US registration applications for new pesticide ais

The US EPA has announced to receive several applications to register pesticides based on new active ingredients.

Bayer CropScience is applying to register for its new insecticide, flupyradifurone, for use on all kinds of crops covering corn, soybeans, cotton, peanuts, coffee, cereals, fruits, vegetables and so on.

US company Linde Electronics and Specialty Gases is seeking registration of the fumigant, ethyl formate, for use on agricultural commodities and indoor bed bug control.

Consultancy firm Technology Sciences Group, on behalf of US pheromone company Alpha Scents (West Linn, Oregon), is seeking approval for the pheromone/mating disruptant, (Z,Z)-7,11-Hexadecadienal, for control of Citrus Leafminer (Phyllocnistis citrella).

US Lodi Group has applied to approve the rodenticide, alphachloralose, for indoor use only on house mice and field mice.