30 APRIL 1999 ------------------------- ADJUVANT FOR FUNGICIDES NEWLY approved adjuvant, Designer, is specifically formulated to boost the efficacy of modern cereal fungicides, says maker

Newman Agrochemicals. "It is a formulated mix of organosilicone spreader and spray sticker," says the companys technical manager David Foster. Yield response over fungicide alone

treatments of Amistar (azoxystrobin) and Opus (epoxiconazole) averaged 0.6t/ha (0.24t/acre) across 33 trials and three years, says the company. Recommended rate of use is 0.125% of the final

spray volume and price is £30/litre. &#42