According to the Cambridge dictionary, the meaning of the word ‘hasten’ is ‘to make something happen sooner, or more quickly’.
That is what most growers expect from an esterified seed oil spray adjuvant – for it to speed up and improve the herbicide partner it is mixed with, killing weeds quickly and effectively.
It also describes exactly what Kwickin Spray Adjuvant and Plantocrop Spray Adjuvant do.
Kwickin Spray Adjuvant is a highly penetrating spray adjuvant suitable for use with certain post-emergent herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, defoliants and desiccants. It is better known to growers on the east coast and South Australia.
Plantocrop Spray Adjuvant is the familiar equivalent of Kwickin in Western Australia.Designed to enhance the penetrating properties of post-emergent herbicides, fungicides and insecticides, it is particularly suitable for cold water applications.
Both available from Elders, they are DKSH’s solutions for growers who are looking for a comparable, high-performance esterified seed oil adjuvant that does it all.
Kwickin and Plantocrop Spray adjuvants:
- are biodegradable, environmentally responsible and sustainable vegetable-based spray adjuvants
- have a high level of efficacy and superior crop safety
- increase wetting, spreading and penetration through waxy cuticles -resulting in improved uptake of the pesticide partner/s it is mixed with
- have been used and proven to be compatible with thousands of spray mixtures over two decades
- are suitable to be used with all products which state on their label that they are to be mixed with an esterified crop oil
- are manufactured from methyl and ethyl esters of fatty acids derived from Australian sources of food grade canola oil
- work particularly well when mixed with Group 14 herbicides
- are extensively supported and recommended by herbicide manufacturers
- are a blend of esterified vegetable oil and non-ionic surfactants that is suitable for use as a spray adjuvant for herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, defoliants and desiccants
- reduce pesticide loss by producing less driftable droplets.
- reduce evaporation of spray droplets to deliver more pesticide on the target for improved results
- are available in 20L, 110L and 1000L containers.
Plantocrop is known to be suited for the sometimes-challenging spray conditions in Western Australia, particularly when mixing in sub-10-degree temperatures. It has excellent emulsion stability in cold water. It also has a high level of UV-stability allowing for greater availability of the active ingredient partner on the target crop.
This article was written by DKSH Agrisolutions for Seasons magazine.
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