Development of the adjuvants based on plant oils and their application

• Published in: International Symposium: Current Trends in Plant Protection - Proceedings pp. 415 - 420
• Main Authors: Gašić, S. (Institue of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Belgrade (Serbia)), Radivojević, Lj. (Institue of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Belgrade (Serbia)), Gajić-Umiljendić, J. (Institue of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Belgrade (Serbia)), Stevanović, M. (Institue of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Belgrade (Serbia)), Šantrić, Lj. (Institue of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Belgrade (Serbia))
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Institute for Plant Protection and Environment, Belgrade (Serbia) 2012
• Subjects: Adjuvant; Bentazon; Efficacy; Maize; Oils; Weeds

Adjuvants have been used worldwide in order to improve the efficacy of pesticide products. There is still considerable development of new adjuvants for the enhancement biological performance of different kind of pesticide products then for control drift and volatilization and for reducing dose rate. Among the different types of adjuvants we investigated development of the adjuvants based on plant oils (sun flower oil, soya been oil and esterified rape seed oil) in combination with different surfactants. After developing we compare the effects of the herbicide (bentazon) applied alone and in mixture with the adjuvants. In addition we also compared the effects of the adjuvants with the commercial adjuvant during the application with the same herbicide (bentazon) on two different locations. The results after one year trials were promising and we will continue this investigation in the same way this year.