PINOL

Antiperspirant-protective usable on citrus fruits, apple tree, pear tree, apricot tree, cherry tree, peach tree, nectarine, plum tree, grapevine (table grapes), kiwi, fruit and leafy vegetables, potato, sugar beet, herbaceous grafts, nursery or seedbed plants just planted, deciduous tree transplants in the presence of leaves, evergreen plants in nurseries, parks and city streets, ornamental plants in coastal areas.

Mode of action

This substance, obtained from pine resin which has particular antiperspirant properties, properly diluted in water and sprayed on vegetation, is able to form a more or less dense lattice, similar to a film, on the sprayed surfaces, capable of regulating plant transpiration.

The lattice does not hinder respiration and keeps the oxygen - carbon dioxide exchange unchanged, while slowing down the loss of water vapor through the stomata.

Transpiration, that is the process of water elimination, is a physiological function for the plant and therefore a phenomenon impossible to eliminate especially in those organs that carry out photosynthesis.

The main site is the leaf but it also occurs in young shoots and flowers; in the case of young trunks, transpiration can also occur through the lenticels of the cork. In cultivated plants, there may be a need to control transpiration for various reasons in order to make certain agronomic practices more efficient or to avoid stress to the plants in particular moments or even to retain physiological moisture.

In all these cases, and in others that may arise, the product can be a valuable aid by covering the plant with an invisible but effective film, resistant and elastic at the same time, and also delicate and degradable.