BCPC’s Online UK Pesticide Guide – New products and approvals January 2026

2nd January 2026

Updates to UKPG database for January 2026

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Here is the bumper edition promised last month now that the UKPG database has gone to print to produce the 2026 edition of the Green Book.  Many new products are listed with some new herbicide and fungicide mixtures making their debut.  Also of note, the approval of products containing trinexapac-ethyl is currently due to expire 15/6/2027 in Northern Ireland but the approval in GB has been extended to 31/10/2031 for most products.  Will the EU extend the approval so that growers in NI can continue to use this growth regulator?

New Approvals:

  • BASF has two new herbicide mixtures in Corum (M 21313) which contains bentazone and imazamox for weed control in pea and bean crops including soya beans in GB and NI.

Also new is Luxiris (M21523) which contains cinmethylin and diflufenican for weed control in spring barley and winter wheat in GB only since cinmethylin is not yet listed as an EU active.  BASF also has a new fungicide mixture in mefentrifluconazole + sulphur (M21476, Revytur) for use in wheat, barley, spelt, durum wheat, rye and triticale in GB and NI.  BASF has extended the use of Elestein (M21226, boscalid + pyraclostrobin) in blackcurrants and redcurrants to include post-harvest application with no specified harvest interval.  Pre-harvest applications still carry a 3 day HI.

  • Adama has gained approval for the use of elemental iron for slug and snail control in outdoor and protected crops with a product called Ferrabait (M21444) for use in GB only but which is already marketed in New Zealand. The company has also duplicated its folpet product Mcoy under the new name of Mcoy 500 SC (M21539).
  • Agrii now has a Helix mimic in Cleancrop Watson (M21551, prothioconazole + spiroxamine).
  • Albaugh UK has duplicated its flufenacet products Fence, Macho and Steeple under a new MAPP Nos (M21477, 21531 & 21526) for use in GB only. Albaugh UK has also duplicated its folpet products Mcoy & Axentum with new MAPP Nos (M21501 & 21503) which have the same expiry date as the original and their diflufenican + flufenacet product Ambush for GB only (M21530).

Albaugh has also gained a new approval for their diflufenican + flufenacet product Golding SC (M21533) for use in GB only and this approval now has 1 x 0.3 l/ha for spring wheat and barley on the label and allows a total of 0.9 l/ha to be applied to winter wheat and winter barley.  Multivo (500 g/l folpet) is now also approved as Multivo 500 SC (M21542).

  • FMC has a copy of Bayer’s mesosulfuron + thiencarbazone product Incelo which is called Atevior (M21466) for weed control on winter wheat, rye, spelt, triticale and durum wheat.
  • Barclay has new MAPP numbers for its prothioconazole products Abran 250, Dagda and Patton (M21499, 21474 & 21475, 250 g/l) with the approvals running until 31/1/2032 but for use only in GB. They have done the same with their other prothioconazole products Teko 250 and Trinity (M21468 & 21469) but the approval of these new products only runs until 30/9/2029.  Barclay also has a new Helix mimic in Fornax (M21490, prothioconazole + spiroxamine).
  • Certi Belchim has duplicated its potassium hydrogen carbonate product Karma with a new MAPP No (M21491) and both are only approved for use on apple and nursery fruit trees in GB.
  • Corteva has duplicated its clopyralid + halauxifen-methyl product Korvetto under the new name of Thistlex Pro (M21489,) but this product is for use on established grassland only.
  • Life Scientific has an Imtrex mimic in Goleo (M21467, fluxapyroxad) and an Amistar mimic in Azula (M21538, azoxystrobin) both of which have been added as PARs.
  • Cropthetics has added apples, pears and cherries to its approval for Alakazam 500 WG (M20729, flonicamid) which pulls together the crops on the Afinito label from Syngenta and the Mainman label from Certis Belchim NV on the one product label.
  • Clayton has a new fluroxypyr formulation which contains 333 g/l fluroxypyr and is called Clayton Galiex (M21459). They also have a new trinexapac-ethyl product in Clayton T-Pac (M24484) for use in GB only which mimics their current product Clayton Truss.
  • Gemini has a new 700 g/l SC formulation of metamitron called Belta II (M21453) which is listed as PAR. Gemini also has a new mepiquat chloride + metconazole product that mimics Caryx called Mepicon (M21492).
  • Mastock has a new metamitron product in Vextamitron 700 SC (M21494) which mirrors Defiant SC from UPL but, until marketing is confirmed, it is listed as PAR in the database.
  • Novastar now has a 90 g/l metconazole in Calypso (M21435).
  • Origin has a new folpet product in Cleancrop Riser (M21479) which mirrors all the other folpet products.
  • Qemetica has duplicated its existing nicosulfuron product with a new MAPP No (M21541) but otherwise the approvals and expiry dates are identical.
  • Shandong Rainbow is changing its name to Rainbow and has a number of approvals that have new names and MAPP numbers based on the Shandong approvals. The new approvals are:

