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Special Report: Agrow Adjuvants and Additives 2020
04 March 2020
Adjuvants and additives are routinely used by farmers and
growers worldwide to improve biological performance and effective
use of crop protection products. Traditionally, these have been
used with herbicides; but recently use with insecticides and
fungicides has become more common. Amidst a backdrop of reducing
availability of active ingredients for crop protection products,
this market is expected to grow, with a need for improving
performance, cost-efficacy and ease-of-use increase.
This report covers tank-mix adjuvants and built-in adjuvant
systems, covering a multitude of use profiles designed to achieve
biological, chemical or physical effects. Tank-mix adjuvants give
the manufacturer of crop protection products, farmers and growers
the flexibility to optimise the cost-efficiency of spraying.
Meanwhile, developments in formulation chemistry and in the
biological understanding of adjuvancy have led to the development
of many sophisticated crop protection products marketed as having
'built-in adjuvant systems'.
Although the values of these markets, especially in the context
of the scope of this report, are not readily definable, important
perspectives are given by the size and detail of the herbicide
market within which adjuvants are mainly used.
The future market for adjuvants will be strongly impacted by the
drive for product differentiation, regulatory requirements
including the need to mitigate against spray drift, continuing use
of glyphosate and growth in the crop protection sector.
This report provides the latest information on adjuvants and
their applications in crop protection. It is based on a thorough
explanation of adjuvant science and technology to provide the
essential understanding of a sector often blighted by confusing
terminology and poorly substantiated claims. It reviews the latest
scientific literature and patent publications, as well exploring
popular topics for adjuvant R&D and key company profiles.