PLANT PROTECTION AND BIOTECH PRODUCTS IN THE PIPELINE

摘要

This is a summary of new plant protection and biotech products for the cotton industry. Included are those products that have completed the registration and approval processes within the past year and those that will be expected to complete registration within the next year. Using these criteria, there are 5 new biotech products and 17 new chemical products. Three of the biotech products are insect protected traits and two are weed resistant cotton traits. Of the 17 new chemical products, nine are registered and eight are expected to complete registration within the year. A variety of new plant protection products offers to provide cotton growers with new and improved tools to produce and protect cotton crops. New chemical products include insecticides, miticides, herbicides, a defoliant, fungicides, a nematacide and new seed treatments for cotton seed.