MONHEIM, Germany -– Japan has granted regulatory approval in Japan for 拜耳作物科学‘s active ingredient isotiani, the company announced in a press release. The new rice fungicide, which is marketed under the brand name Routine, was launched in Korea in 2010. Japan’s market launch is scheduled for 2011, followed by additional important Asian rice-growing countries.
Isotianil 源自异噻唑类化学物质，可刺激水稻植物的自然防御机制，是与日本公司共同开发的 住友化学株式会社 专门用于在日本对抗稻瘟病。稻瘟病是由真菌病原体引起的植物病害 稻瘟病菌 and is the world’s most economically important rice disease. Occuring throughout the rice plant’s entire growing period in almost all growing regions, rice blast damages seedlings and infects all parts of the rice plant, compromising yields and quality.