Australia to approve ISK’s insecticide Mainman

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has proposed the approval of Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha's insecticide, Mainman 500 WG (flonicamid). It is intended for use on apples, cotton, cucurbits and potatoes to control woolly aphid, mealybug, cotton aphid, green mirids, green peach aphid, melon aphid and etc. Being registered by APVMA in early 2013, flonicamid belongs to the nicotinoid class of insecticides and exhibits systemic and translaminar activity and inhibits feeding. The proposal is open to public comment until October 7th.