About MetamifopMetamifop is an herbicide jointly developed by Farm Hannong and the Korea Institute of Chemical Technology. It can be used to control rice and lawn weeds with excellent weeding effect and low toxicity. The product was first marketed in South Korea by Farm Hannong i...

In a new study, researchers from the University of Bern developed an experimental approach that may be used to improve a wide range of organisms that rely on microbial symbionts to control insect pests. This approach opens up a new avenue for the improvement of biological control...

Rice is the largest food source in China and 65% of the population survive on it. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2019, the rice plantations in China measured 29.694 million hectares, accounting for around 30% of the total growing area of food crops. In 2019, t...

About Flubendiamide, Mandipropamid, MetofluthrinFlubendiamideFlubendiamide is a diamides insecticide discovered by Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd. in 1998 and co-developed with Bayer in 2001, which acts on the ichonidine receptor of insects. The main market of flubendiamide is in South A...

Public-interest groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently over its decision to reapprove atrazine, an endocrine-disrupting herbicide banned across much of the world.Atrazine castrates frogs, impairs fish reproduction and is linked to birth defects and cancer i...

At the Cromley Farm, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced that EPA is approving new five-year registrations for two dicamba products and extending the registration of an additional dicamba product. All three registrations include new c...

Looking at the Pesticides Industry of India, since the last 60 years, use of pesticides has greatly helped Indian farmers for agriculture and providing nutrition security to the country. According to the research reports, the Indian Pesticides market in 2019 stood at Rs 214 Billi...

Since the reform and re-opening of China, its pesticide industry has kept pace with the process of agricultural modernization. Major achievements have made the country a major international producer and exporter of pesticides. However, there are still many problems facing the ind...

On 15 September, 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China (MARA) issued the No. 333 Document of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, promulgating the Catalogue of Class 1 Crop Pests and Diseases (the Catalogue) to strengthen ...

India is facing massive twin crises in health and the economy. As in the past, the economic crisis has spurred the introduction of politically difficult reforms, this time in agriculture. Agriculture in India remains an important source of livelihoods, and farmers’ constituencies...