A recent EU meeting,
held by the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF), has
voted for the non-inclusion of iprodione.
This means that all
products across Europe that contain this active ingredient, including Chipco
Green and Interface from Bayer, will be withdrawn from the market.
Steve Bishop, Bayer
professional product manager, explains that the industry can expect an update
in the coming weeks with regards to timescales for the sell-out and usage
periods of iprodione product based registrations.
“We have a large
regulatory team based in the UK who’ll keep the industry informed on all of the
latest updates,” says Steve.
Earlier this year,
Bayer launched Exteris Stressgard, which increased the available number of
fungicide groups from five to six, with the new turf SDHI fluopyram.
“Unfortunately the
loss of iprodione will reduce the available turf fungicide groups back to five,
meaning that rotation strategy remains a critical element of integrated disease
management,” explains Steve.
“With other
chemicals also due for assessment, a further reduction in the total number of
products on the market, and therefore the number of available groups for
rotation, for turf disease control is not out of the question.
“This is why we’re
constantly investing into the research and development of new chemistry, to
continue to deliver solutions to our customers well into the future.”
