Agricultural silicone additives, namely organic silicon compounds. Mainly composed of ethoxy-modified trisiloxane, it is a special silicone surfactant modified by polyether.

The role of agricultural silicone additives:

1) Silicone has wetting properties, which can make the liquid medicine spread quickly on the leaves and insect bodies, thereby increasing the contact area between the liquid medicine and crops and insects, and improving the effect of insect control and weeding;
2) Silicone can promote the penetration of the liquid through the pores, improve the resistance of the liquid to rainwater erosion, and then improve the efficacy;
3) Silicone can increase the coverage of the liquid medicine on the leaves and reduce the loss of the liquid medicine.

The mechanism of action of agricultural silicone:

Agricultural silicone additives mainly reduce the surface tension of the liquid medicine on the leaves, so that the liquid medicine can spread and penetrate quickly on the leaves.
The better the quality of the silicone, the lower the surface tension between the interfaces, and the better the spreading effect of the liquid medicine.
High-quality silicone has strong resistance to rain erosion. When spraying pesticides to prevent pests and diseases in the rainy season, choosing high-quality silicone additives can greatly improve the efficacy.

Silicone used in herbicides:

The extremely fast spreading ability can make the medicinal liquid spread quickly and resist the effect of high temperature transpiration. When used on some grass weeds in the midsummer season, silicone can play an unexpected good effect.
This silicone product is suitable for mixed use of re-contact type pesticides, but it is necessary to pay attention to the drugs with systemic mechanism of action.

Silicon is used in fungicides:

On the one hand, silicone can increase the contact area between the liquid medicine and the leaves, so that the liquid medicine can cover the plant leaves more evenly, and contact with the spores of the pathogen to improve the effect of disease prevention and treatment. In addition, crop diseases mainly invade from stomata and wounds, and silicone can promote the entry of fungicides from the stomata of crops to prevent and control diseases.