Bayer’s Movento Approved For Australia
31 August 2009 Monheim, Germany-based Bayer CropScience’s insecticidal active ingredient spirotetramat, from the chemical class of ketoenols, which has been internationally marketed under the brand name Movento, has been granted regulatory approval in Australia, the company announced via press release. The active ingredient’s mode of action is to move up and down inside the plant via the plant sap, allowing distribution of the agent evenly in new shoots, leaves and roots, says the company, adding that spirotetramat protects crops against insect attacks for up to several weeks. It can be used in many major crops such as cotton, soy and potatoes.
Bayer CropScience plans to launch Movento in Australia before the end of this year for use in Brassica vegetable crops, cucurbits, lettuce, and leafy vegetables to protect against various sucking insect pests such as aphids, psyllids, armored and soft scales, mango leafhopper, mealy bugs,
whiteflies and some species of thrips. Australian regulatory authorities are also evaluating Movento for use on onions, mangoes, citrus fruits, tomatoes, capsicums, potatoes and corn.
Movento, first launched in 2008, is currently approved in the US, Canada, Austria, China, Colombia, Mexico, Tunisia, Turkey and New Zealand. Bayer CropScience plans further launches this year in Argentina, Chile, and the Netherlands, with eventual release in more than 70 countries. The insecticide has been approved in the UK, with launch scheduled for use on lettuce and brassica in 2010.
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