CCM: Chinese insect sex attractant technologies to be standardized & legalized

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Publish time: 19th April, 2016      Source: CCM
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  In Dec. 2015, Newcon Inc., Ningbo successfully obtained registration certificates for its chilo suppressalis walker and spodoptera litura sex attractants from the MOA. This was groundbreaking in China and epitomized the standardized and legalized development of Chinese sex attractant technology. Consequently, this development could speed up the industrialization of insect pheromone and the broad application of green prevention and control technologies.

  

In Dec. 2015, Newcon Inc., Ningbo successfully gained registration certificates for its chilo suppressalis walker and spodoptera litura sex attractants from the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China (MOA). This set a precedent for the use of sex attractant in China and symbolized that Chinese sex attractant technology would follow a standardized and legalized development trend. Furthermore, this could speed up the industrialization of insect pheromone and the application of green prevention and control technologies.

  
Insect sex attractant is biomimetic high-tech product that simulates insect sex pheromones found in nature, it is released by a releaser in fields to lure and kill heterosexual insects. In using this technology to trap or kill pests the attractant will make no contact with plants or other agricultural produce in the field and leave no pesticide residue. It is one of the best options for ecologically preventing and controlling insect pests.

  

  

  

   Insect sex attractant has the following advantages:

  It kills pests in a way that takes advantage of an individual pest's reaction to sex pheromones, causes no harm to beneficial insects or natural enemies and creates no further generations of pests, so a resistance to it cannot be built up.

   

  The application of insect sex attractant can reduce pesticide dosage. If it is applied at the right time, it can reduce labor costs, solve the problem of pesticide residue and improve the ecological environment.

   

  It helps to break the green barriers of international agricultural produce trade, and subsequently improve the quality and price of agricultural produce as well as increase agricultural income.

  
In addition, insect sex attractant is a special bionic technology product, and also a biochemical product in the biological pesticide category. As stipulated in the Regulations on Pesticide Administration issued by the MOA, insect sex attractant can only be produced, sold and applied after gaining a pesticide registration certificate. The registration of insect sex attractant is different from that of chemical pesticides in the following five aspects:

  
1. Field exposure method:
Whether to use trapper, isotropic or mating inhibitors or not depends on the usage method and dosage, because direct spraying will cause residue.

  2. Compound structure and toxicity

  3. Dosage:
When it exceeds a certain dosage, the flavor will spread over the field and onto plants. Direct spraying may lead to residue.

  4. Some attractants may harm natural enemies and beneficial insects such as bees.
5. Attractants can be dangerous when combined with chemical pesticides:
There are risks of toxicity, residue and harm to the ecology.

  
At the beginning of 2015, China began to introduce the "improving pesticide utilization & reducing chemical pesticide usage" program. Since then, local regions have successively carried out different forms of green prevention and control plans. Local governments have drawn up action plans and measures to promote green prevention and control technologies, and there is a consensus that biological pesticides and biological control technology should be given priority.

  
In particular, predators and physical and chemical lure products are the key recommended products. Take the Recommendation List of Pesticide and Equipment for Green Prevention and Control of Crop Diseases, Pests, Weeds and Rodents in 2015 in Beijing as an example; the list was screened by an expert panel, and nearly half of the products were eliminated. 20 out of 82 recommended products were predators or physical and chemical lures, accounting for nearly 25%.
Government policies are being released which require reductions in the dosage of chemical pesticides, and all-level agricultural departments are strengthening their efforts in the R&D, integration, demonstration and popularization of green prevention and control technologies. Because of this, insect sex attractant has a bright future and to some extent, will reduce the use of chemical pesticides.

  

  Registrations of sex attractants by Newcon Inc., Ningbo, Dec. 2015

                                                                                                                                            
        

          Registration number         

      
        

          Product         

      
        

          Formulation type         

      
        

          Specification         

      
        

          Pest target specified in registration         

      
        

          LS20150334         

      
        

          Chilo suppressalis walker sex attractant         

      
        

          GD         

      
        

          0.05%(Z)-9-hexadecenal·0.5%11-hexadecenal         

      
        

          Asiatic rice borer         

      
        

          LS20150352         

      
        

          Spodoptera litura sex attractant         

      
        

          GD         

      
        

          0.1%(Z,E)-9,12-tetradecadienyl acetate ·1%(Z,E)-9,11-tetradecadienyl acetate         

      
        

          Cruciferous vegetable spodoptera litura         

      

  Source: ICAMA

   

  

  

  

  
  

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