Open AccessComparative study of properties of different pesticide formulations of the same active ingredient
Author(s) -
Slavica Gašić,
Zlatko Orešković
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pesticidi i fitomedicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-1026
pISSN - 1820-3949
DOI - 10.2298/pif0803201g
Subject(s) - active ingredient , trifluralin , emulsion , biology , particle size , chromatography , ingredient , pesticide , toxicology , mathematics , chemistry , food science , pharmacology , agronomy , biochemistry , paleontology
Characteristics of two formulations of trifluralin, an emulsifiable concentrate (EC) and emulsion, oil in water (EW), the latter being a new formulation of our design, were investigated and compared. Attention was focused on particle size distribution and aspects of the two aqueous dilute formulations as the most characteristic and comparable parameters. The results show that the trifluralin EW formulation has certain advantages over the EC formulation, but a final estimate will be possible only after testing biological efficacy of the new formulation (EW).