China agrochemical industry weekly(0712)

Shanghai Yuelian's innovative nano ME containing Fluxapyroxad hit the market

In June 2024, Shanghai Yuellian 22.5% Fluxapyroxad · Propiconazole ME was registered as a pesticide product by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. The product is registered in the banana leaf spot disease, which can effectively prevent and control the diseases caused by higher fungi such as M.fijiensis.

FMC's new herbicide active ingredient Bixlozone is released in the UK

FMC's new herbicide Isoflex® active (Bixlozone) has received registration approval in the UK, and the active ingredient has been classified as Group 13 by the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC).

Albaugh's new product 46% Copper hydroxide WDG is launched in China

On July 8, 2024, Rotam Global AgroSciences Limited’s headquarters Albaugh launched 46% Copper hydroxide WDG, marking another major product in the field of inorganic copper, copper formulation product line is more perfect, and fully meet the market demand.

Precision agriculture is driving significant growth in the South African UAV market, which will reach $138 million by 2025

In recent years, the South African agricultural sector has increasingly adopted UAV technology for precision farming. UAV experts at ITOO Special Risks say precision farming can help farmers take the right action at the right time and place to improve profit margins, sustainability and productivity while saving time.

There is only one registered domestic enterprise of Maleic hydrazide technical

June 4, 2024, Jiangsu Province Lianyungang City Jindun Agricultural Chemical Co., Ltd. of the Maleic hydrazide technical product registration certificate expired and did not renew, so far, in China registered the technical products of only two enterprises, including foreign enterprises and domestic enterprises each 1, respectively, Arysta and Hebei Handan Zhao Du Fine Chemical Co., LTD.

Zhejiang Segagro launched 9 new products to the market

In 2024, when the agricultural materials industry is facing severe challenges, Segagro, with its strong research and development strength and forward-looking strategy, has launched 9 new products to the market, injecting new impetus into the development of the industry.

The era of precision breeding is coming! Bayer opens the era of flexible editing of soybean and corn genotypes - TREDMIL

Recently, Dr. Yu Rong Chen and Dr. Edward Cargill of Bayer Crop Science Research Headquarters in Missouri, USA, are co-corresponding authors of the paper entitled "Simultaneous Genetic Transformation and Genome Editing" published in aBIOTECH. The research paper "of Mixed Lines in Soybean (Glycine max) and Maize (Zea mays)" reports a method of mixed line transformation and editing, which can simultaneously transform and edit many excellent genotypes in soybean and maize.

Nufarm has partnered with the UK's Moa to secure exclusive rights to a new mode of action herbicide

Moa Technology, an agricultural biotechnology company spun out of the University of Oxford, has signed a global agreement with Melbourne, Australia-based Nufarm Group to jointly develop and commercialize a new mode of action herbicide.

Basf plans to close two of its Glufosinate ammonium production sites in Germany to deal with the global serious overcapacity!

Basf said in a statement on July 10 that due to economic reasons, BASF plans to stop the production of Glufosinate ammonium at the Kn­a­p­s­a­ck and Frankfurt production sites in Germany by the end of 2024, and subsequently close the two production sites.

KesaiAgro & KingAgroot to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership

As the world population continues to grow and the demand for food continues to increase, in China, food security is also of great significance for national stability and development. As the basic materials of agricultural production, pesticides play an extremely important role in ensuring the increase of agricultural production, improving the comprehensive production capacity of agriculture, ensuring food and food safety, and promoting agricultural modernization.

The U.S. EPA adjusted the concentration limit for Atrazine to 9.7µg/L for aquatic organisms

Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the concentration level of Atrazine adversely affecting aquatic plants has been updated to 9.7µg/L. The new standard, based on the results of an August 2023 review, will be used to make new regulatory decisions to protect aquatic plants, fish, invertebrates and amphibians.

Product registration situation and future trend of Lime sulfur in China

Lime sulfur, which belongs to an inorganic sulfur fungicide, is mainly used in citrus trees, apple trees, grapes, apricots, walnut trees, pear trees, tea trees, wheat and other crops to cure fungal diseases caused by ascomycetes, such as powdery mildew caused by citrus trees, apple trees, walnut trees, grapes, wheat and ornamental plants. And Psylla chinensis, scale insect and some insect eggs have significant activity.