ADAMA: Pesticides Registered & Launched in 2014

Date:02-24-2015

According to AgroPages’ available news resources, 2014 saw totally 81 pesticide registrations worldwide including 60 single active ingredient products and 8 mixture products. In 2014 there were totally 62 pesticide varieties being released to market including 34 single active ingredient products and 28 mixture products. Multinationals played major roles in the registrations and new product releases. Here is a summary of the key products from ADAMA that registered or launched in 2014 in different categories.

Pesticides registered in 2014
Trade name	Active ingredient	Use	Country
Herbicides
Poquer	clethodim	combat sourgrass	Brazil
Insecticides /Acaricides & Miticides /Nematicide
Mosquiron 0.12P-D	novaluron	control mosquito larvae	Canada
Nimitz	fluensulfone	tomatoes, peppers, okra, eggplant, cucumbers, watermelons, cantaloupe and squash	USA

Pesticides launched in 2014
Trade name	Active ingredient	Use	Country
Fungicides
Captan Gold™	captan	tree fruit and specialty crops	USA
Custodia™	azoxystrobin+tebuconazole	corn, soybean and wheat	USA
Nematicide
Nimitz	fluensulfone	non-fumigant product that kills nematodes on vegetable	USA
Plant growth regulators
BREVIS®	metamitron	fruit thinner for apple and pear trees	Italy, Switserland, Israel, Greece