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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 -
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 -
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 -
UK revised the maximum residues of omethoate and omethoate in some foods Report
On July 9, 2021, Health Canada issued consultation document PRD2021-06, and the Pest Management Agency (PMRA) intends to approve the registration of Ataplan and Arolist biological fungicides. It is understood that the main active ingredients of Ataplan and Arolist biological fungicides are Bacill...Read more -
Methylpyrimidine Pirimiphos-methyl will completely replace phosphorus chloride Aluminium phosphide
In order to ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products, the safety of the ecological environment and the safety of people’s lives, the Ministry of Agriculture decided according to the relevant provisions of the “Food Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China” and the “Pesticide Man...Read more -
Fly
Fly, (order Diptera), any of a large number of insects characterized by the use of only one pair of wings for flight and the reduction of the second pair of wings to knobs (called halteres) used for balance. The term fly is commonly used for almost any small flying insect . However, in entomolog...Read more -
Fungicide
Fungicide, also called antimycotic, any toxic substance used to kill or inhibit the growth of fungi. Fungicides are generally used to control parasitic fungi that either cause economic damage to crop or ornamental plants or endanger the health of domestic animals or humans. Most agricultural and ...Read more -
Plant Diseases and Insect Pests
The damage to plants caused by competition from weeds and by other pests including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and insects greatly impairs their productivity and in some instances can totally destroy a crop. Today, dependable crop yields are obtained by using disease-resistant varieties, biological...Read more -
Herbicide Resistance
Herbicide resistance refers to the inherited ability of a biotype of a weed to survive a herbicide application to which the original population was susceptible. A biotype is a group of plants within a species that has biological traits (such as resistance to a particular herbicide) not common to ...Read more -
Exposure of arthropods to Cry2A produced by Bt rice
Most reports concern the three most important Lepidoptera pests, that is, Chilo suppressalis, Scirpophaga incertulas, and Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (all Crambidae), which are the targets of Bt rice, and the two most important Hemiptera pests, that is, Sogatella furcifera and Nilaparvata lugens (bo...Read more