China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to Approve 12 New Pesticide Products, including Cyclobutrifluram and Flusulfinam

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On September 4, 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced plans to approve 12 new pesticide products, including Cyclobutrifluram and Flusulfinam. The announcement was made by the ICAMA and Rural Affairs, following the deliberation and approval of the 12 new pesticide products by the First Committee Meeting of the Tenth National Pesticide Registration Review Committee. Among these 12 new pesticide products, there are three active ingredients, one technical material, and eight formulations, involving a total of six active substances, namely:

Cyclobutrifluram;
Flusulfinam;
(7R,9S)-12-dodecen-1-yl acetate;
Bacillus thuringiensis SN16-1;
Spodoptera litura nucleopolyhedrovirus KYc01; and
Metarhizium anisopliae PL-GM1.

The proportion of biopesticides is 17%, chemical pesticides are 33%, and microbial pesticides account for 50%.

For detailed information, please refer to Table 1.

Table 1: List of New Pesticide Products that will be approved

Applicant	Active Ingredient	Formulation type	Registered Crops and Targets
Syngenta Crop Protection AG (Switzerland)	cyclobutrifluram	technical material	/
Syngenta Crop Protection AG (Switzerland)	cyclobutrifluram	suspension concentrate	tomato/root-knot nematode
East China University of Science and Technology	Bacillus thuringiensis SN16-1	technical material	/
East China University of Science and Technology	Bacillus thuringiensis SN16-1	WG formulation	tomato/Phytophthora blight
Yangling Xianglin Agricultural Biotechnology Co., Ltd.	(7R,9S)-12-dodecen-1-yl acetate	technical material
	(7R,9S)-12-dodecen-1-yl acetate 184mg/capsule	dispenser	Grape/European grapevine moth
	(7R,9S)-12-dodecen-1-yl 1.2g/capsule	dispenser	Grape/European grapevine moth
Qingdao Qingyuan Agricultural Weed Control Co., Ltd	Flusulfinam	technical material
	Flusulfinam	soluble concentrate	rice field/annual weeds
	Dibromide·Flusulfinam	emulsion	rice field/annual weeds
Henan Jiyuan Baiyun Industrial Co., Ltd.	Spodoptera litura nucleopolyhedrovirus KYc01	suspension concentrate	corn/fall armyworm
Hainan Zhongwei Biotechnology Co., Ltd.	Metarhizium anisopliae PL-GM1	suspension concentrate	grasshopper-infested areas/grasshoppers

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