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Lewis, Reece W., Evans, Richard A., Malic, Nino, Saito, Kei and Cameron, Neil R. (2016) Polymeric drift control adjuvants for agricultural spraying. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics , 217 (20). pp. 2223-2242. doi:10.1002/macp.201600139 ISSN 1022-1352.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.201600139
Abstract
The movement of a pesticide or herbicide to an off-target site during agricultural spraying can cause injury to wildlife, plants and contamination of surface water. This phenomenon is known as spray drift and can be controlled by spraying during favorable environmental conditions, and by using low drift nozzles and drift control adjuvants (DCAs). Polymeric DCAs are the most common type of DCA and function by increasing the droplet size produced during spraying. There are, however, two main drawbacks of polymeric DCAs; they are prone to mechanical degradation during spraying which reduces their performance and they can produce oversized drops which reduces the efficacy of the spray. In this trend article, existing DCA technology is reviewed including the mechanism through which they function. This then provides a platform for the discussion of novel polymeric architectures which have currently not been applied in DCA formulations.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | S Agriculture > SB Plant culture | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Agricultural chemicals -- Adjuvants , Pesticides, Herbicides, Aerial spraying and dusting in agriculture | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1022-1352 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 4 July 2016 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 217 | ||||||||
Number: | 20 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 2223-2242 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1002/macp.201600139 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 13 January 2017 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 July 2017 | ||||||||
Funder: | Monash University. Chemicals and Plastics Manufacturing Innovation Network and Training Program | ||||||||
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