Adjuvants and Surfactants Adjuvants and Surfactants Best Practice The objective of intensive crop management is to achieve high value crops with excellent product quality and yields. This outcome can be significantly enhanced through adoption of recommended pesticide and micronutrient sprays in combination with the correct choice of adjuvant or surfactant.
• Penatra • Spreadwet 1000
Outstanding soft non-ionic wetting agent.
• Companion
Tank mix acidifier and penetrant free of AA, QAC and APE/NPE.
• Kwickin
Food derived aquatic friendly, esterified seed oil.
• Sure-Cane
Drift reducer for kiwifruit Cyanamide sprays and AI nozzles.
• Hywet
Highly effective superspreader to improve canopy penetration.
The following attributes should be adopted for choice of adjuvant: • Correct adjuvant category as recommended on the chemical label (e.g. organosilicone, non-ionic wetting agent, crop oil, superspreader, esterified seed oil, sticker, drift reducer etc.) • Correct adjuvant for purpose e.g. coverage and canopy penetration, low volume spray, pesticide penetration, deposition, reduce droplet volatilisation and spray drift, perform in hard water or adverse conditions, etc.
• Driftex
APE free drift control additive and deposition aid.
• Hywet Spraytite
Sticker/Superspreader for low volume spray application.
• Brownout
Glyphosate additive for hard to kill weeds such as mallow.
• Foli-on
Wetting agent/humectant to assist fruit thinning sprays.
• Waiken
Non Cyanamide based dormancy breaker.
• Amino Alcohol free (AA). • Quaternary Ammonium Compound free (QAC). • Alkyl Phenol ethoxylate free (APE, NPE, OPE). • Environmentally compatible and biodegradable. SST New Zealand supplies a comprehensive range of adjuvants and surfactants that satisfies all of the required attributes and offers excellent product quality and value for money. Several prominent examples are:
Aquakynde NON-IONIC WETTING AGENT • Aquatic friendly. • Assists pesticide sprays in sensitive environmental situations. • Aids pesticide spread and deposition. 10L: 147135
Low foaming, high quality organosilicone penetrant.
Bind-R Duo ORGANOSILICONE SPREADER • Latex retention agent. • Improves spray coverage and deposition. • Extends rainfastness if at risk of rain or irrigation. • For use with fungicides, insecticides, plant growth regulators and nutrients. 5L: 142041 10L: 146695
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Buff-it
Companion
BUFFERING AGENT FOR REDUCING pH
BUFFERING AGENT FOR REDUCING pH
• Agrichemical spray solutions, with a colour change indicator and non-ionic surfactant. • Buff-it will reduce spray solution pH to between pH 4.0 and pH 5.0. • Buff-it is safe on most sensitive crops and timings.
• Minimise pesticide breakdown. • Assists many herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and plant growth regulators. • Improves pesticide uptake and reduces spray drift. • Companion will reduce spray solution pH to between pH 4.0 and pH 5.0.
5L: 148911 20L: 158291
5L: 142042 20L: 142043
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