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"Performance Maximizer"
Improve pesticide coverage for greater crop yield.
What is APSA-80? APSA-80, a product of Amway is an All Purpose Spray Adjuvant which on mixing with insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and defoliators increases their efficacy. As a result of that, the crops, fruits and vegetable are better protected from diseases, pests and unwanted herbs, resulting in more productive yield. This adjuvant has 80% of active ingredients and this can be mixed in any solution to improve its performance many times. Note: APSA-80 is neither an insecticide nor a fertiliser. It is an adjuvant that enhances the performances of insecticides and fertilisers and also helps water or solution to penetrate deeper. How does APSA-80 work? APSA-80 contains special elements - 'Non Ironic Surfactants' that break down the surface tension of the water. These surfactants work on the surface of the water droplet to reduce its tendency to bead up by pulling the water and the wax on the leaf surface together, reducing the water's surface tension and causing the water droplet to spread out. When the water used in pesticide sprays spreads out more evenly, the result is much better pesticide coverage. Adding APSA-80 helps insecticides, defoliators and foliar fertilisers to penetrate the surface of the leaf faster and more evenly. How to Use APSA-80? With Insecticides, Fungicides, Foliar Fertilisers and Defoliators. * Prepare a solution of insecticides/fungicides/foliar fertilisers/defoliators and water. Follow the mixing instructions recommended by the pesticide manufacturer. * Mix 5ml of APSA-80 (1/4th capful) per 15 litres of pesticide or foliar fertiliser solution. * Spray normally on the crop. With Post-Emergent Herbicides: * Make a solution of the post-emergent herbicide to be used with water in the spray tank. Follow the mixing instructions recommended by the herbicide manufacture. * Mix 20ml of APSA-80 (1 capful) per 15 litres of post emergent herbicide solution. * Spray normally on the crop. For use as an Irrigation Aid or in Golf Courses: * Mix 160ml of APSA-80 (8 capfuls) in at least 80 litres per acre. The dosage of APSA-80 will remain 160ml per acre of land even if the water required is more than 80 litres to cover an acre of land. * About 12 hours before irrigating, spray this mixture of APSA-80 and water directly on the entire land area which is to be irrigated. Spray directly on the soil. * Let the water flow into the land and see how it penetrates the soil better and also spreads better. * The above mentioned spray of APSA-80 will remain effective for about 4 weeks. Repeat the above steps for irrigation after a month.
Mangoes
Indian Test Result
This test was conducted on Mangoes by the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore.
Test : Carbaryl sprayed at recommended concentration alone and Carbaryl in combination with APSA-80 at recommended concentration of 5 ml in 15 litres against I. niveosparsus. Result C iCi a o ta no n hr M t r o rl l w y n b a g Ii I i erl a a n s ocl s dt f tt R at H re nt o n u i ue u r c h Carbaryl in combination with 100 90 APSA-80 was found to be C a rl b a r y 80 significantly superior to 70 C+ a A0 rl P b S a A r y 8 60 0 .l 3 m / L carbaryl alone. Percent hopper 50 40 Applied at panicle control reduced significantly 30 emergence 20 to 14% after 28 days of 10 % 4 spraying carbaryl alone, 8l or 0 t p t o Un o 1 3 7 24 28 14 C e s g y a d whereas carbaryl in ma ar 8 D 2 D ra aet t y Te s r n A m f e t e t f a n e v e combination with APSA-80 showed 84% hopper control even after 28 days.
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Sugarcane
Indian Test Result
Cotton
Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology (IPFT) was established in May 1991, as a Govt. of India Society registered under the Societies Act under the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt. of India. IPFT caters to the needs of not only the Indian pesticides industry but also of the Asia and Pacific region. It is recognized by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). IPFT is located at Gurgaon, Haryana. Test : This study was carried out with sugarcane at the experimental research farms of IPFT. The volume of spray used was 200 litres per acre. APSA-80 was mixed in the recommended concentration (0.03%) with the following pesticides EfS YSn t i ft Po o r T w f o - n fg r d e c A i A 8 e u ee 0l da e t c ah a at manufacturers I c f h ro IT 2 nis oe r P i 0 sdS r t F a e te o C i cr t o Bn o o l - I n0 d1 dosage i.e Malathion 889 900 50EC (150ml/acre), 823 800 Endosulfan 35EC 747 709 (350ml/acre), 700 644 Chlorpyriphos 20EC 592 600 (350ml/acre) and compared against the 500 use of all these 400 pesticides alone.
