30 ADJUVANTS – Oils, surfactants and other additives for farm chemicals
Disruptors of ATP formation (Group 12)
Fenbutatin oxide [Torque®],tetradifon, propargite [e.g.
Comite®] and diafenthiuron [Pegasus®] are miticides/insecticides
that provide control through contact and stomach action.
Torque® is used for control of mites in fruits, hops and
ornamentals, Pegasus® is recommended for control of two-spotted
mite and cotton aphid and suppresses silverleaf whitefly in cotton.
Propargite is used for control of mites in various fruit,
vegetable and ornamental crops in addition to cotton.
Use of Adjuvants with Group 12s
No adjuvants are recommended for use with Pegasus®.
A wetting agent such as Shirwet® 600 at 0.015% is
recommended for addition to Torque® when the product is
applied at low volumes in bananas and strawberries.
Do not add surfactants or crop oils with propargite in fruit,
ornamental or vegetable crops as crop injury may occur.
Pyrroles (Group 13)
Chlorfenapyr [Intrepid, Secure®] is an insecticide/acaricide
that acts on arthropod pests through ingestion with some
contact action. The compound disrupts the electrochemical
gradient in mitochondria uncoupling the process of oxidative
phosphorylation.
These products control a number of insects and mites
resistant to carbamate, organophosphate and pyrethroid
insecticides in cotton, vegetable crops and fruits.
Use of adjuvants with Group 13s
The addition of a non-ionic surfactant is recommended when
Secure® is applied to brassica vegetables for the control of
caterpillar pests.
The main adjuvants used with insectides are petroleum spray oils. These oils may be phytotoxic to plants due to the effects of heat and UV
radiation causing cell wall damage. Crop safety must be assured before using petroleum oils as adjuvants or pesticides.
Moulting accelerators (Group 18)
Moult accelerators bind to ecdysone receptor proteins leading
to the lethal acceleration of the moulting process.
Products in this class include tebufenozide [Mimic®] and
methoxyfenozide [Prodigy® 240 SC].
Use of adjuvants with Group 18s
Addition of a wetting agent at 0.01% v/v is recommended for
applications made to grape vines and citrus with Mimic®, and to
citrus with Prodigy®, for the control of Light Brown Apple moth.
Prodigy® is not compatible with petroleum spray oils.
Oxadiazines (Group 22A)
Indoxacarb [Steward®, Avatar®] is primarily a larvicide
recommended for control of Helicoverpa in cotton, chickpea, faba
beans, adzuki beans, mungbeans, soybeans; mirids in cotton,
adzuki beans, mung beans and soybeans; and soybean looper
in soybean (Steward®). It is also recommended for the control of
caterpillar pests in certain fruits and vegetables (Avatar®).
Use of adjuvants with Group 22As
The addition of a non-ionic surfactant is recommended
with Avatar®. Use 0.125% v/v Agral® or Citowett™ 0.075% for
applications to brassica vegetables.
For treatment of fruits and non-Brassica vegetables use
0.025% v/v Agral® or 0.015% Citowett™. Do not use BS1000 or
Activator® 90 as they may cause phytotoxicity.
A surfactant is not recommended for combinations with a
foliar fertiliser product or where a tank mix product contains a
built-in surfactant.
No adjuvants are recommended in combination with
Steward®.