TOKYO — Arysta LifeScience today announced Mexico and Morocco have granted registrations for iodomethane (methyl iodide), a broad spectrum soil fumigant that controls the soil-borne diseases, nematodes, weed seeds and insects that threaten high-value crops, according to Arysta.
El yodometano se desarrolló como sustituto del metilbromuro y se venderá comercialmente como MIDAS en ambos países. El yodometano ya está registrado para su uso en los EE. UU., Japón, Turquía y Nueva Zelanda, con registros adicionales pendientes en Australia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Chile, Egipto, Israel, Sudáfrica y otros países.
“MIDAS approval in Mexico, Morocco and other countries supports the objectives of the Montreal Protocol treaty to reduce the use of ozone depleting substances around the globe,” Hildo Brilleman, Global Marketing Manager Fumigants for Arysta LifeScience, said in a press release. “The phase out of methyl bromide by 2015, as mandated by the Montreal Protocol, can be significantly expedited with MIDAS use.”
MIDAS es un fumigante de suelo de próxima generación. Su química única permite a los productores proteger los cultivos mientras usan menos libras de producto por acre en comparación con el bromuro de metilo, especialmente porque se colocará predominantemente para su uso debajo de películas virtualmente impermeables (VIF). MIDAS también va acompañado de un programa líder en la industria de seguridad y administración.
Arysta LifeScience has worked closely with local and international stakeholders in implementing MIDAS trials in Mexico and Morocco. Mexico’s Federal Health Protection Commission and Health Commission Authority granted technical registration for MIDAS in August following an extensive review. Technical registration will pave the way for formulation registrations for MIDAS 33:67 and MIDAS 98:2 in 2011. MIDAS will be applied via drip and shank application in fields where tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, berries and melons will be grown. A full commercial launch is planned for 2012.
“Arysta LifeScience has worked with Mexico’s ministries for health, environment and agriculture on extensive field trials that tested MIDAS with other methyl bromide alternatives.” said Brilleman. “We know that MIDAS is an effective crop protection tool, and its registration takes Mexico one step further toward their goal of methyl bromide phase out by the end of 2013.”
In September, Morocco’s Pesticide Registration Commission registered MIDAS 98:2 for tomatoes and French beans. Arysta LifeScience will launch MIDAS to the Moroccan agricultural market during the International Exhibition of Fruit and Vegetable Industry’s annual trade show in Agadir in December. Amaroc SA will distribute and apply MIDAS via drip application with Arysta LifeScience’s proprietary application equipment, Symmetry. Morocco is slated to phase-out methyl bromide by the end of 2012.
MIDAS fue registrado por la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los EE. UU. En 2007 y ha sido aprobado para su uso en 47 estados hasta la fecha, incluido Florida.