Brazilian orange juice exporters have called on the Ministry of Agriculture to request the US authorities to agree a phase-out of use of carbendazim on oranges destined for export to the country. Orange growers in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo are already switching fungicide applications away from carbendazim, Brazilian newspaper Globo reports. President of the Ministry-linked chamber of citrus crops, Marco Antônio dos Santos, says that a trend is already under way in which growers are ...

Brazilian orange juice exporters have called on the Ministry of Agriculture to request the US authorities to agree a phase-out of use of carbendazim on oranges destined for export to the country. Orange growers in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo are already switching fungicide applications away from carbendazim, Brazilian newspaper Globo reports. President of the Ministry-linked chamber of citrus crops, Marco Antônio dos Santos, says that a trend is already under way in which growers are ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized imports of orange juice from Brazil and Canada following the detection of the fungicide, carbendazim. The FDA began testing imported juice in January after it was notified by a juice company in late December of the detection of the fungicide, which is not permitted in US juice (Agrow No 632, p 12). By January 27th, the FDA had found at least 10 ppb of carbendazim in 11 shipments of orange juice. Six of the shipments were from Canada and five ...

The New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has received an application from Cheminova to import the insecticide, Tripsol (acrinathrin 22.5 g/litre + abamectin 12.6 g/litre), for the control of potato/tomato psyllids (Bactericera cockerelli). The novel emulsion formulation is not registered anywhere in the world, the EPA notes. Abamectin is already approved in New Zealand, but acrinathrin is not. Trials in New Zealand have shown Tripsol to be more effective against B cockerelli on ...

The Brazilian national health surveillance agency, the Anvisa, hasrecommended bans on the insecticide/acaricides, parathion-methyl and phorate. The move is the latest decision covering the reassessment of 14 pesticide active ingredients (Agrow passim). Parathion-methyl is authorised in Brazil for use on nine crops, including the major ones, cotton, maize, soybeans and wheat. Anvisa director Agenor Álvares says the agency found that the insecticide possessed “neurotoxic, immunotoxic, mutagenic ...

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has extended its suspension of short-chain ester forms of the phenoxy herbicide, 2,4-D, until January 31st 2013. Under the suspension, applications can only be made between May 1st and August 31st, with specified restrictions. Limits were first placed on ethyl, butyl and isobutyl esters of 2,4-D in 2006 because of concerns over spray drift (Agrow No 506, p 16). The APVMA began a review of the risks posed by 2,4-D spray drift ...

Researchers at the US University of Nebraska (Lincoln) have confirmed the presence of glyphosate-resistant kochia (Kochia scoparia) in the state. Field reports in 2011 indicated that there might be many kochia populations in western Nebraska that are resistant to the herbicide, the researchers state. Glyphosate-resistant kochia was first reported in the US in Kansas in 2009 and has become a serious problem in the west of the state, they add. Kochiais one of 12 weed species that have developed ...

The global seed treatment market is forecast to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.5% between 2011 and 2016. A study issued by US third-party reports retailer ReportsnReports.com (Dallas, Texas) indicates that the market was worth $2,250 million in 2010 and is set to reach some $3,430 million by 2016. It is the fastest-growing segment of the crop protection market due to the rapid adoption of high-value genetically modified seed and increased government support for the practice, ...

Italy has extended the suspension on the sale and use of neonicotinoid insecticide-based seed treatments on maize for a further year. The country suspended several seed treatments in 2008 over concerns that they were contributing to the mass death of bees, termed colony-collapse disorder (Agrow No 561, p 10). They included BASF’s fipronil-based seed treatments, and those containing Bayer CropScience’s clothianidin and imidacloprid, and Syngenta’s thiamethoxam. The Minister of Agriculture, ...