POSSIBLE MECHANISMS FOR SURFACTANT-INDUCED FOLIAR UPTAKE OF AGROCHEMICALS

Citation
D. Stock et Pj. Holloway, POSSIBLE MECHANISMS FOR SURFACTANT-INDUCED FOLIAR UPTAKE OF AGROCHEMICALS, Pesticide science, 38(2-3), 1993, pp. 165-177
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture
Journal title
ISSN journal
0031613X
Volume
38
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
165 - 177
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-613X(1993)38:2-3<165:PMFSFU>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
In the past many mechanisms of action have been proposed to explain th e surfactant-induced uptake of agrochemicals applied to foliage. These are reviewed briefly and discussed in relation to potential sites of uptake activation, particularly in the fight of recent radiochemical w ork on the foliar uptake behaviour of surfactants on intact plants in the presence or absence of model penetrants and pesticides. The body o f evidence available is examined in relation to the many outstanding p roblems that still exist in understanding the role and use of surfacta nts as uptake activators in agrochemical formulations.