Brazil urgently evaluates Bayer's new active ingredient Spidoxamat to combat citrus greening disease

It is understood that the object of the emergency review is the new active ingredient Spidoxamat. The request was made by MAPA to Ibama, the Brazilian environmental regulator, due to the urgent needs of the parties involved in the citrus industry chain. MAPA emphasized the severity of the current prevention and control of citrus Huanglongbing and the urgency of developing new prevention and control methods. Citrus Huanglongbing is a disease caused by the citrus Huanglongbing fungus Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus and spread by the Asian citrus psyllid. There is currently no effective cure. The disease can cause young trees to fail to bear fruit, and mature trees to lose fruit early and eventually decline, posing a serious threat to the citrus industry. The new insecticide Plenexos developed by Bayer has attracted much attention. The product uses Spidoxamat as the active ingredient and targets a variety of piercing-sucking mouthparts pests including citrus psyllids. According to ...