Sugarcane Yield - Quintals/Hectare
300
Test 1: The studies were carried out with cotton at the experimental research farms of IPFT. The volume of spray used was 100 litres per acre. APSA-80 was mixed in the recommended concentration (0.03%) EfSno ne ft Po ft T w f o - YC e i e c A i A 8e o a t 0l dt r d ot h I c f o C IT 2 nis lonP i 0 sdB o F a e te l r t i c rw r o m o l - I n0 d1 with the following pesticides at 3.5 3.3 manufacturers' recommended 3.1 dosage i.e. Alphamethrin 10EC 2.9 2.7 (100ml/acre), Cypermethrin 25EC 2.5 2.3 (80ml/acre), Profenophos 50EC 2.1 1.9 (500ml/acre), Endosulfan 35EC 1.7 1.5 (1000ml/acre), Acephate 75WP (800g/acre), Carbaryl 50WP (1000g/acre), Chlorpyriphos 20EC Insecticide Alone (2000ml/acre) and compared against + APSA-80 0.03% the use of the above pesticides alone.
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Alphamethrin Increase in yield (%) with APSA-80 (0.03%) 19.1% Cypermethrin Profenophos Endosulfan Acephate Carbaryl Chlorpyrifos 3.7% 11.1% 19.2% 5.1% 8.2% 17%
Malathion
Endosulfan
Insecticide Alone + APSA-80 0.03%
Chlorpyriphos
Test 2: APSA-80 was mixed in the recommended concentration (0.03%) with the following pesticides at manufacturers' recommended dosage i.e. Monocrotophos 36SL (500ml/acre) and Imidacloprid 200SL(100ml/acre) and compared against the use of all these pesticides alone.
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1.70 1.50
Result:
Increase in yield (%) with APSA-80 (0.03%)
Monocrotophos
Imidacloprid
8.7%
5.3%
8%
Result:
Increase in yield (%) with APSA-80 (0.03%)
Insecticide Alone
+ APSA-80 0.03%
Also no phytotoxic effect was observed on sugarcane crop when APSA-80 was mixed with the above mentioned pesticides.
Also no phytotoxic effect was observed on cotton crop when APSA-80 was mixed with the above mentioned pesticides.
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Pomegranate
Indian Test Result
Grapes
Indian Test Result
This test was conducted on Grapes by the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore.
Test: Acephate sprayed at recommended concentration alone and Acephate in combination with APSA-80 at recommended concentration of 5 ml in 15 litres against S. dorsalis. Result Acephate sprayed in combination with APSA-80 at recommended concentration of 5 ml in 15 litres against S. dorsalis was significantly superior to Acephate at full rate without APSA-80. The graph shows 27.1% increase in damage control when APSA-80 was mixed with Acephate as compared to using Acephate alone.
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This test was conducted on Pomegranate by the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore.
Test: L-Cyhalothrin sprayed at recommended concentration alone and L-Cyhalothrin in combination with APSA-80 at recommended concentration of 5 ml in 15 litres against A. punicae (Aphid). Result C iLl r P n o t C in g n ha i o a t r o- o l w y n et h t h m re a Ii I i erl a a n s ocl s dt f tt R at H re nt o n u i ue u r c h L-Cyhalothrin sprayed in 100 Ll r -a Ci y n h o t h combination with APSA-80 99 98 Ll r -a + Ci y n h o t h at recommended concentration A -m P0 S .l A3 8 / 0 L 97 of 5 ml in 15 litres against Aa pt pn l i ee d w 96 fi lh u s n g A. punicae was significantly 95 94 superior in bringing down the % 0 0 1 o 93 t p Ul o r s t Aphid population. Percent 1 3 7 14 n y o a Cd 4 1 D ra aet t y Te s r n A m f e t r e t f a n e v Aphid control declined after e 3 days when - L-Cyhalothrin was used alone, whereas % Aphid control enhanced after 24 hrs when - L-Cyhalothrin was sprayed in combination with APSA-80 and this trend was evident even at 3 days, 7 days and 14 days after spraying.
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Tobacco
Indian Test Result
The below mentioned tests were conducted by the Central Tobacco Research Institute (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Test 1: Imidacloprid was sprayed at full rate & after mixing with APSA-80 at recommended concentration of 5 ml in 15 litres.
Effect of APSA-80 on
Tobacco Crop Yield - CTRI, India
12700 12600 12500 12400 12300 12200
Black Pepper
Indian Test Result
This test was conducted on Black Pepper by Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala.
