Australia Recommends Three Product Approvals

Avatar for Matt Hopkins By Scott C. Lucas|18 April 2007
  • Neemazal (azadirachtin) – insecticide/acaricide from EID Parry;
  • Bion Plant Activator Seed Treatment (acibenzolar-S-methyl) – disease resistance activator from Syngenta;
  • Flurox (based on BASF’s flufenoxuron) – termiticide from Janssen-Cilag.

Neemazal is used for the control of two-spotted mites, aphids, and whiteflies on ornamentals and fungus gnats in potting soil. Bion is used to suppress Fusarium wilt and black rot on cotton through a natural activation process, stimulating the plant’s own resistance mechanisms. Flurox is a termite bait system.