift compositions
• Literature cited / further reading
• News in brief
• Emulsification mechanism of surfactants in different oil phases
• Effect of glufosinate rate and addition of ammonium sulphate on annual weed control in glyphosate/glufosinate/2,4-D-resistant soybean
• Effects of rhizosphere microorganisms on the uptake and translocation of organic compounds in maize seedlings
• Potential of bio-sourced amphiphilic xanthan as an emulsifier in O/W dispersions
• Review about mitigating the effects of poor water quality on herbicide performance
• An oral dsRNA delivery system based on chitosan for the control of Apolygus lucorum
• Patents in brief
• Granulation aid for low-melting pyrethroid and moisture sensitive actives
• Seed treatment composition with desirable viscosity and particle size
• Carboxylic acid herbicides, chelating agents and cationic surfactants
• Overview of recent patent publications with brief summary
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Ester-based surfactants: Are they stable enough?
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

July/August 2023

• Lignin-based formulation components
• Lignin
• Liginin derivatives
• Functionalities relevant to crop protection
• Applications in agchem/agbio formulations
• Functionalities relevant to nutrient application
• Examples of commercial applications with nutrients
• Adjuvant functionality of lignosulfonates
• Pespectives and conclusions
• Literature cited
• News in brief
• Residues of pesticide co-formulants in lettuce and parsley
• Impact of dicamba air concentrations on soybean
• Zein coacervate as a new coating material for microcapsules
• Green and efficient agriculture by using solid-state forms of agrochemicals
• Versatile polyphenol platforms for fertilisers and pesticides
• Patents in brief
• Oil-coated spray droplets and corresponding nozzle
• Solvent system
• Seed treatment with volatile repellents
• Overview of recent patent publications with brief summary
• Symposia abstracts/Proceedings: ASTM Pesticide Formulation and Delivery Systems 2021 (Proceedings) and Plant Health 2023
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Rational design of O/W nanoemulsions
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

September/October 2023

• Searching for adjuvants and formulations that reduce pesticide volatilisation
• The volatilisation process
• Formulation for reduced vapour drift
• Adjuvants for reduced vapour drift
  Using fixatives to reduce vapour pressure  |  Dicamba
• Rebuilding active ingredients
• Ionic liquids
• Volatilisation modelling
• Tailor-made approach
• Climate change and volatilisation
• Literature cited / further reading
• News in brief
• Deep eutectic solvents can provide more than true solutions
• A general supramolecular adjuvant for pesticides
• Nanocarriers based on polysaccharides and bovine serum albumin
• Plant and insect virus-like particles as delivery vehicles
• Adjuvants improve efficacy of water-based d-phenothrin formulations against Aedes aegypti
• Patents in brief
• Accelerated in planta imidacloprid degradation
• Granule formulation showing sustained release of active ingredient into water
• Organic acids to improve chemical stability of florylpicoxamid in EC and OD formulations
• New cyclobutrifluram seed treatment formulations
• Overview of recent patent publications with brief summary
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: How big things get done
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

November/December 2023

• The position of alkoxylated alcohols in crop protection
• Introduction
• Classes
• Functionalities
  • Foliar uptake  • Spray retention
• Natural resources
  • The hydrophobic part  • The hydrophilic part
• Phytotoxicity
• Non-target toxicity
• Manufacturers
• Conclusions
• Literature cited
• News in brief
• Comparison of oleo- versus petro-sourcing of fatty alcohols via cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment
• Novel biodegradable chelating agents for micronutrient fertilisation
• Effects of co-applied agrochemicals on herbicide performance reviewed
• Unveiling co-formulants in plant protection products by LC-HRMS
• Double encapsulation with reduced risk of primary capsule rupture
• Water-induced changes in choline chloride-carboxylic acid deep eutectic solvents properties
• Silk protein as a source for surface active lipopeptides
• Patents in brief
• Overview of recent patent publications with brief summary
• Symposia abstracts: German Plant Protection Conference,
  the 76th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics,
  and Entomology 2023
• Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
• Item of the month: Surfactant enables backside deposition without an electrostatic sprayer
• Agenda of meetings online
• Advertising companies online

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