AgroPages-New US approval plan for fiscal 2008/09-Agricultural news

The US EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) has scheduled registration decisions for ten new active ingredients in fiscal 2008. This is a sharp reduction on the 18 decisions for new ais or tolerances originally scheduled for fiscal 2007, but is of a similar order to the 12 approval decisions actually made during the year.

One of the ais on the fiscal 2008 schedule was approved during the first month of the plan period. The OPP granted a conditional registration to Arysta LifeScience's fumigant, iodomethane, in October. The latest plan includes two ais for which registration decisions had been scheduled for fiscal 2007: Chemtura's herbicide, quinoclamine; and Valent's insecticide, pyridalyl.

Two ais with a range of crop uses that appeared in the fiscal 2007 plan no longer appear in the latest schedule: BASF's insecticide, metaflumizone; and Bayer CropScience/Valent's fungicide, fluopicolide. Crop-use decisions have been scheduled in the OPP's fiscal 2008 plan for new uses of existing ais, following the granting of non-crop registrations or import tolerances in fiscal 2007. Kureha/Valent/BASF's fungicide, metconazole, has moved from the new ai plan for fiscal 2008 to the additional use list.

New ai registration decision schedule fiscal 2008

Company ai Use PRIA due date

1st quarter

Arysta iodomethane1,2 fumigant for tomatoes, 18/11/07

LifeScience peppers, strawberries &

ornamentals

Dow pyroxsulam herbicide for cereals 23/5/08

AgroSciences

Syngenta mandipropamid3 fungicide for brassicas, 9/1/08

cucurbits, grapevines,

& tuber & corm vegetables

fungicide for leafy 26/11/08

vegetables

2nd quarter

Arkema dimethyl fungicide for fruit, 1/3/08

disulfide vegetables & ornamentals

Bayer spirotetramat insecticide for grapevines, 20/10/08

CropScience citrus, pome & stone fruit,

tree nuts, vegetables & hops

Chemtura quinoclamine herbicide for non-food 14/1/08

indoor use

DuPont chlorantran- insecticide for potatoes, 17/4/08

iliprole3,4 cotton, grapevines, pome &

stone fruit, vegetables,

turf & ornamentals

Nihon flubendiamide insecticide for cotton, 29/4/08

Nohyaku/ maize, grapevines, okra,

Bayer vegetables, tobacco &

tree nuts

Valent pyridalyl5 insecticide for cotton, 31/3/08

vegetables & ornamentals

4th quarter

Ajay North potassium fungicide for cut flowers 4/8/08

America tri-iodide6

1 approved; 2 methyl bromide alternative; 3 reduced risk;

4 global review; 5 organophosphate alternative; 6 schedule not finalised so decision date defaults to quarter of the PRIA (Pesticide Registration Improvement Act) due date.

The OPP has added one ai to its preliminary schedule for fiscal 2009, bringing the total to five. DuPont's fungicide, flusilazole, joins the four ais listed in August. The decision date for Gowan's insecticide, fenazaquin, has since been brought forward from the second quarter to the first quarter.

New ai registration decision schedule fiscal 2009

Company ai Use PRIA due date

1st quarter

DuPont flusilazole1 fungicide for soybeans & 10/12/08

wheat

Gowan fenazaquin insecticide for ornamentals 4/2/09

& non-bearing fruit & nut trees

2nd quarter

Helena cumyluron1 herbicide for turf 12/2/09

3rd quarter

Bayer thiencarbazone- herbicide for maize, wheat, 27/4/09

CropScience methyl soybeans, turf & ornamentals