Contents 2025

 

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January/February 2025

  • Water-rich microemulsions with surface-active solvents
    • Background
    • Hydrotropic character
    • From petroleum-based to bio-based
    • Volatility and efficacy
    • Agrochemistry
    • Outlook
  • Upcoming: ISAA 2025 in Brazil
  • News in brief
    • Advanced nanostrategies for biomolecule delivery
    • Nanobased natural polymers as a carrier system for glyphosate
    • Nanoparticles for enhanced oil loading
    • Spray-induced gene silencing for rice false smut control
    • Slow-release seed coating compounds
  • Patents in brief
    • Novel adjuvants and adjuvant compositions
    • Preparation of WG formulations for low-melting active ingredients
    • Use of piperonyl butoxide as oil carrier
    • Overview of recent patent publications with brief summary
  • Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
  • Item of the month: Nanoization of technical pesticides
  • Agenda of meetings online

 

March/April 2025

  • Carbohydrate-based soil conditioners for optimal growth
    • Soil conditioners and soil wetters
    • Current needs
    • From conventional chemistry to carbohydrate chemistry
    • Science behind carbohydrate-based superabsorbents for agricultural applications
    • Starch
    • Xanthan and guar gum
    • Cellulose
    • Method of application
    • Soil types and substrates
    • Commercially available carbohydrate-based soil conditioners
    • Conclusions
    • Literature
  • News in brief
    • Intelligent co-delivery of azoxystrobin and thiamethoxam
    • Halloysite nanotubes improve the spread and retention of chlorpyrifos on leaves
    • Encapsulation increases herbicidal activity of thyme essential oil
    • Granular fertilisers as carrier for cotton herbicides
  • Patents in brief
    • Biodegradable microcapsules from lamellar liquid crystals
    • Filling microcapsules post capsule synthesis
    • Suspensions without rheology modifier that are stable at low viscosity
    • Recollectable pesticide formulations
    • Overview of recent patent publications with brief summary
  • Literature with hyperlinks to the original sources
  • Item of the month: Polymer-surfactant-based water-in-water emulsions
  • Agenda of meetings online

 

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