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ArticleScientific reports2025

Investigation of an algae-derived polymer as a pollinator-friendly pesticide adjuvant.

Narayanan Kannan, Yu-Cheng Zhu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Narayanan KannanUSDA-ARS-Pollinator Health in Southern Crop Ecosystems Research Unit, Stoneville, MS, 38776, USA. narayanan.kannan@usda.gov.
Yu-Cheng ZhuUSDA-ARS-Pollinator Health in Southern Crop Ecosystems Research Unit, Stoneville, MS, 38776, USA.

Funding

Internal funding 6066-30500-001-000D
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemical applications in croplands can be a major source of pesticide exposure to pollinators, including off-target drift. Adjuvants are added to pesticides to improve spray characteristics. The major goal of this study was to identify the possibility of using sodium alginate (SA) as a drift-reducing pesticide adjuvant that is less/nontoxic to honeybees than polyacrylamide (PAM) an industry standard. The toxicity bioassay experiments were carried out with six- to eight-day-old, caged honeybee workers. Each cage contained 20 honeybees. Caged bees were treated with adjuvant, insecticide, adjuvant + insecticide, and a water only as a control, using a modified Potter Spray Tower. The insecticides imidacloprid and bifenthrin were used at three different concentrations (LC

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AlginatesInsecticidesPesticidesPollinationPolymersAnimalsBeesNeonicotinoidsNitro CompoundsPyrethrinsAlginatesimidaclopridInsecticidesNeonicotinoidsNitro CompoundsPesticidesPolymersPyrethrinsBioassayDriftHoneybeeInsecticideSprayToxicity

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PMID40664814
PMCPMC12264170

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