New Zealand EPA approves biopesticide Blossom Protect

Date:06-08-2015

The New Zealand  Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) Decision-making Committee has approved an application from Zelam Limited to import the biopesticide Blossom Protect, which contains two strains of Aureobasidium pullulans. This is the first application received by the EPA for a pesticide containing these strains.

Blossom Protect is intended to be used for the protection of pipfruit trees against the disease fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) and kiwifruit vines against Psa (Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae).