Nine new pesticides registered in Brazil in the past months

From 2021 to August this year, Brazil has approved 9 new pesticide active ingredients, including 7 fungicides, 1 insecticide and 1 herbicide. Among the fungicides, 3 are SDHI fungicides.

1.Halauxifen-methyl（Corteva）

Halauxifen-methyl is the first product of a new chemical class of synthetic auxinic herbicides developed by Dow AgroSciences (now Corteva) containing arylpicolinates. Mainly used for wheat, barley, oat, rye, triticale, soybean, Brassica, etc., to control various broad-leaved weeds, malignant weeds, resistant weeds, etc. 

Previously, Halauxifen-methyl has been registered in China, Canada, Australia, Argentina, EU and other countries and regions.

Corteva registered a combination of Halauxifen-methyl and diclofenac in Brazil, for control of weeds such as Conyza bonariensis and Digitaria insularis in soybean crops.

2.Cyclaniliprole（Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha）

Cyclaniliprole is o-Amidobenzamide insecticides. Like chlorantraniliprole, cyclobromiliprole belongs to the class of bisamides. It act on fish nicotine receptor variant.

Cyclaniliprole has broad-spectrum control activity against a wide range of pests and is highly effective against the main Lepidoptera pests, and can be used on apples, pears, peaches, apricots, nectarines, plums, grapes, potatoes, greenhouse tomatoes, peppers and aubergines.

Previously, cyclaniliprole has been registered in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Mexico and the USA.

In 2021, the single formulation of Cyclaniliprole registered in Brazil by Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd. was approved for the prevention and control of Coffee leafminer, Fall Armyworm, neoleucinodes elegantalis,and so on in coffee, corn, soybean and tomato crops.

3. Oxathiapiprolin（Corteva）

Oxathiapiprolin is the first piperidinyl thiazole isoxazoline fungicides (FRAC 49). It has excellent control effect on Oomycetes and has special effect on Downy mildew and Late blight.

Oxathiapiprolin has been registered in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, EU, China and many other countries around the world.

In Brazil, Corteva has registered oxathiapiprolin and its combination with dimethomorph, famoxadone and mandipropamid for the control of late blight and downy mildew.

4. Ametoctradin（BASF）

Ametoctradin is a is a highly selective fungicide, a triazole pyrimidine fungicide, a mitochondrial respiration inhibitor, which can prevent and control Oomycetes diseases, especially downy mildew and Phytophthora pathogens.

Ametoctradin has been registered in dozens of countries/regions worldwide, including USA, EU, India and China.

In 2022, BASF registered in Brazil the formulation products of ametoctradin combined with dimethomorph and metiram, to prevent and control potato late blight and downy mildew of onion, cucumber and ornamental plants.

5. Isofetamid（Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha）

Isofetamid is a SDHI fungicide developed by Ishihara Industries in Japan. FRAC classifies isofetamid as a Class 7 fungicide with a different mechanism of action to Benzimidazole, Triazole and Strobilurin and is not cross-resistant to common fungicide.

Isofetamid has broad-spectrum and high-efficiency effects, and can control fungal diseases of Ascomycetes and Deuteromycetes, as well as gray mold on cucumber, tomato, strawberry and other cropst.

In July 2021, Isofetamid 95% TC and 400g/L SC formulations were registered in Brazil, and in December 2021, they were registered in China. The Chinese market sales of this product are carried out by Ishihara Shanghai Company and Zhejiang Ishihara Jinniu Chemical Co., Ltd. In addition, Isofetamid has also been registered in Canada, the United States, EU, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and other countries and regions.

The compound patent of Isofetamid in China, Europe, the United States, etc. will expire on August 9, 2025.

6. Inpyrfluxam（SUMITOMO CHEMICAL）

lnpyrfluxam is a pyrazole-carboxamide fungicide developed by SUMITOMO CHEMICAL as a SDH inhibitors. It has a wide range of functions, and can prevent and control the main pathogenic bacterium on apple, corn, peanut, rice, soybean, sugar beet and other crops. It can be used for foliar spraying or soil or seed treatment.

At the beginning of 2020, inpyrfluxam (trade name: INDIFLIN) obtained its first registration in the world in Japan, and then was approved for registration in the United States, Canada, Argentina and other countries. In March 2022, the compound was approved for registration in Brazil, and SUMITOMO sold inpyrfluxam and tebuconazole compound products in this region to prevent and control the two most serious soybean diseases, Asian soybean rust and target spot, so as to consolidate its position in the South American market.

Bayer also registered a fungicide Fox Supra, a combination of inpyrfluxam and prothioconazole, for the control of Asian soybean rust during the same period.

7. Fenpropimorph（BASF）

Fenpropimorph is a broad-spectrum, systemic morpholine fungicide and ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitor with preventive and therapeutic effects. The main control objects are powdery mildew, leaf rust, stripe rust on barley, wheat, and cereal smut and cotton blight.

As early as 2017, BASF launched 750g / L fenpropimorph EC for resistance management of soybean Asian rust. However, the technical registration approval was obtained in 2021.

ICAMA has approved a total of 5 product registrations of fenpropimorph, all of which are exclusively for export, to Paraguay and Panama.

8. Mefentrifluconazole（BASF）

Mefentrifluconazole is a triazole fungicide developed by BASF, and it also belongs to the sterol demethylation inhibitor class of fungicide. It is suitable for more than 60 kinds of crops in the world, such as field crops, commercial crops and special crops, and can prevent and control many fungal diseases that are difficult to control, such as rust.

Mefentrifluconazole was first registered in South Korea in 2018, and then registered in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and other countries around the world.

BASF has registered 1 technical of mefentrifluconazole and 6 formulation products in China, of which 4 are mixed with pyraclostrobin.

In January 2022, mefentrifluconazole technical was registered in Brazil for the first time. In March, two formulations based on mefentrifluconazole were registered, which were used to control diseases such as ramularia, coffee rust and soybean rust.

9. Pydiflumetofen（Syngenta Group）

Pydiflumetofen is a new pyrazole amide fungicide developed by Syngenta that acts on succinate dehydrogenase and is used in cereals, corn, soybeans, vegetables, peanuts, rapeseed, quinoa, melons , peas and beans, fruit trees, specialty crops, lawns, ornamental plants, etc., to control Fusarium (Fusarium spp.), Cercospora (Cercospora spp.), Botrytis (Botrytis spp.), Alternaria spp. (Alternaria spp.) and other pathogens, mainly through foliar spray, but also for seed treatment.

In 2016, fluconazole was registered for the first time in Argentina. Fluoxapyr is now registered in more than 50 countries around the world and is used in more than 100 crops to control more than 30 major diseases. Its markets cover Argentina, Uruguay, New Zealand, Chile, the United States, Canada, South Korea, Australia, Guatemala, Zambia, China, Japan, etc.

In 2022, the technical and formulation of fluconazole were approved for registration in Brazil, and four of the five compounding registrations are compounded with difenoconazole.