The 28th Japan Agricultural Formulation and Application Symposium Organized by Pesticide Science Society of Japan, Special Committee of Japan Agricultural Formulation and Application Support academic societies Japan Society of Colour Material Japan Oil Chemists’ Society The Chemical Society of Japan The Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery The Society of Polymer Science, Japan The Society of Powder Technology, Japan The Weed Science Society of Japan Date: November 6(Thu) – 7(Fri), 2008 Place:Tsukuba International Congress Center “EPOCHAL TSUKUBA” (Middle Hall 300) 2-20-3 Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0032, JAPAN Program [Invited Lecture] S1. The Actual Situation and Problems on Pesticide Uses Akiko Sumida (National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations) S2. The Recent Change in the Development of Pesticide Specifications and the Growing Interest of Regulatory Authorities in the Application of the Equivalence Determination Yong Zhen Yang (FAO,Plant Protection Service,Plant Production and Protection Division) S3. Physical Property Assessment of Pesticide Liquid Formulations - Rheology Measurement by Rotating Viscometer Kaoru Fujiyama(Toki Sangyo CO., Ltd.) [Forum] F1. Report on the CIPAC/FAO/WHO Meetings Tsunehisa Fujita(Environmental Health Division, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.) [Technical Presentation] T1. Simplified methods to evaluate spray drift by using water-sensitive paper (Part 1) - Image analysis of adhesion area of drift droplets trapped on water-sensitive paper °Y.Usui, S.Miyahara, T.Mizukami, E.Makino, K.Ajiki (Institute of Agricultural Machinery, BRAIN-NARO) Y.Kubota, K.Nakano (Niigata Univ.) T2. Simplified methods to evaluate spray drift by using water-sensitive paper (Part 2) - Relations between adhesion areas of spray drift droplets trapped on water-sensitive paper and amounts of chemicals on glass dish trap °T.Mizukami, S.Miyahara, Y.Usui, E.Makino, K.Ajiki (Institute of Agricultural Machinery, BRAIN-NARO) T3. The advantages of polymeric surfactants in Crop Protection formulation °Han Rieffe(Technical Sales, Croda Europe) Josephine Cheong (Croda Specialities Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.) Tetsuya Hongyo (Croda Japan KK) T4. The development of novel adjuvant by means of a spraying system on fluorescent pigment °K.Ogawa, Y.Kato (Nippon Kayaku Co.) S.Miyahara, E.Makino, Y.Usui,T,Mizukami (IAM-BRAIN) T5. Investigation of Concentration in Air and Drift Amount of Organophosphorous Pesticide by Ground and Radio-controlled Helicopter Applications °Takashi Saito, Toshirou Haga, Mituru Nakashima, Yoshiaki Maezawa (Japan Agricultural Aviation Association) Toshihiko Houjyo, Shigeto Uchida, Masaya Furukawa (Eco-Science Corporation) T6. The evaluation method of the herbicide flowable formulation for paddy field °Yukio Okada, Daisaku Kamo, Osamu Tsukamoto, Motofumi Mizutani (Agricultural Chemicals Research Laboratory, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.) T7. The influence that oil-in-water emulsion formulations exert on bottles °Osamu Irinamihira, Masaki Akiyama, Yoshihiko Nabeya (Central Research Laboratories , Hokko Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.) T8. The Influence of Wet Grinding Conditions on Physical Properties of SC Formulations °Katsunori Sakai, Minoru Goto, Hayase Yamashita (Formulation Technology Institute, Kumiai Chemical Industry Co.,Ltd.) T9. The Effects of Granule Composition on its Granulation and Hardness °Mitsuyoshi Sato, Satoru Ishimori, Kazumi Hidai, Youichi Hori(Kyoyu Agri Co., Ltd.) T10. Phytotoxicity of Surfactants in Rice Germination and Seedlings °Nobuaki Mori, Hiromi Hayashi, Nobuomi Kito, Katsuyoshi Kondo (TAKEMOTO OIL & FAT CO.,LTD.) [Poster Session] P1. Environmentally - conscious aromatic solvents - Cactus Fines °Keita Matsushita, Yoshikazu Sekita (Japan Energy Co., Ltd.) P2. Optimal Wet Grinding For Preparations of Suspended Concentrations °Yuji Hizukuri, Masatsugu Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Ohtaka (Nippon Ball Valve Co., Ltd.) P3. Optimization of surfactant and solvent in agricultural formulation °Hiroyasu Kanno ,Yonekazu Harada (BASF Japan Ltd. BM Chemicals) P4. Croda CropCare : Nature & technology in harmony °Han Rieffe(Technical Sales, Croda Europe)