• Afupet (M21495) which mimics Arizona and contains folpet
• Arvitt (M21535) which contains 750 g/l chlormequat
• Bosket (M21513) which mimics Boscler and contains boscalid
• Brokpac (M21512) which contains trinexapac-ethyl and mimics Modus
• Cerecarb (M21521) which contains prosulocarb and mimics Defy
• Inmar (M21511) which contains prothioconazole
• Metonary (M21481) which contains metazachlor and mimics Butisan S but with just one application per crop allowed at slightly different latest times of application.
• Nomita Xtra (M21496) containing 90 g/l metconazole
• Pintray (M21519) containing 125+125 g/l prothioconazole + tebuconazole
• Prothifen (M21498) containing 60 g/l bixafen + 200 g/l prothioconazole
• Refamid (M21536) containing 500 g/l ethofumesate
• Ripvia (M20842 & 21505) containing 480 g/l spinosad
• Telmunden Plus (M21510) containing bixafen, prothioconazole 7 spiroxamine
• Vinkeno (M21520) containing prothioconazole + spiroxamine

Rainbow has also duplicated its approval of fluroxypyr in Weedclear 200 EC under MAPP Nos M19857 & 21500

  • Sharda has a Broadway Star mimic in Orbit (M21461, florasulam + pyroxsulam) for use in GB only which is approved until 30/6/2033. Sharda also now has a Helix mimic in Aspire (M21408, prothioconazole + spiroxamine) approved until 30/11/2028 and a Doxstar Pro mimic in Fraction (M21504) which is only approved for use in grassland and does not include the amenity grassland use on the Doxstar Pro  Sharda also has a new 250 g/l trinexapac-ethyl approval called Next (M21485) but this version of Next, unlike the other two earlier approvals, also has oats, durum wheat, rye and triticale on the label.  Also added to its list of approvals is a Vivid 200 mimic in Yielder (M21514, pyraclostrobin).
  • Sharda also now has an approval for propamocarb hydroxychloride (M21464, Foresight) for use only in potatoes as per the Raport product from Syngenta and an Aviator mimic in Amber (M21529, bixafen + prothioconazole) but its approval lacks the use on oilseed rape that the Aviator approval carries. Another new product from Sharda is a Butisan S mimic in Metropolotam (M21555, metazachlor).
  • Syngenta has copied its Caspar product (dicamba + prosulfuron) under a new name of Crenzar (M21396) but this product is only for use on amenity grassland and managed amenity turf while Caspar is used on maize crops and, under the M21395 approval, grassland. Note that the max rate of Caspar is 0.3 kg/ha while Crenzar can be applied at 0.4 kg/ha.
  • Globachem has gained approval for a Niantic mimic in Zeppos (M21321, iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium + mesosulfuron-methyl) but unlike Niantic which is only approved on winter wheat, Zeppos is approved for use on winter and spring wheat, winter rye, spelt and triticale!
  • UPL Europe has added a new Debut mimic to its Shiro and Tricle products called Mizeva (M21516) and it is listed as PAR until confirmation of intention to market is received.

EAMUs added:

  • Angle (M21383 & 21384, azoxystrobin + difenoconazole) now has EAMUs allowing control of moulds, phoma, powdery mildew and sclerotinia in meadowfoam. GB and NI are covered by separate EAMUs and winter crops can receive 2 applications while spring crops can only be treated once.
  • Apron XL (M21027, metalaxyl-M) now has an EAMU allowing treatment of parsnip seed against damping off in GB only.

Changes to approval expiry dates:  CRD has extended the approvals of a number of products and actives, most of which are detailed below.

  • Products containing penthiopyrad (Avella, Celica & Fontellis) have just gained approval in GB and while approval expires in NI 30/4/2027 the approval in GB now lasts until 30/11/2033.
  • The approval of the spirotetramat products Batavia (M18449) and Movento (M18435) has been extended until 31/1/2032.
  • The approval of Spitfire (M19945, florasulam + fluroxypyr) has been extended to 15/8/2029.
  • The approval of Vivalis (M21256, isoflucypram + prothioconazole) has been extended in GB until 31/1/2032. It is not (yet?) approved for use in NI.
  • Carpovirusine and Carpovirusine EVO 2 (M15243 & 17565, Cydia pomonella) continue to expire in NI 9/12/2026 but the approval has been extended in GB to 31/10/2031.
  • The approval of some isoflucypram + prothioconazole products from Bayer (Ipresso, Milteo, Resilis and Scorpio) has been extended to 31/1/2032. They are all approved for use in GB only but Caley (M21261) which has only 100 g/l prothioconazole remains at 3/6/2029.
  • The approval of Plaxium (M21149, fluopyram, isoflucypram and prothioconazole) has been extended slightly to 31/7/2031 for use in GB only.
  • The approval of Thistlex Pro (M21489, clopyralid + halauxifen-methyl) has been reduced to 5/7/2030.
  • The approvals of AC 650, Devrinol & Colzamid (M19399, 19358 & 19398, napropamide) have been extended to 30/9/2029.
  • The approval of Bonzi (M17576, paclobutrazol) has been extended to 28/2/2029.
  • The approval of Elelstein from BASF (M21226, boiscalid + pyraclostrobin) has been extended to 15/10/2028.
  • The approvals of products containing fatty acid for professional use (Finalsan, Flipper, Kalipe, Katoun Gold and Redialo) have been extended to 1/6/2029.
  • The approval of Minstrel (M13745, fluroxypyr) has been extended to 15/8/2029.

Withdrawals:

  • K2 (M17206), the chlormequat product from Taminco is no longer approved but has been replaced by K2 under a new MAPP No (M 21331) which is approved until 22/4/2029.

Pic: Jim Clark

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