40.8% Upto se in rea
12636
1921
12430
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1842
946
Y/ t i (p e l) lK da g n
Result 12100 1820 930 1800 12000 920 The graph shows increase Green Leaf Cured Leaf Bright Leaf in yield of green leaf by 206 kgs/ha, of cured leaf by 79 kgs/ha and of bright leaf by 21 kgs/ha, when APSA-80 was mixed with Imidacloprid as compared to using Imidacloprid alone. Test 2 : Acephate was sprayed at full rate and rate alone and after mixing with APSA-80 at recommended concentration of 5 ml in 15 litres.
Effect of APSA-80 on Tobacco Aphid Control with Acephate
940
Test: Quinalphos 25EC sprayed at recommended concentration alone & Quinalphos 25EC in combination with APSA-80 at recommended concentration of 5ml in 15 litres for control of Marginal thrips.
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Result
Half rate acephate significantly worse than other treatments. Half rate acephate + APSA-80 gave comparable performance to full rate of acephate for 8-12 days. Full rate acephate + APSA-80 gave same control at 16 days after treatment as full rate acephate at 8 days.
1 Result Application of Quinalphos 0 . 5 25 EC with APSA-80 0 Without Insecticide Insecticide + showed 19.25% reduction Insecticide & alone APSA-80 APSA-80 in marginal gall thrips damage over the application of insecticide alone. As the result of which, there is an increase of 40.8% in the yield of black pepper.
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Acephate - Full Rate Acephate - Half Rate + Apsa-80 Acephate - Half Rate
APSA-80 - 5 ml/15L Initial Aphid Counts 661/plant
Test: Different Fungicides, such as Copper Oxycholoride, Chlorothalonil and Mancozeb were sprayed alone and in combination with APSA-80 @2.3 ml/10 litre of water against some major foliage diseases of potato.
Effect of different treatments on yield of potato
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Potato
Test 3: Oxydemeton was sprayed at full rate and rate alone and after mixing with APSA-80 at recommended concentration of 5ml in 15 litres.
Result Half rate oxydemeton significantly worse than other treatments.
Aphids per Plant
218.4 209.8
219.8
Oxydemeton - Full Rate + APSA-80 Oxydemeton - Full Rate Oxydemeton - Half Rate + Apsa-80 Oxydemeton - Half Rate
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APSA-80 - 5 ml/15L Initial Aphid Counts 661/plant
Half rate oxydemeton + APSA-80 gave comparable performance to full rate of oxydemeton for 8-16 days. Full rate oxydemeton + APSA-80 gave same control at 16 days after treatment as full rate oxydemeton at 8 days.
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Mancozeb
Fungicide
Result As compare to fungicides alone, all the fungicides in combination with APSA-80 have been found to be quite effective in controlling foliage diseases resulting in increase in yields 18.8 qt/ha respectively. As compare to fungicides alone, combination of fungicide & APSA-80 gave an average yield increase of 19.5 qt/ha.
This test was conducted on Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal
Coffee
Guava
This test was conducted on Guava by Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal.
Test : Blitox-50, Captan, Chlorothalonil were sprayed at recommended concentration alone separately & these fungicides were sprayed in combination with APSA-80 at recommended concentration of 5 ml in 15 litres for control of Anthracnose, Fruit Rot, Grey Blight.
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Effect of fungicides along with APSA-80 on yield of guava
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Blitox-50
Result Application of carbaryl in combination with APSA-80 showed 52.4% and 43.6% reduction of mealy bug & coffee borer infestation respectively over the application of insecticide alone. As the result of which, there is an increase of 46.4% in the yield of coffee.
Efficacy of APSA-80 (5ml/15L) with Copper Oxychloride on the Yield of Coffee Y/ t i (p e l) lK da g n
4 3 2 1 0 Without Insecticide & APSA-80 2 . 0 3 . 0
Fungicide alone
Result 1 Application of Blitox-50, Captan, Chlorothalonil individually in combination with APSA-80 showed better disease control on all three types of diseases which resulted in 1 kg, 1 kg and 2 kg increase per plant respectively.
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Insecticide alone
Insecticide + APSA-80
Test 2: Copper Oxychloride sprayed at recommended concentration alone & Copper Oxychloride in combination with APSA-80 at recommended concentration of 5 ml in 15 litres for control of Leaf Rust.
Result Copper Oxychloride sprayed in combination with APSA-80 decreased severity of rust disease in coffee by 23.9% over the use of insecticide alone. As the result of which, there is an increase of 13.33% in the yield of coffee.
