Current global trends in crop protection products indicate an increasing demand for environmentally friendlier formulation technologies with a specific emphasis on solvent-free or greener-solvent based formulations.  The crop protection industry is actively seeking environmentally friendly formulation technologies which deliver equivalent or better biological and physical performance compared to traditional petroleum-based emulsifiable concentrate (EC) formulations.  These efforts have led to the development of replacement water-based formulations or non-dusty granular formulations. An inherent challenge lies in developing suitable replacement choices for high load EC formulations containing low-melting actives and EC formulations demanding built-in liquid adjuvant attributes.  In this presentation, we report the design and development of novel, environmentally friendlier, high-load solid formulations with physical and biological attributes equivalent to the corresponding EC formulations.

Towards environmentally friendly solid formulations

248th National Meeting (2014)

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