Canada approves insecticide flumethrin and fungicide pyriofenone

Date:11-30-2016

The Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is granting full registration for the sale and use of Bayer’s Flumethrin Technical Insecticide and Bayvarol Beehive Pest Control Strip containing the technical grade active ingredient flumethrin to control varroa mites in honeybee hives.

The agency is also granting full registration for the sale and use of Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha subsidiary ISK Biosciences’ Technical Pyriofenone Fungicide and Pyriofenone 300SC Fungicide, containing the technical grade active ingredient pyriofenone, to control or suppress powdery mildew in cucurbits and certain berry crops.