Makhteshim-Agan of North America unveiled a new nematicide at a conference in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
Introduced as a new formulation that utilizes a novel strategy to kill nematodes, MANA’s product manager for the new material, which is currently code-named MCW-2, said it will be the company’s flagship product.
“This is a big change, almost a birth process,” said Herb Young. “For us — you can’t imagine the excitement behind it.”
MCW-2, or fluensulfone, is different in that it’s not a fumigant, it is simply applied and then incorporated into the soil. While other nematicides might have a re-entry period of five days, for MCW-2 it is just 12 hours.
EPA 预计将在 12 月就 MCW-2 的注册做出决定。然而，Young 强调，即使一切顺利，2014 年的供应量也将非常有限。Makhteshim-Agan 目前正在其位于以色列的总部建造新工厂，并将在那里生产。
最初登记的作物包括番茄和胡椒等茄科果类蔬菜，以及黄瓜、南瓜、南瓜和各种瓜类等葫芦科蔬菜。
MCW-2 预计将在几年内用于其他蔬菜，例如生菜和其他多叶蔬菜、土豆、红薯和胡萝卜以及草莓。许多其他树木和藤本植物作物，如仁果和核果、坚果、柑橘和葡萄，也将包括在第二级登记中。
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