Canada approves DuPont’s fungicide picoxystrobin

The Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is granting full registration for the sale and use of picoxystrobin technical and DuPont Acapela Fungicide, containing the technical grade picoxystrobin, to control or suppress a broad spectrum of diseases on cereals, corn, dry legumes and soybeans.

Picoxystrobin is a fungicide controls or suppresses a broad spectrum of diseases in numerous crops. It has moderate uptake into host leaves through the xylem and exhibits translaminar movement.

DuPont Acapela Fungicide is a broad-spectrum fungicide with locally systemic activity for control of foliar plant diseases. It controls or suppresses primary diseases of major field crops grown in Canada and can be integrated into a spray program as a rotational product or tank mix partner.

DuPont has submitted application to U.S. EPA for picoxystrobin (trade name: Aproach) registration in 2011. Last month, DuPont has just received temporary registration from Chinese ICAMA for picoxystrobin for one year.

Source: Health Canada