SAPONIT: Last Generation Organic Adjuvant

SAPONIT  is an organic adjuvant that improves the application of agrochemical products for foliar use, designed for use in both organic and conventional agriculture as a substitute for mineral oil in aerial applications.

Microencapsulation Technology with Organic

SAPONIT  is a product with microencapsulating properties, whose objective is to protect, stabilize and improve the miscibility of the active ingredients of pesticides with which it is added.

SAPONIT ® microemulsifies and stabilizes the ACTIVE INGREDIENTS in a Colloidal System (D50 <0.657 μm.) that maximizes its COMPATIBILITY and HOMOGENIZES its distribution in the mixture

Total Compatibility

SAPONIT in mixture with AMINES, ANILOPIRIMIDINES, TRIAZOLS and ORGANIC FUNGIDES

Proven Efficacy

Efficacy of SAPONIT  in Replacement of Agricultural Oil in Black Sigatoka Control Treatments (Micospharella fijiensis sp). Essay in Buena Vista, Cantón Pasage (Ecuador, August 2017)

SAPONIT vs MINERAL OIL: 

Quality of application/Leaves vitality and sanity (Green life)/Phytotoxicity

DATE:  February 21, 2019 (week: 08)

PLACE: San Antonio de Machala, Province of El Oro (Ecuador)

Objetive:

Checking the physical condition of the leaves, phytotoxicity, wear and Green Life (freshness)

In addition, parameters of dispersion, penetration and runoff are determined.

Treatments

In addition, an unwanted precipitation  is simulated 10 minutes after application:

•  Water was applied again to great discharge on all the leaves.
• Droplet formation and runoff were evaluated.

Results (2 y 18 hours after application)

SAPONIT-

High Green Life 2 and 18 hours, leaf almost intact, fresh and hydrated. After Unwanted Precipitation: Negligible oil runoff, with enlarged vision: zero droplet formation and great uniformity is observed.

MINERAL OIL-

The leaf treated with the mixture of water + emulsifier + mineral oil showed severe physical wear and phytotoxicity at 2 and 18 hours.

His green life was drastically decreased presenting high dehydration.

After unwanted precipitation:

High oil runoff, analyzed with enlarged vision showed no uniformity and high droplet formation

WATER (CONTROL)-

The leaf treated only with water (control) showed wear, dehydration and reduced green life.

Conclussions

1. Saponit preserves the freshness and physical state of the leaf in general since it has a film-laminar effect that protects the leaf surface

2. Saponit protects Active Ingredients from the effect of external agents such as rain and UV rays.

3. Saponit improves the penetration, dispersion and protection of fungicide active ingredients.