What is ISO Technology? §Invert Suspension Oils §Ameliorants

What is ISO Technology? §ISO is Invert Suspension Oil §ISO mixes with oils in chemical ripeners §ISO mixes with emulsifiers in chemical ripeners §ISO inverts upon itself when contacting water §ISO makes oil droplets within water droplets §ISO doesnt change the chemical properties §ISO makes more uniform spray droplets §ISO doesnt increase droplet size

What Is An Ameliorant? Definition from Dictionary.com §Ameliorate - verb (used with object), to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate. § §ISO Ameliorants improves the effects & amplify properties of the agent they join without changing the agent they join.

What Ripeners? §GLYPHOSATE §FUSILADE §TOUCHDOWN §SELECT §MODDUS §ONECIDE §LPE-Dole Foods

What Are The Effects Of ISO Ameliorants? §Increase Ripener Deposition on Sugarcane §Increase Ripener Deposition Uniformity §Decrease Ripener Evaporation Coefficient §Increase Ripener Penetration on leaf §Inert, No Activity Without Ripener

Benefits of ISO Technology §More Uniform Ripener Application; §Increased Rendement; §Increased Brix, Pol, % Pol Cane; §Reduced Plant Stress; §Increased Sugar / Ton, %; §Increased Profits, $75-200/Ha

What Does This Mean to You? §Safening of Chemical Ripener Effects §Reduced Stress on Plant Physiology §Sugar Increase 7-15 % §Profitability Increase, >$75/Ha

Plant Stress

Commercially Developed §Split Fields §Multiple Replications §Same Crop & Management Programs §Same Ripeners Salts §Same Concentration & Dosage / Area Same Cane Variety & Timing

The Americas

ASIA AFRICA

Publications & Studies §Publications: Colombia 1998, Jamaica SIRI 1997, West Indes Sugar Technologist Georgetown Guyana 1997, 1st Congreso de Azucareros en El Salvador §Replicated Studies & Results:Argentina , Costa Rica , El Salvador , Guatemala , Guyana , Jamaica , Nicaragua , Kinyara Estates Uganda , Ramu Sugar Estates Papua-New Guinea