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Rizobacter launches bio-seed treatment fungicide Rizoderma in Argentina
Recently, Rizobacter launched Rizoderma, a biofungicide for soybean seed treatment in Argentina, which contains trichoderma harziana that controls fungal pathogens in seeds and soil. Matias Gorski, global biomanager at Rizobacter, explains that Rizoderma is a biological seed treatment fungicide ...Read more -
Chlorothalonil
Chlorothalonil and protective fungicide Chlorothalonil and Mancozeb are both protective fungicides that came out in the 1960s and were first reported by TURNER N J in the early 1960s. Chlorothalonil was put on the market in 1963 by Diamond Alkali Co. (later sold to ISK Biosciences Corp. of Japan)...Read more -
34 chemical companies in Hunan closed down, exited or switched to production
On October 14th, at the news briefing on the relocation and transformation of chemical companies along the Yangtze River in Hunan Province, Zhang Zhiping, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that Hunan has completed the closure and withd...Read more -
Harm and control of potato leaf blight
Potatoes, wheat, rice, and corn are collectively known as the four important food crops in the world, and they occupy an important position in the development of China’s agricultural economy. Potatoes, also called potatoes, are common vegetables in our lives. They can be made into many deli...Read more -
Ants bring their own antibiotics or will be used for crop protection
Plant diseases are becoming more and more threats to food production, and several of them are resistant to existing pesticides. A Danish study showed that even in places where insecticides are no longer used, ants can secrete compounds that effectively inhibit plant pathogens. Recently, it was di...Read more -
UPL announces the launch of a multi-site fungicide for complex soybean diseases in Brazil
Recently, UPL announced the launch of Evolution, a multi-site fungicide for complex soybean diseases, in Brazil. The product is compounded with three active ingredients: mancozeb, azoxystrobin and prothioconazole. According to the manufacturer, these three active ingredients “complement each oth...Read more -
New approval from the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture
Bill No. 32 of the Ministry of Plant Protection and Agricultural Inputs of the Secretariat for The Defence of Agriculture of Brazil, published in the Official Gazette on 23 July 2021, lists 51 pesticide formulations (products that can be used by farmers). Seventeen of these preparations were low-...Read more -
A supermarket aunt in Shanghai did one thing
An aunt in a Shanghai supermarket did one thing. Of course it’s not earth-shattering, even a little trivial: Kill mosquitoes. But she has been extinct for 13 years. The aunt’s name is Pu Saihong, an employee of a RT-Mart supermarket in Shanghai. She has killed 20,000 mosquitoes after 13 yea...Read more -
The new national standard for pesticide residues will be implemented on September 3!
In April this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, together with the National Health Commission and the General Administration of Market Supervision, issued a new version of the National Food Safety Standard Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides in Food (GB 2763-2021) (hereinafter...Read more -
Indoxacarb or will withdraw from the EU market
Report: On July 30, 2021, the European Commission notified the WTO that it recommended that the insecticide indoxacarb be no longer approved for EU plant protection product registration (based on EU Plant Protection Product Regulation 1107/2009). Indoxacarb is an oxadiazine insecticide. It was fi...Read more -
Annoying flies
Flies, it is the most rampant flying insect in summer, it is the most annoying uninvited guest on the table, it is regarded as the dirtiest insect in the world, it has no fixed place but is everywhere, it is the most difficult to eliminate Provocateur, it is one of the most abominable and vital i...Read more -
Experts in Brazil say the price of glyphosate has jumped nearly 300% and farmers are increasingly anxious
Recently, the price of glyphosate hit a 10-year high due to the imbalance between supply and demand structure and higher prices of upstream raw materials. With little new capacity coming on the horizon, prices are expected to rise further. In view of this situation, AgroPages specially invited ex...Read more