AM-200 (Solvent Base Silicone spreader)
- Enhanced Spray Coverage: Silicon spreaders reduce the surface tension of spray solutions, allowing for more uniform and complete coverage of plant surfaces. This ensures that agrochemicals reach more areas of the plant.
- Better Wetting: They improve the wetting ability of sprays, allowing the solution to spread more effectively over leaves and other plant parts.
- Stomatal Penetration: Silicon spreaders help agrochemicals penetrate the stomata (tiny openings on leaves), enhancing the absorption and efficacy of the chemicals.
- Cuticular Penetration: They aid in penetrating the cuticle (waxy layer) on leaves, ensuring better absorption of nutrients and pesticides.
- Minimized Drift: By improving the adhesion of sprays to plant surfaces, silicon spreaders reduce the drift of agrochemicals, ensuring more product reaches the target area.
- Reduced Runoff: They help in minimizing the runoff of sprays, particularly in adverse weather conditions, leading to more efficient use of agrochemicals.
- Increased Efficacy of Agrochemicals: Enhanced Performance: Silicon spreaders enhance the performance of pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides by ensuring better contact and absorption, leading to more effective pest and disease control. Improved Fertilizer Efficiency: They increase the efficiency of foliar-applied fertilizers by improving nutrient uptake.
Description
Silicon spreaders are adjuvants commonly used in agriculture to enhance the effectiveness of agrochemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. Here are the key uses and benefits of silicon spreaders in agriculture:
Mode of Action
Application Methods Foliar Spraying: Mix with Agrochemicals: Silicon spreaders are typically mixed with pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers and applied as foliar sprays to crops. Dosage: The recommended dosage varies depending on the type of crop and the specific silicon spreader product used. Soil Application: Soil Enhancer: Some silicon spreaders can be applied directly to the soil to improve water retention and nutrient uptake by plants. Seed Treatment: Seed Coating: Silicon spreaders can be used in seed treatments to enhance germination and early plant growth by improving water and nutrient uptake.
Applications
Improved Coverage: Enhanced Spray Coverage: Silicon spreaders reduce the surface tension of spray solutions, allowing for more uniform and complete coverage of plant surfaces. This ensures that agrochemicals reach more areas of the plant. Better Wetting: They improve the wetting ability of sprays, allowing the solution to spread more effectively over leaves and other plant parts. Increased Penetration: Stomatal Penetration: Silicon spreaders help agrochemicals penetrate the stomata (tiny openings on leaves), enhancing the absorption and efficacy of the chemicals. Cuticular Penetration: They aid in penetrating the cuticle (waxy layer) on leaves, ensuring better absorption of nutrients and pesticides. Reduced Drift and Runoff: Minimized Drift: By improving the adhesion of sprays to plant surfaces, silicon spreaders reduce the drift of agrochemicals, ensuring more product reaches the target area. Reduced Runoff: They help in minimizing the runoff of sprays, particularly in adverse weather conditions, leading to more efficient use of agrochemicals. Increased Efficacy of Agrochemicals: Enhanced Performance: Silicon spreaders enhance the performance of pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides by ensuring better contact and absorption, leading to more effective pest and disease control. Improved Fertilizer Efficiency: They increase the efficiency of foliar-applied fertilizers by improving nutrient uptake. Extended Longevity: Prolonged Effect: By ensuring better adhesion and penetration, silicon spreaders can extend the longevity and effectiveness of applied agrochemicals, reducing the frequency of applications.