DATE : 2017-03-09

Herbicide makes the maximum proportion among Chinese pesticides.Therefore, registrations of herbicide-containing pesticides keep increasing. According to the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA), 20 herbicide TC/ TK (involving 19 herbicide active ingredients) was newly registered in China in Jan. 2017 by 13 companies.

Registrations of penoxsulam TC rose to 3, which was respectively obtained by Dow AgroSciences, Shijiazhuang Xingbai Bioengineering Co., Ltd. and HuaianGuorui Chemical Co., Ltd. It is known that the patent of penoxsulam chemicals is valid till 22 Sept., 2017 in China. At present, many companies are applying for the field test of related products. It is predicted that when the patent expires, related pesticide registrations will rise rapidly.

As of 31 Jan., 2017, there was respectively one valid registration of triafamone TC, terfuryltrione TC and flurtamone TC in China, which was obtained by Bayer CropScience. In 2015, Bayer CropScience has temporarily registered triafamone 93.60% TC in China. In Jan. 2017, the company changed this registration into formal registration. Besides, the flurtamone 98% TC formal registration (validity: 5 years) recorded in Jan. 2017 was also a temporary registration (validity: one year) obtained in 2015. Notably, terfuryltrione was first registered in China, by Bayer CropScience. Last month, the company obtained 4 herbicide TC registrations in total.

Two companies registered glufosinate-ammonium TC in Jan. They are Rosi Chemical Co., Ltd. and Henan Yingtai Agrochemical Co., Ltd. As of 31 Jan., 2017, there were 44 valid registrations of glufosinate-ammonium TC in China, of which 8 and 9 were obtained in 2016 and 2015 separately.

Jiangsu FengshanGroup Co., Ltd. obtained 4 herbicide TC registrations in Jan., namely triclopyr-butotyl 99% TC, triclopyr 99% TC, clodinafop-propargyl 95% TC and cyhalofop-butyl 97% TC. On the toxicity front, the newly registered herbicide TC includes 18 low toxicity ones and 2 micro toxicity ones

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