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it allows ingredients that otherwise may not
be compatible to be mixed in and applied from
the same tank. With chemistries attracted to
and contained in their own respective shuttles,
growers and applicators have greatly increased
freedom to combine several active ingredients
and modes of action into a single solution,
without having to worry about settling or
coagulation.
The first products from Vive's FC platform
were released a couple years ago: azoxystrobin
and bifenthrin soil treatments. Once those
proved successful, it was a relatively simple
step to apply the technology to other chemis-
tries like imidacloprid and metalaxyl.
"Once that form is translatable to other ac-
tive ingredients, it's pretty easy for us to identi-
fy the chemical properties that are suitable for
our polymer," says Vive biologist Gary Poon.
Vive works closely with growers across the
Vive's AZteroid FC 3.3 treats a range of fungal diseases in potato. These inoculated trial
potatoes show the difference a treatment of AZteroid FC 3.3 (right) can make compared to
being left untreated (left).
Vive's Allosperse delivery nanotechnology utilizes
polymer "shuttles" to allow chemistries to work well
together that otherwise would react in such a way as
to make them unusable for growers.
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