AgroPages-China approves Sipcam's 2 fungicides for rice sheath blight-Agricultural news

Sipcam has received temporary registration in China of two fungicide pre-mixtures, based on Azoxystrobin for one year.

Flutolanil •Azoxystrobin (10% Flutolanil+10% Azoxystrobin) WDG and Tebuconazole•Azoxystrobin (50% Tebuconazole +25% Azoxystrobin) WDG are approved for use in rice sheath blight control.

Azoxystrobin is a Strobilurin fungicide first developed by Syngenta. It provides strong defense against a spectrum of fungi diseases, including powdery mildew, rust, Septorianodorum, net blotch, downy mildew and rice blast.

Sipcam registered several Azoxystrobinpre mixtures within the year in China, covering Thiophanate-Methyl•Azoxystrobin•Metalaxyl, Difenoconazole•Azoxystrobin, and Cymoxanil•Azoxystrobin.

China has a number of registered pre-mixtures, based on Azoxystrobin currently, including Difenoconazole•Azoxystrobin of Shanxi Biogen Cropscience, Dimethomorph•Azoxystrobin of Tsingtao Audis Bioscience, Difenoconazole•Azoxystrobin of Beijing Fleet Agroscience, and Propiconazole•Azoxystrobin of Shanxi Sunger Bioscience etc.