De Sangosse Brasil launches fungicide enhancer

De Sangosse Brasil is launching the thixotropic fungicide enhancer, LE 846, suitable for all crops. The product, with technology patented by the company, works effectively by improving the main parameters involved in the quality of pesticide spraying on crops. “The composition of LE 846 incorporates thixotropic agents that change the fluidity and viscosity of the spray mixture during different moments of application, increasing deposition, coverage, retention, penetration and enhancing the efficiency of the fungicide”, explains Flávio Matarazzo Junior, agronomist and development director at De Sangosse.

Technically, Thixotropy is a phenomenon that momentarily changes the viscosity and fluidity of certain mixtures when they are stirred or subjected to some force. This property allows changing the plasticity and dynamics of fluids temporarily. The thixotropic agents present in the LE 846 formulation structure the mixture in the tank, but when force is applied, in this case pumping and spraying during the application process, the syrup becomes much more fluid and is easily poured through the nozzles.

After passing through the spray tips, this phenomenon of greater fluidity is reversed, making the drops more viscous again, which results in a much higher efficiency in the deposition, coverage and retention of the active ingredients applied to the plants. “The LE 846 enhancer is suitable for all agricultural crops, the dose is 1 liter of the product for every 100 liters of water and can be used with all fungicides”, adds the director.

Soybean trials

Efficiency trials of LE 846 carried out in the Central-West region, in the 2022/23 soybean harvest, resulted in an increase in productivity of up to eight bags per hectare, with increases in control efficiency and a lower rate of defoliation, compared to management standard.