一种以藻类为基础的聚合物材料作为农药辅助剂,用于减轻目标外漂移
Narayanan Kannan1, Quentin Read2, Weiqiang Zhang1
1Pollinator Health in Southern Crop Ecosystem Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Stoneville, MS, 38776, USA.
Heliyon
|August 30, 2024
概括
藻酸盐 (SA) 降低了农药漂移和蜜蜂毒性,为保护授粉者免受非目标喷雾暴露提供了比聚烯胺 (PAM) 更安全的替代品.
科学领域:
- 农业科学 农业科学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 昆虫学 昆虫学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 在农业和野生土地地区,非目标农药漂移给受粉者,特别是蜜蜂带来了重大暴露风险.
- 开发对非目标昆虫的毒性很低或不存在的减少漂移的辅助剂对于可持续农业至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发和评估藻酸盐 (SA) 作为一种减少漂移的农药辅助剂,对蜜蜂有毒性较小.
- 评估SA在减少农药漂移方面的有效性及其对蜜蜂死亡率的影响.
主要方法:
- 实验室喷雾实验分析了不同喷雾压力,辅助剂剂量和喷嘴类型下的滴滴光谱 (DV10,DV50,DV90),速度和相对跨度.
- 毒理学实验比较使用SA的杀虫剂和标准聚烯胺 (PAM) 辅助剂的蜜蜂死亡率.
- 现场实验验证了SA在现实条件下的漂移减少效率.
主要成果:
- 与聚烯胺 (PAM) 相比,藻酸盐 (SA) 在减少农药漂移方面显示出显著的潜力.
- SA并没有干扰杀虫剂对目标害虫的有效性.
- 当杀虫剂与SA作为辅助剂一起使用时,蜜蜂死亡率降低了.
结论:
- 酸是一种有希望的减少漂移的辅助剂,可以有效地减轻蜜蜂接触农药的风险.
- 在农药应用方面,SA提供了一个更安全的替代方案,保护重要的授粉者,同时保持害虫控制的有效性.
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