Blitox-50
Captan Chlorothalonil
Fungicide alone
Fungicide + APSA 80
Result 2 Application of Blitox-50, Captan, Chlorothalonil individually in combination with APSA-80 showed better disease control on all three types of diseases which resulted in to 10%, 8.8% and 6.4% increase in Chlorophyll content in leaf respectively.
Banana
Indian Test Result
Crop
Endosulphan Malathion Chlorpyrifos Cypernethrin Acephate Monocrotophos Imidacloprid 70WS Profenofos Chlorpyrifos Imidacloprid 200SL Endosulfan Alfa methrin Acephate Oxydemeton methyl Imidacloprid
296 296 296 296 296 296 296 296 296 296 296 296 296 296 296
192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192
37.67 52.00 66.66 1.15 1.33 1.87 2.34 2.92 4.20 4.58 4.73 5.60 139.00 173.00 206.00
2,995 4,134 5,299 2,277 2,633 3,703 4,633 5,782 8,316 9,068 9,365 11,088 4,448 5,536 6,592
Test 1 : Carbenzadim sprayed at recommended concentration alone and Carbenzadim in combination with APSA-80 at recommended concentration of 5 ml in 15 litres for control of leaf spot infection in Banana.
10.8
8.2
Without Insecticide Insecticide @ Result Insecticide only @ 1 g/L 1g/L + APSA-80 @ 0.033% Application of Carbenzadim in combination with APSA-80 showed 6.5% reduction of leaf spot infection over the application of insecticide alone which resulted in 9% increase in yield (in bunch weight). Upto se
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Test 2 : Chlorpyriphos sprayed at recommended concentration alone and Chlorpyriphos in combination with APSA-80 at recommended concentration of 5 ml in 15 litres for control of Pseudo Stem borer attack in Banana.
* Based on 2004 minimum procurement prices ** Rs. / kg in case of tobacco ** kg / ha in case of tobacco Note: The above yield increases are with individual insecticides. The yield increase when used with all the above insecticides is not the sum of individual yield increases. According to Indian researches, one rupee spent on APSA-80 can fetch a return of Rs. 12 to Rs. 58. For Example : When IPFT used only Malathion on sugarcane crop, the yield was 592 Quintal/Hectare. But with the use of Malathion along with APSA-80, the yield came out to be 644 Quintal/Hectare. It means an increase of 52 Quintal/Hectare. According to Govt. procurement price it is approximately Rs. 4134 whereas for gaining such increase in this crop field, the total spending on APSA-80 comes out to be just Rs. 192 per hectare (296 ml APSA-80 is needed to be sprayed twice on one hectare. The cost of which is nearly Rs. 192). If we calculate, we get a return of Rs. 21.50 on every rupee spent on APSA-80.
Result Application of Chlorpyriphos in combination with APSA-80 showed 100% & 50% reduction of Pseudo Stem Borer attack after six months and during harvest respectively over the application of insecticides only. This resulted in 23% increase in yield (in Bunch weight).
WR AP S T E E C R I I SO U
ENSURES BEST UTILIZATION OF SCARCE WATER RESOURCES.
APSA-80 is the 'Performance Maximizer' from Amway which improves pesticide and water 'Coverage & Penetration' for greater crop yields. Go ahead, use APSA-80 as an irrigation aid this monsoon.
Ag de v s a o n f t a
1. Offers farmers an excellent opportunity to increase their crop yields. 2. Spreader - provides more uniform spray deposit on plants; improves coverage of insecticide, herbicide, fungicide and foliar fertiliser sprays. 3. Activator - thorough wetting action helps improve performance of post-emergent herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. 4. For use on growing and harvested crops. 5. Helps in dispersing powders and oil-base liquids. 6. The International and Indian test results on variety of crops prove the effectiveness of APSA-80TM for improving pesticide coverage and performance. 7. Increases water penetration- gets more water into the soil. Also aids irrigation by reducing run-off; saves water. 8. Aids irrigation by increasing rate at which water soaks into soil; promotes more efficient water usage. 9. Helps keep spray equipment clean and prevents clogged nozzles-reduces down time. 10. Non-corrosive to equipment. 11. Biodegradable. 12. According to Indian researches, APSA-80 fetches a return of 12 to 58 times of the amount spent on it. * For more information, attend Amway conducted training on APSA-80.
TEA
Based on a test conducted on tea plants, Tea Research Association, Tocklai Experimental Station, Jorhat (Assam) has approved APSA-80 to be used as spreader and sticker with various Fungicide, Weedicide & Insecticide. Their recommended dosage is 5 ml of APSA-80 in every 10 litres of spray fluid.
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