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Current status and challenges of pesticide management in China
2022-10-21
Author:Zhang Hongjun1Tao? Lingmei1Liu Xue1Zhou Xuguo2Huang Xiuzhu1*1. Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China;2. Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, USAAccording to the revised Regulation of Pesticide Administrati...
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A 60-year experiment points to the success of biofertilizers as an alternative to synthetic nitrogen...
2022-10-14
Replacing synthetic fertilizer across Brazil’s vast soybean crop with ‘biofertilizer’ has reduced carbon emissions in the country by 430 million tons of CO2-equivalent each year, a new analysis shows.Since the 1960s, Brazilian farmers have been testing biofertilizer alternatives ...
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China opens the market for peanuts from Brazil
2022-10-14
The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) granted authorisation to 47 Brazilian peanut companies to export to China.China is the world’s largest consumer of peanuts, importing more than US$800 million worth of peanuts annually. From January to May 2022, it imported 27...
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New antibiotic comes from a pathogenic bacterium in potatoes
2022-10-14
The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance has led researchers to search for new compounds everywhere. This week in?mBio, a multinational team of researchers in Europe report the discovery of a new antifungal antibiotic named solanimycin. The compound, initially isolated from...
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An insect pest acquires multiple plant genes
2022-10-14
The silverleaf whitefly is a major crop pest in the tropics and subtropics. After studying its genome, INRAE and the CNRS identified 49 plant genes transferred to the insect’s own genome. Such a large number of genes transferred between plants and an insect had never before been ...
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EU bans food imports with neonic pesticide residues starting in 2026
2022-10-14
The European Commission announced [September 27] that imports of products containing residues of harmful insecticides known as neonicotinoids will be banned from 2026, in a move that adds a serious amount of global political heft to the Farm to Fork strategy.What’s this about? Th...
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U.S. EPA proposes early mitigation to help protect endangered species from methomyl
2022-10-14
In line with the Agency’s commitment to improve outcomes for all federally threatened and endangered (listed) species, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing revisions to the 2020 Proposed Interim Decision (PID) for methomyl, a type of insecticide. The?revise...
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Chile bans glyphosate formulations with tallowamine
2022-10-14
The Chilean Agricultural Service (SAG) has announced a ban on agrochemical formulations containing a glyphosate mixture with the surfactant polyethoxylated tallowamine (POEA).Exempt Resolution No. 5328/2022 made Chile the first country on the American continent to generate a regu...
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China approved 68 chlorantraniliprole registrations, being mostly mixtures with clothianidin
2022-09-30
Chlorantraniliprole is a novel anthranilic diamide systemic insecticide with a broad insecticidal spectrum, applicable to a large variety of crops.?The product is long-lasting, with high activity, low toxicity, and good biosafety, without cross resistance with mainstream insectic...
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Joint action plan by 17 Chinese government departments to control pollution along Yangtse by 2025-en...
2022-09-30
A few days ago, 17 government departments and institutions headed by the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued an Intensified Implementation of the Action Plan of Yangtze Protection and Restoration, requesting an identification and endorsement of all chemical parks i...
