The pyraclostrobin, a strobilurin
fungicide developed by BASF in 1993 and entered the market in 2001, has been
widely used in the fields of wheat, rice, grape, banana, orange, vegetables,
etc. to control powdery mildew, anthracnose, scab, leaf spot and so on. Thanks
to the pyraclostrobin's good performance in the global market, and especially
in the US and Brazil, the pyraclostrobin has brought a fat profit to BASF and
it has grown to be the second largest fungicide in the world as reported. Like
other strobilurin fungicides such as the azoxystrobin,
the pyraclostrobin has advantages like a low dosage, broad spectrum, high
efficacy, low toxicity and others yet to be found. What's more, it can also
prevent and cure diseases caused by germs resistant to other fungicides. In the
past few years, the pyraclostrobin has been registered in many countries and
regions in the world, including Brazil, Canada, Australia, Argentina, the US,
etc, according to CCM’s latest
monthly report, Fungicides China News 1304.
In China, according to the Institute for the Control of
Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA), as of 12 March 2013, pyraclostrobin
technical and formulations have been registered by BASF only due to
their patent protection. The active ingredient (AI) content of the
pyraclostrobin technical is 95% and the specification for pyraclostrobin single
formulation is 250g/L EC. Moreover, the registrations of pyraclostrobin
combined with metiram and dimethomorph have also been acquired by BASF with the
registration codes PD20080506 and PD20093402 respectively.
In addition, China has been actively applying for
pyraclostrobin's field efficacy tests in recent years, in a bid to formally
register this product when its patent in China expires in June 2015.
According to the ICAMA, China began pyraclostrobin's field
efficacy tests as early as 2009. And it became popular in 2012, with their
number soaring to 47 from 6 in 2011. Currently, the total number of those tests
in China hits 62, including 37 for single formulations and 25 for mixed
formulations. As to mixed formulations, pyraclostrobin combined with propineb,
dithianon and dimethomorph are popular, accounting for 36% of the total field
efficacy tests. Furthermore, the main specifications for pyraclostrobin's
single formulations are 25% WDG, 25% SC and 30% SC.
In field efficacy tests, pyraclostrobin is used to prevent
and cure the cucumber downy mildew, banana scab, apple leaf spot, rice sheath
blight, grape downy mildew, wheat rust, etc. Cucumber, banana and apple are the
top 3 crops tested with the pyraclostrobin, taking up 21%, 16% and 15% of the
total amount of tests respectively. It is also worth noticing that fruits and
vegetables account for around 60% of the total crops tested, while the figure
is only 15% for field crops (rice and wheat). It indicates that there is a huge
room for pyraclostrobin's application on field crops in China's market.
In China, more and more companies have been participating in
the pyraclostrobin's field efficacy tests in recent years. According to the
ICAMA, 37 domestic companies have applied for them as of 12 March
2013. Among the companies, Shaanxi Sunger Road Bio-Science Co., Ltd. (Shaanxi
Sunger Road) applied for 5 pieces, ranking first, followed by Hailir Pesticides
& Chemicals Group, Jiangxi Yingtan Shuangshou Pesticide Co., Ltd. and
Shenzhen Noposion Agrochemicals Co., Ltd.
In the future, especially in 2013 and 2014, the
pyraclostrobin's field efficacy tests will continue to be popular in China. The
total number is expected to increase greatly along with the number of
applicants soaring and the type of mixed formulations diversified. The
companies that have applied for field efficacy tests are likely to register
pyraclostrobin in the domestic market.
Driven by pyraclostrobin's promising profit, coupled with
its good performance, it is expected that domestic agrochemical companies will
come in flocks after the product's patent expiration in China in 2015,
challenging BASF in the Chinese and global market.
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