UK Pesticides Safety Directorate efficacy data requirements and guidance on trials design for mating disruption pheromone products (and other semiochemicals)

摘要

Mating disruption is a highly specialized technique and as such presents particular challenges in efficacy trials design. Further, the regulatory efficacy data requirements in some areas can be addressed in ways other than generating data. Guidance covering these aspects has been produced by the UK Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD) to assist applicants ('Data requirements and trials design for mating disruption pheromone products', Efficacy Guideline 220, available at www.pesticides.gov.uk). Many of the aspects discussed are also relevant to other semiochemical techniques designed for plant protection purposes. Applicants are actively encouraged to discuss their trials programmes and how to address data requirements as early as possible in the product development. Semiochemicals are considered under the UK biopesticides scheme, and as such are subject to reduced registration fees (full details on the 'Biopesticides' page of the PSD website).