US to approve insecticide cyantraniliprole

The US EPA has proposed to approve the new active ingredient, cyantraniliprole, an insecticide formulated as a technical product and fourteen end use products. The proposed uses for cyantraniliprole include three categories: agricultural crops, ornamentals and turf and structures and equipment.

Agricultural crops covering bushberry, fruit (citrus, pome, stone), nut tree, oilseed, vegetable (brassica leafy, bulb, cucurbit, fruiting, leafy, tuberous and corm).
Ornamentals and turf including ornamental plants, shrubs, trees in and around greenhouses, nurseries, lath- and shade-houses, and interior plantscapes
landscape and recreational turfgrass (including golf courses) sod farms.Structures and equipment include: in and around agricultural, commercial, and residential structures (excluding food/feed handling establishments) transportation equipment.

The public comment will be open until July 6, 2013.