Bayer CropScience has received the registration for its new insecticide Sivanto from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Sivanto, which was developed to control devastating sucking pests on fruits and vegetables as well as most broadacre crops, will be available for the 2015 growing season.
Further registrations for Sivanto prime are expected in spring 2015 in Canada and Mexico, in fall 2015 in Australia and from 2016 onwards in European countries.
'Growers are facing an increasing domestic demand from retailers and shoppers for sustainably produced fruits and vegetables,' said Dr Georg Raupach, Global Product Manager Insecticides at Bayer CropScience. 'We want to help growers, retailers and the entire marketplace to meet their needs. Sivanto was designed specifically with the horticulture industry in mind and will help improve both the yield and quality of the produce.'
Sivanto is a novel systemic insecticide for the control of major sucking pests such as aphids, whiteflies, hoppers, psyllids, and other key insects, and acts effectively on all mobile stages including larvae and adults.
It can be used on pomefruits, citrus, potatoes, tomatoes, melons and cotton. Sivanto is based on the active ingredient flupyradifurone which belongs to the new chemical class of butenolides.
