Green fungicides usher in a golden development period

In recent years, the cold winter of the agricultural materials industry has not only tested the distributors, but also the pesticide manufacturers
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As a group of dark horses in the industry, due to the adjustment of crop structure, the increase of fruit and vegetable crops, and the continuous improvement of disease prevention and control requirements, the use of fungicides has increased year by year, and the proportion has steadily increased
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Looking at the world, the entire fungicide industry is showing strong innovation capabilities and rapid development trends
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Overlooking the country, some ingredients such as flufenoxan, marine bacillus, Bacillus firmus, and pyrazoxane have been registered one after another
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With the expiration of a batch of large single product patents for fungicides such as pyraclostrobin, the development of the fungicide market ushered in a golden period
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In the past two years, affected by adverse weather and low food prices, the global pesticide market has entered a period of in-depth adjustment
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It is worth noting that despite the overall weakness of the domestic agricultural material market, the fungicide industry has developed rapidly and its market share has increased year by year, becoming an important agricultural production material to ensure food safety and crop health
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With the expiration of patents for a batch of large single-product fungicides such as pyraclostrobin, the Chinese fungicide market has shown explosive growth and ushered in a rare golden period of development
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Efficient products continue to emerge In 2016, the number of pesticide products registered in China was approximately 35,900, of which fungicides accounted for 26%
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In recent years, pesticide products registered by pesticide companies have maintained steady growth, while pesticides have declined
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According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the annual production of pesticides in China in the last three years was about 3.
7 million tons, and the export volume remained at about 1.
5 million tons
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Zhang Wenjun, deputy chief agronomist of the Institute of Pesticide Inspection and Control of the Ministry of Agriculture, said that 2014-2016 was a cold winter for China's pesticide industry, especially the decline in export trade
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In 2014, China's pesticide exports amounted to approximately US$8.
1 billion, but in 2015 and 2016, it became more than US$5 billion
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From the end of 2016 to the second quarter of this year, the domestic pesticide industry is in a state of recovery, and the formulation market has a very good momentum.
Compared with the same period of the previous year, the growth rate of export volume and value in the first quarter of this year is close to 35%.

