CHLOROTHALONIL MAKES A COMEBACK 3
Point mutation leads to resistance 3
Sensitivity shifts with triazoles 3
Third area of chemistry needed 4
UK approval for Amistar Opti 4
European News and Markets 5
BASF REVEALS MORE ABOUT FLEXITY 5
Reliable robust performance 5
One application per crop recommended 5
Positive start for Swing Gold 6
UK PESTICIDE GUIDE 6
BASF SELLING PHENOXIES BUSINESS 6
Sale of fungicide rights in Germany & Austria 7
KANESHO COMPLETES ACQUISITION 7
PLIMSOLL REPORT ON UK AGCHEM COMPANIES 7
ROTHAMSTED & HGCA CO-OPERATION 7
NEW CHINOOK APPROVAL IN UK 8
DUTCH MANCOZEB REGISTRATION 8
International Advances in Pesticide Application 9
UK sprayer survey 9
Operator exposure in the US 9
ECPA Safe Use Initiative 10
Crop density & pesticide dose 10
Developments in vines 10
Cereal fungicides 11
International database on spray drift 11
7th International Conference on Plant Diseases 12
Crop protection R&D challenges 12
BASF prominent with new fungicides 12
New Bayer products 13
Post-registration product monitoring 13
Bt - Moving to a Second Generation 14
US developments with Bt maize 14
Bt cotton in the USA 14
Bt traits and resistance concerns 15
New insect-resistant genes 15
Biopesticides - the Future? 16
Biopesticides slow to reach UK growers 16
Biologicals most obvious choice 16
UK biopesticide registration 16
UK pilot scheme 17
IR-4 and US biopesticide registration 17
Low US biopesticide usage 18
New initiatives necessary 18
Imminent changes at HRI 18
Global Status of Transgenic Crops 19
Global area of GM crops up 15% 19
Transgenic crops in 18 countries 19
Marked growth in China and South Africa 19
GM Crop Areas in 2003 (Source: ISAAA) 19
Varying country perspectives 20
Soybeans dominate GM crop area 20
Cautious optimism from ISAAA 20
American News and Markets 21
SOYBEAN FUNGICIDE LAUNCH 21
SYNGENTA IN SMARTBOX AGREEMENT 21
ATHENIX IN FUND RAISING 21
TERRA NOSTRA DEAL WITH MCCAIN 21
PARADIGM AGREEMENT WITH PIONEER 22
GREEN BOOK CHANGES HANDS 22
SIPCAM DEFENDS STALWART 22
Other News and Markets 23
NEW IMIDACLOPRID PLANT IN INDIA 23
SUMITOMO MERGES SUBSIDIARIES 23
Acquisition of Buihunter biopesticides 23
MAI SHARES SOLD TO UBS 24
One of the main talking points this month in Europe in the agricultural press has been the rapid onset of resistance in Septoria tritici (recently renamed by the taxonomists as Mycosphaerella graminicola) to strobilurin fungicides and how to manage the consequences effectively in this year’s wheat crops. Since their first introduction in Germany in 1996, strobilurin fungicides have come to dominate cereal disease control with the added bonus of a distinctive “greening effect” which enhances yields. There had already been significant incidences of resistance in powdery mildew in Germany but this latest issue has prompted a closer look at the causes.