Bayer CropScience: new Belt SC insecticide

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Bayer CropScience: new Belt SC insecticide
Oct 8, 2008 10:03 AM
Belt SC insecticide (flubendiamide) from Bayer CropScience has beenregistered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for controlof several economically important Lepidoptera species in corn,cotton and tobacco.
According to Bayer CropScience, the material will provide rapidfeeding cessation and long-lasting residual control for betteroverall protection of crop value, all without disrupting integratedpest management programs.
Belt contains a new active ingredient from a new chemical class,the phthalic acid diamides, and provides a mode of action that actsdifferently against target pests than do conventional materials.
In addition to several row crops, Belt is also registered for useon pome and stone fruits, tree nuts and grapes. State registrationsof Belt are pending, with many expected to be approved soon.
The products new mode of action disrupts the calcium balancewithin insect muscle cells, leading to a rapid cessation in feedingas well as paralysis of target pests, said Steve Krueger,insecticides product development manager for Bayer CropScience inthe United States.
And because Belt shows no cross-resistance to conventionalinsecticides, this unique new active ingredient will help manageresistance potential in armyworm, tobacco budworm and corn earwormpopulations.
As a global leader in the insecticides market, we are pleased tooffer an innovative active ingredient with a new and novel mode ofaction, says John Smith, insecticides business unit manager forBayer CropScience in the United States. We believe Belt will be animportant and needed tool to these important permanent and row cropmarkets.
The biological characteristics of Belt make it good for IPMcompatibility, while posing little risk to beneficial insects.Another benefit for growers is that the mode of action of this newactive ingredient can also be used to combat pests that areresistant to certain conventional insecticides from the pyrethroid,organophosphate, carbamate and IGR-type chemical groups.
The active ingredient in Belt received approval from Chile, India,Japan, Pakistan, and the Philippines in 2007. Beyond the UnitedStates, additional global launches are anticipated in 2008 forCanada, Brazil, Columbia, Australia and New Zealand.
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