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In modern agriculture, the efficiency of pesticides and foliar fertilizers directly affects crop yield and quality. Powder pesticides, however, often face challenges such as uneven dispersion, insufficient spray coverage, and short-lived effectiveness. To address these issues, powder organosilicon adjuvants have emerged as ideal additives in powder pesticide and foliar fertilizer formulations.
A powder organosilicon adjuvant is a modified organosilicon surfactant in dry powder form, featuring low surface tension and excellent wetting and penetration properties. Compared to liquid adjuvants, powders are easier to incorporate into powder pesticide and foliar fertilizer formulations, ensuring uniform dispersion and maximizing the performance of each particle. IOTA2001 is a typical powder organosilicon adjuvant, suitable for wettable powders (WP), granules (GR), water-dispersible granules (WDG), soluble powders (SP), and foliar fertilizer powders.
After spraying powder pesticides or foliar fertilizers, droplets need to spread across leaves and penetrate plant pores to achieve optimal results. Powder organosilicon adjuvants reduce droplet surface tension, greatly improving spreading across leaf surfaces, including hard-to-wet waxy layers, leaf tips, and undersides. They also enhance droplet penetration, allowing pesticides and nutrients to enter plant pores more effectively, improving pest control, disease control, and foliar nutrient uptake.
Additionally, powder adjuvants are dry, easy to disperse, and do not cause caking or settling, ensuring stability and uniformity during storage and application. Small amounts significantly enhance pesticide and nutrient efficiency while saving water and reducing chemical use.
Powder Pesticide Formulations: Adding powder organosilicon adjuvants to WP, GR, WDG, SP, and other powders improves spray coverage, penetration, and rain resistance, boosting pest and disease control effectiveness.
Foliar Fertilizer Powders: Lowers surface tension, enhances coverage and nutrient absorption, and reduces water use.
Other Powder Crop Protection Products: Improves dispersion and stability, ensuring consistent performance.
Recommended addition: 1–10% of total powder, typically around 4%.
Mix thoroughly to ensure even dispersion and avoid localized accumulation.
Small amounts are sufficient; avoid overuse.
Enhanced effectiveness: More uniform spreading and stronger penetration improve pest control, disease control, and nutrient uptake.
Rain resistance: Effects last longer and are less likely to wash away.
Water and chemical saving: Small doses are effective, reducing water and pesticide usage.
Easy to use: Dry powder is easy to mix into various formulations.
Safe and environmentally friendly: Crop-safe, degradable, and eco-friendly.
In summary, powder organosilicon adjuvants are indispensable for powder pesticide and foliar fertilizer formulations, enhancing absorption, prolonging effectiveness, and enabling more efficient crop production.