Canada OKs Sumitomo Chemical’s mandestrobin fungicide

Date:05-20-2016

The Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has proposed to grant full registration for the sale and use of Sumitomo Chemical’s Mandestrobin Technical and the associated end-use products: S-2200 4 SC Fungicide, Intuity Fungicide, Pinpoint Fungicide, and S-2200 3.2 FS Fungicide, containing the technical grade active ingredient mandestrobin, for the management of various fungal diseases in canola and other oilseed crops, corn, grape, legume vegetables, strawberry and other low growing berries, as well as turfgrass. The public comments for 60 days have been opened until July 17, 2016.

Mandestrobin is a strobilurin fungicide. It has gained the approval in EU in 2015 and will be approved in US.