Primary Industry Department in Australia received some news about the herbicides abuse. For example, paraquat and glyphosate-containing were used for desiccant, salvage agent, harvest auxiliary agent, or used as topping agent in some cereal crops. The department subsequently issued warnings, and reminded farmers not to abuse pesticides during harvest. The application dosage of herbicides should be according to label which should be in the application range of registration. If dosage range is exceeded by recommended one, herbicides will cause quality problem. Maybe it will lead to germinate earlier, or unnecessary residual, thus affects the market sales.

Supervised authorities will increase the punishment for pesticides misuse. Violators will be prosecuted or be sale limited. Farmers, pesticide dealers, technicians and consulting workers also have the obligations to ensure that the usage advices provided should meet all these requirements.

By Ivana

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According to the statistical data of Plant protection and quarantine station, including 31 provinces (autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government) of china, the relevant departments predict that the total demand of pesticide in China of 2012 will reach 984000 tons, (313600 tons by technical),with a growth rate of 2.48%.

Those herbicides which have a large demand includes Acetochlor, Glyphosate, Atrazine, Butachlor, paraquat and Alachlor, 2, 4-D butylate, Trifluralin, Quinclorac, and MCPA. For plant growth regulators, Ethephon, DPC, Paclobutrazol will have a great demand, but the demand of Brassinolide will decrease greatly. Rodenticide like Chlorophacinone Na, Sodium diphacinone, Coumatetralyl will decline greatly, Warfarin will increase slightly than 2011. In addition, According to the situation of ploughing in autumn this year, in the next 3-5 years, wheat seed treatment agents will have a large market share.

In 2011, Chinese pesticides market is plain. Compared with 2010, the dosage of pesticides was dropped, especially for Pymetrozine, Buprofezin, Abamectin, Emamectin benzoate, Chlorantraniliprole. The dosage of Fungicide and plant growth regulator was almost the same as last year. But the dosage of herbicide has a slight increase, especially for Paraquat, Glyphosate, Penoxsulam, Cyhalofop-butyl. Rodenticide will keep decreasing. 

By Nicole 

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Termidor (A.I. :Fipronil) is BASF’s patent product, which is the bestselling termite insecticide in America and covers a quarter of the whole American market. But one of Termidor’s three patents was lapsed in 2010, so Makhteshim-Agan prepared to sell its Fipronil products in Aug., 2010.

In April, 2010, BASF and Bayer filed the Patent Infringement case to American court and sued MAI for Patent infringement of Termidor (Fipronil). BASF thought that MAI infringed their patent, because MAI sold Fipronil’s products.

In June, 2011, MAI’s subsidiary company CSI introduced two Fipronil’s products to American market: one was Taurus^TM, it mainly used for preventing and controlling pests; The other is Prefurred^TM, it only used for controlling insects of pet.

In January, 2012, MAI was glad to announce that MAI gained American court’s support and won the Patent Infringement case of Fipronil. And American court found that Fipronil’s products from MAI and CSI companies did not infringe any BASF’s existing patens.（American Patent No.:6414010 and 6825743）

By Lisa

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