ArticleHeliyon2024
An algae-based polymer material as a pesticide adjuvant for mitigating off-target drift.
Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Investigation of an algae-derived polymer as a pollinator-friendly pesticide adjuvant.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sticky plants and plant-based glues: potential for pest control.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Review
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Abstract
Off-target pesticide drift from cropland is a major source of pesticide exposure to pollinating insects inhabiting crop and wildlands in the lower Mississippi Delta (LMD) in the USA. This study is aimed to develop a drift-reducing pesticide adjuvant that is less/nontoxic to honeybees. Ongoing toxicology experiments with two widely-used insecticides and sodium alginate (SA) pointed out reductions in honeybee mortality compared to an industry standard reference polyacrylamide (PAM). When used as an adjuvant to spray the same insecticides described above, SA did not interfere in killing the target pests. Therefore, SA has been tested as a drift-reducing pesticide adjuvant to protect honeybees. Spray experiments in the lab were carried out in four sets: (i) water only, (ii) water and adjuvant, (iii) water and pesticide, and (iv) water, pesticide and adjuvant. Each set contained 18 treatment combinations to cover the ranges in spray pressure (three), adjuvant dose (three), and spray nozzles (two). The droplet spectrum was analyzed using a P15 image analyzer. Diameters of 10 %, 50 % and 90 % volumes (DV
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