North America
Rizospray Integrum
Rizospray Integrum creates a thermodynamically stable micro-emulsion, specially designed to increase stability and efficacy of highly complex tank mixes in today´s agriculture. Provides absolute homogeneity in the tank mix; same rate, drop after drop.
MODE OF ACTION
• Anti-evaporation: Micro-emulsions are capable of increasing resistance to evaporation to higher levels as they contain water particles in a close bond with methyl esters, which slows down evaporation and improves the performance of herbicides.
• Penetrant: The methyl esters, in combination with an exclusive surfactant system, are capable of softening the waxy cuticle barrier, achieving better penetration rates for the herbicide.
• Translocation: Greater penetration and increased protection from evaporation results in a higher concentration of active ingredients within the target, allowing better translocation and greater mobility of the active ingredients within the weed.
- Forms a micro-emulsion which prevents phase separation and protects active ingredients from negative chemical interactions and antagonism
- Reduces evaporation due to the presence of methylated oil in its composition
- Reduced risk of phyto response and leaf burn due to the low use rate and even dispersion of oil component in the spray droplets
Protects droplet from the moment it leaves the nozzle until it reaches its target due to the refined and modified vegetable oil (MSO) oil contained in its formulation.
Modified vegetable oil softens the cellular wall and the organosilicones provide great affinity between droplet and cuticle wax. Both effects are a perfect combination.
The waxy deposit on the cuticle has great impact upon penetration and retention of an active ingredient; its thickness and composition will have a direct effect on the degree of absorption into the leaf. Cuticle waxes with a high content of non-polar hydrocarbons (lipophilic) of long chain aldehydes and ketones which are less permeable to water and to herbicides than cuticles high in polar waxy components (hydrophilic).
Oil does not mix well with water, therefore, oil based adjuvants include emulsifiers in their formulations, so, when added to water an emulsion (intimate mixture of two immiscible liquids) is formed. These formulations contain 85 to 99% non-phytotoxic oil (high paraffin content) and 1 to 15% surfactant in the case of mineral oils. The mixture with emulsifiers (surfactants) can enhance an herbicide´s absorption by the plant. This is attributed more to the reduction of the broth´s surface tension, rather than by the action of the oil itself. Adjuvant oils increase the absorption of the product through the plant cuticle, increase retention of the applied mix on the leaf´s surface and may counteract the effects of washing by rain.