
SHERWOOD LAUNCHES AUSTRALIA’S FIRST ZW DUAL-ACTION FORMULATION
Sherwood Chemicals has released a new ZW formulation insecticide to the Australian pest market.
Pest control products come in a wide range of formats or formulations, each with their own characteristics, pros and cons. Understanding how pest control formulations work is important for pest managers in order to select the best product for any particular situations, and also ensure correct mixing and application for optimal performance. One particular area to understand is how droplet size impacts product application efficiency and performance.
SC formulations – the importance of particle size in SC formulations and impact of formulation on the performance of SC products.
SE formulations (Suspo-Emulsion technology)
When in comes to space spray treatments, in particular fogging treatments, understanding the interaction between formulation, application equipment and droplet sizes is critical. Check out our overview article on understanding fogging with water based formulations.
There is an increasing trend in many countries around the world, by both customers and regulatory authorities, for pest managers to reduce pesticide use and look for non-chemical control options. This is also reflected in an increasing demand for more natural, safer pest control products. Here’s a summary of the natural pest control market in the US.
Pheromones are chemicals which modify insect behaviour. Alarm, sex and aggregation pheromones have been identified for many pest insects and some are being uses or have potential to be used in pest control products. More information on pheromones and pest control products.
With the insecticide options for use in fumigation rapidly diminishing, there is a significant amount of research looking into new fumigation chemicals. Safety and mammalian toxicity are key issues and so natural fumigants with a favourable toxicity profile are being investigated. Recent research has highlighted methyl benzoate as a potential fumigant.
Safety is the number one consideration when using pest control products. Each products gets assessed by the regulatory authority (APVMA) as part of the registration process. The poison scheduling process determines the safety instructions and the signal heading – the word at the top of the label (POISON, CAUTION). Here’s some information about understanding the poison scheduling on pest control products.
Before selling a pest control product the manufacturers need to register their product with the APVMA. As part of this registration process, the efficacy of the product is assessed. For new products, the manufacturer needs to submit efficacy data, normally carried out by an independent laboratory. For products which are similar to existing products, manufacturers sometimes don’t have to submit efficacy data if they can demonstrate the product is essentially the same. Learn more about how manufacturers test pest control products and generate data for registration.
Although products get registered and therefore have provided evidence that the product works, which allows them to make the claims made on the label, pest managers will often want to test the products for themselves before deciding to include it in their list of regularly used products. Here are some times on how pest managers should evaluate new products.
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Sherwood Chemicals has released a new ZW formulation insecticide to the Australian pest market.
Researchers from South Korea and The University of Queensland have investigated the fumigant properties of methyl benzoate – with promising results.
Biflex Mikron is the latest product release from FMC Australasia, which introduces the active ingredient acetamiprid to the market.
Permethor Shield is the latest innovative product from Ensystex providing material protection from timber and fabric pests.
Here we take a look the use of pheromones (or more accurately, semiochemicals) for pest control, a segment of the industry that is likely to see growth in future years.
Requiring little preparation or equipment, smoke generators achieve excellent knockdown on a wide range of flying and crawling pests.
Ensystex has announced an extension to the label of its popular general insecticide Attrathor.
Syngenta review the different insecticide concentrate formulation types available to professional pest managers, including their new ZC formulation, Demand Duo.
When making environmental (Green) claims or claims about safety, it’s important to know what you can and cannot say under Consumer law and the Agvet Code.
The first ZC formulation has arrived in Australia, in the form of Demand Duo insecticide from Syngenta.
Adama has announced the launch of two new products into the Australian pest control market.
In the second part of this series on product testing, we advise pest managers on how to accurately test new products against their usual go-to products.