The US EPA has proposed the registration of Gowan’s plant growth regulator, GWN-6010 (prohexadione-calcium 27.5%), for use on commercial and residential turf. It is aimed at managing growth and improving quality and stress tolerance. As the first proposed residential use of the active ingredient, it is subject to public comment until September 24th. BASF introduced the ai, as Apogee, in the US on apples in 2000 (Agrow No 352, p 20). It has also been approved for use on pears, peanuts and grass ...
Bayer CropScience has received approval for its new cereal fungicide, bixafen, in the UK, which is its first global registration. The company plans to introduce the active ingredient in combination with prothioconazole under the Xpro range next year. Aviator 235 Xpro is aimed at the winter wheat market and Siltra Xpro is for the control of barley diseases. The foliar fungicides will be for use at 1-1.5 litres/ha and 0.6-1 litre/ha, respectively. Diseases controlled include wheat leaf blotch ...
Syngenta has received UK label extension approval for its insecticidal and fungicidal seed treatment, Cruiser (thiamethoxam 280 g/litre + fludioxonil 8 g/litre + metalaxyl-M 32.3 g/litre), to include the control of early season aphids on oilseed rape. The addition provides growers with “a tool to fight against turnip yellow virus (TuYV)”, the company says. Aphids are carriers of TuYV. Company trials have shown that untreated crops ended up with 90% TuYV infection.
Syngenta is launching the insecticide, Durivo (DuPont’s chlorantraniliprole 100 g/litre + thiamethoxam 200 g/litre), in Australia. The soil-applied product is aimed at the control of aphids, thrips and lepidopteran pests on brassicas, and fruiting and leafy vegetables. It is the only product that controls sucking and chewing pests in a single treatment for up to 40 days, the company says. DuPont received Australian approvals for the chlorantraniliprole-based insecticides, Altacor, Acelepryn and ...
BASF’s multi-crop herbicide, saflufenacil (trade-marked as Kixor), was applied to more than 10 million acres (4 million ha) during its first year on the US market. That makes it the largest new herbicide launch in the last 20 years, the company claims. BASF received US approval for saflufenacil in September 2009 and launched it for the 2010 season under four brand names, Sharpen, OpTill, Integrity and Treevix, for various uses (Agrow No 576, p 23). The herbicide is ideal for the control of ...
Bayer CropScience has launched its herbicide, Adengo (thiencarbazone-methyl + isoxaflutole + cyprosulfamide safener) in Argentina. Adengo is a broad-spectrum suspension concentrate maize herbicide for use against broadleaf weeds and grasses. It can be applied either at pre- or early post-emergence. It can be used to control early weeds in combination with post-emergence herbicides, such as glyphosate or glufosinate-ammonium on tolerant maize lines, Bayer notes. The approval represents the ...
Chemtura AgroSolutions is introducing two wheat seed treatments in the US based on Kureha’s fungicide, ipconazole. Rancona Pinnacle is a combination of ipconazole with the fungicide, metalaxyl, for the control of Pythium spp, Fusarium spp and other diseases. Rancona Crest combines the same active ingredients with the insecticide, imidacloprid, to provide early-season control of aphids and grasshoppers and the suppression of other pests. Chemtura received its first US approvals for ...
The US EPA has approved the sale and use of Bayer CropScience ’s combination seed treatment,Poncho/Votivo for use on maize. It combines the insecticidal active ingredient, clothianidin, and a Bacillus firmus-based bionematicide. It provides increased control of wireworms (Agriotes spp), black cutworms (Agrotis ipsilon), white grubs (Liogenys spp) and other early season pests, Bayer says. The company has planned to market Votivo products in the US from 2011 (Agrow No 582, p 27). It is also ...
Brazil has provisionally approved the sale and use of the first Monsanto genetically modified soybeans developed specifically for use in a market outside the US. The national technical biosafety commission, the CTNBio, approved the company’s insect-resistant and glyphosate-tolerant Bt Roundup Ready 2 Yield (MON87701xMON 89788) soybeans at its August meeting. Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans are already on sale in the US, but the insect-resistant version was developed specifically for the ...
Mexico and the Philippines have authorised the import of two of Syngenta’s genetically modified maize products. The stacked trait Agrisure Viptera 3111 combines the company’s insect-resistant Agrisure Viptera (MIR162) with insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant Agrisure 3000GT. It produces the Bt Vip3A, Cry1Ab and mCry3A toxins for the control of above- and below-ground pests. The approval follows that of Japan in June, which cleared the way for a US launch (Agrow No594, p 27). Syngenta has ...
The US biopesticide company, Pasteuria Bioscience (Alachua, Florida), has received US approval for a liquid formulation of its Pasteuria usgae-based nematicide for use on strawberries and turf. It isthe first food-use product approval for the company. Pasteuria introduced a dry formulation of P usgae, Econem, for the control of sting nematodes (Belonolaimus longicaudatus) in turf this year (Agrow No 593, p 4). The approval on strawberries opens the way for use on further food crops, Pasteuria ...
