Aug. 25, 2016
By Think Real - On 29th July, 2016, Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) has released the 7th batch of pesticide products to be approved this year. In this list, the new ingredient triflumezopyrim, researched and developed by DuPont, will get registered in China for the first time. This product includes 10% triflumezopyrim SC and 94% triflumezopyrim technical. And the registration target of that 10% triflumezopyrim SC is to control the rice planthoppers.
Triflumezopyrim, whose brand name is Pyraxalt™ and code name DPX-RAB55 and ZDI-2501, is the new mesoionic insecticide or zwitterionic insecticide researched and developed by DuPont. The new ingredient has efficient and durable control effects with lower consumption, which is also environmentally friendly. With good control effects on many kinds of pest like lepidoptera and homoptera, it mainly targets on controlling rice planthoppers and leafhoppers which can be used on crops like cotton, rice, corn and soybean, etc. According to DuPont, triflumezopyrim is pretty good at controlling rice planthoppers and in the future, it’s expected to set new standards in this market segment.
DuPont has submitted the registration information of triflumezopyrim to many key markets in the world and expects to get registered in China, Korea and Philippines first in 2016. By now, triflumezopyrim has been in the process of registration publicity in China which is expected to be the first venue for product launching.
Figure : chemical structure formula of triflumezopyrim
Source: Agroinfo
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