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"From the perspective of different types of pesticide products, fungicides have always been the shortcomings of China's pesticide industry, especially formulation production, there are always some shortages of formulation products
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The export volume of pesticide products in 2016 shows that herbicides accounted for 30%, and fungicides
Only 13%, most domestic pesticide companies export pesticides .
” Zhang Wenjun said
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In terms of imports, in terms of quantity and value, domestic pesticide companies experienced a serious decline from 2011 to 2016
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For example, the volume of imports in 2016 fell by 32% compared to 2015, and the value of imports fell by about 37%, which was even greater than the decline in exports
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China's annual imports of fungicides account for about 45% of total imports.
In the first quarter of this year, the number of imported fungicides increased by about 42%, and the value of imports increased by nearly 27%
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This shows that with the slow recovery of the global agrochemical market, China's pesticide market has also grown over the same period
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At present, there are more than 1,200 fungicide manufacturers nationwide, of which 54 are in Anhui, ranking sixth
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From the perspective of crop registration, the most registered crops are food crops, followed by vegetables and fruit trees (see Table 1)
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As of July this year, China has registered more than 9,590 fungicide products, of which 3,385 are mixed agents, and the others are single agents
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In terms of the new active ingredients registered, about 20 new varieties have been registered since 2013 (see Table 2), including fluoxastrobin and other new ingredients registered last year
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Among the agents for preventing and treating plant bacterial diseases, 16 crops such as citrus, cucumber and rice have been registered
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The main chemicals used to prevent bacterial diseases are copper preparations and other preparations, while the registered nematicidal chemicals mainly include six categories of organophosphates and soil disinfectants (see Table 3)
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Professor Chen Liping from the Pharmacodynamics Department of the Pesticide Inspection Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture said: "In recent years, the registration of domestic fungicides has shown the following characteristics: first, triazoles, methoxyacrylates, and SDHIs products are still hotspots for registration; It is the continuous emergence of ultra-efficient varieties such as fluconazole hydroxylamine and fluthiazole pyrazole; the third is the rapid development of bio-derived fungicides, and the research and development of new products such as microorganisms, plant sources, pesticides and antibiotics are increasing; the fourth is toxic fluorophosphate and phenol bacteria New domestically developed varieties such as ketone, chloroxystrobin, fenoxystrobin, syringostrobin, entristrobin, fluflufenostamide, etc.
are constantly emerging; Fifth, the registration of fungicides on small crops has attracted attention
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" Disease occurrence Presenting new characteristics China's crop diseases are serious, with more than 300 major diseases occurring throughout the year
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The data provided by the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center shows that from 2011 to 2015, China’s crop diseases occurred over 1.
7 billion acres, and the control area was 2.
4 billion acres, and about 76,000 tons of pesticides were used for disease prevention and control per year
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In recent years, the occurrence of major crop diseases in China is characterized by four characteristics: First, rice sheath blight has recurred year after year in the southern rice areas, and the rice sheath blight has increased in the north, especially in the northeast, and frequent occurrences of wheat sheath blight and powdery mildew.
The occurrence range is wide; secondly, due to the influence of climate, epidemic diseases such as wheat stripe rust, rice blast, potato late blight, wheat head blight, etc.
occur smoothly; thirdly, rice bacterial leaf blight, bacterial stripe disease, bakanae disease, etc.
Diseases such as wheat yellow dwarf disease, bunting smut, wheat rot disease and corn spot disease have rebounded; finally, some quarantine diseases have occurred more severely
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Shao Zhenrun, extension researcher of the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, suggested that pesticide companies and farmers should do the following in the process of disease prevention: First, learn and implement the new "Pesticide Management Regulations" and use drugs in accordance with the law; second, do a good job in biological ecological prevention and control , Reduce the use of drugs; third, do a good job of technical guidance and scientific use of drugs; fourth, strengthen training to improve the level of drug use; fifth, unified prevention and governance, and do a good job in social services
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Sixth, promote new types of medical equipment and increase utilization
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Soil-borne pests and diseases are more harmful, and can generally cause crop yields to be reduced by 20% to 40%, severely by more than 60%, or even no harvest
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Due to the lack of effective control technology, farmers often use chemical pesticides to irrigate soil-borne diseases and insect pests, which not only causes soil deterioration, but also easily causes excessive pesticide residues and groundwater pollution
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At present, domestic soil-borne diseases and insect pests control technologies mainly include agricultural control, physical control, biological control, chemical control, comprehensive control, use of disease-free seedlings, and prevention of soil-borne diseases from re-intrusion
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In this regard, Cao Aocheng, a researcher at the Institute of Plant Protection of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, stated that the plant protection policy proposed by China in 1975 was "prevention first and comprehensive control".
Years of practical experience have shown that this policy is extremely correct
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However, compared with developed countries, China pays more attention to "comprehensive prevention and control", while developed countries pay more attention to "prevention first".
Soil-borne diseases that are difficult to control can adopt a prevention-oriented approach.
Preventing the occurrence of pests and diseases will not only reduce pesticides The amount of use can also greatly save water resources
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The five supporting regulations of the new "Pesticide Management Regulations" will be formally implemented on August 1st to the places where agriculture is most needed
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Speaking of how to implement concretely, Zhou Puguo, director of the Institute of Pesticide Inspection and Testing of the Ministry of Agriculture, suggested that pesticide companies, scientific researchers and other industry professionals should proceed with the following points: In terms of production licensing, first, clarify the internal labor and production licensing procedures, and formulate detailed procedures.
Guide; the second is to organize training and assessment; the third is to do a good job of linking up with other departments
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In terms of operating permits, on the one hand, it is necessary to formulate a layout plan that restricts the use of pesticides for designated operations; on the other hand, it is necessary to prepare training materials for operating personnel and preach the operating permit policy
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Regarding registration, to ensure timely acceptance of registration applications and the transfer of materials, all provinces should actively guide and accelerate the construction of the province’s characteristic small-scale crop pesticides
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In terms of team building, it is necessary to strengthen the construction of the pesticide management system to provide technical support for the industry
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"In short, the new "Regulations" straighten out the pesticide management system
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The next step is to promote management from the perspective of the full life cycle of pesticides and the full chain of supervision.
We should pay more attention to the whole process of policy integration.
We cannot talk about registration on registration and supervision on supervision.
When formulating policies, we must also consider the actual conditions of production, operation and use, resolutely avoid conflicts before and after, and strive to solve the current situation of strong and weak in the pesticide industry.

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In addition, it pays more attention to information sharing throughout the whole process, and strives to open up all links of information, establish an information exchange and feedback mechanism, the information in the use link can support registration and evaluation, and the information in the sales link can also be used as a basis for production decision-making, thereby improving the whole process Management ability and overall coordination level
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"Zhou Puguo said
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Speaking of the green development of the pesticide industry, Wei Qiwen, party secretary of the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, said that pesticide application is an important measure to prevent diseases and insects, but the excessive use of pesticides not only increases the production cost of enterprises, but also affects the quality of agricultural products.
Safety and ecological environment safety
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To this end, the state has proposed the "Action Plan for Zero Growth in Pesticide Use by 2020.
" In the future, while ensuring the safety of agricultural production, it should pay more attention to the improvement of the quality of agricultural products, promote green prevention and control and scientific drug use, and ensure Agricultural product quality and safety
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As an important part of pesticide products, green fungicides carry the banner of environmentally friendly pesticides.
This is in line with the direction of green development of modern agriculture in China, and also in line with the trend of user consumption improvement and upgrading
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In the process of pest control, it is hoped that pesticide companies will speed up the research and development of new products, especially special products and pesticide application equipment suitable for modern emerging business entities and the development of emerging pesticide application technologies, comprehensively using physical, chemical control, biological control and other methods.
In order to achieve the best results
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For the healthy development of the industry in the future, Wei Qiwen put forward two expectations: First, the pesticide industry must adhere to green development and green use, especially the scientific, safe and reasonable use of pesticide products
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Second, the pesticide industry To become stronger is inseparable from the main battlefield of agriculture.
Enterprises must go to the forefront of industrial development and go where agriculture is most needed
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