Written by Charlotte Cunningham
BASF’s new isopropanol-azole Revysol has received authorisation in Europe and will be available for use on UK markets ready for spring 2020. CPM reports. The first product containing the active ingredient Revysol has been authorised for use in the UK, giving farmers access to an important new cereal fungicide for their spray programmes in 2020. Approved for use in wheat and barley, the isopropanol-azole, Revysol (common name mefentrifluconazole), is the first of its class to be introduced to the market. “This is very positive news for the farming sector,” says Michael Wagner, BASF’s business director of agricultural solutions for the UK, Ireland, Nordic and Baltics. “Revysol’s authorisation comes at a critical time into what is widely regarded as an increasingly challenging regulatory and disease control environment.” Key to the success of this authorisation was BASF’s decision to establish a new screening system to optimise Revysol’s efficacy against fungal pathogens while, in parallel, creating a product with a favourable regulatory profile, he adds. “This has taken a big shift in mindset as well as in process.” Revysol will also be available in combination with BASF’s SDHI (succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor) Xemium® (subject to successful authorisation), for use on wheat and barley for…
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