Surfactants

Enhancing herbicide activity

Surfactants help in the more efficient use of herbicides. By reducing the surface tension of water, a surfactant helps keep the spray on the targeted weed, enhancing the herbicide's activity.

Using a surfactant with a herbicide spray enables:

• spray droplets to spread across the leaf surface, increasing surface area coverage
• spray droplets to stay on the leaf surface, reducing run off
• the herbicide to overcome the leaf surface barrier (cuticle) for improved absorption