BCPC’s Online UK Pesticide Guide – New products and approvals September 2025

Updates to UKPG database for September 2025

Some new actives in the herbicide arena make a welcome debut this month with new modes of action that might help get on top of resistant weeds in cereals such as poppies and chickweed. Also of interest are the new approvals for glyphosate which allow use in Northern Ireland until 9/9/2099!  The new approval docs only refer to a change in the expiry date and do not list any changes to the recommendations. Other main points are a wave of new EAMUs for glyphosate products from Bayer.

New Approvals:

• FMC has gained approval for a novel mixture of two new herbicide actives – beflubutamid and bixlozone in a product called Fundatis. It is approved for use on winter wheat and winter barley in GB only with activity against a range of annual dicotyledons and has some activity against blackgrass and Italian ryegrass.  FMC hopes to sell some this autumn and it has been added to the database as a full entry.
• Barclay has two new approvals for Ardee XL (M17515, glyphosate) and their other glyphosate products, one for GB and one for NI, both of which run until 9/9/2099! A number of glyphosate products besides those from Barclays are now receiving approval for use in Northern Ireland up until 9/9/2099 as per the approval in GB so panic over and glyphosate will not disappear from Northern Ireland on 15/6/2026!
• Clayton has another diflufenican + flufenacet product in their portfolio called Zippo (M21365) which is identical to their Clayton Sabre XL and is approved for use in GB only.
• Clayton has also duplicated their Broadway Star mimic Clayton Rockstar with a new name and MAPP No – Clayton Aintree (M21381, florasulam + pyroxsulam). Clayton also has a new folpet product for GB use only in Clayton Petrel (M21411) which is approved until 31/1/2032 while their other folpet products currently expire 15/8/2027.
• Origin has a Shogun mimic in Cleancrop Enquire (M21376, propaquizafop) which has been listed as PAR.
• UPL Europe has two difenoconazole product called Difecol Plus (M21379 & 21380) which are only approved for use in NI and GB respectively and which lack the recommendation on winter wheat that Difcor 250 EC carries.
• Bayer has added a post-emergence use of Serenade ASO (M21020, Bacillus amyloliquifaciens) to potatoes to complement the use at planting with 10 applications of 2.0 l/ha allowed up to before BBCH 95.
• Bayer has also duplicated its Flint approval (M11259, trifloxystrobin) with a new MAPP No (M21387). The original now expires 31/8/2027 while the new approval runs until 31/1/2036.
• Bayer has also expanded the range of crops on the Proclus label (M19387, aclonifen) to include combining peas, potatoes and field beans in addition to the winter wheat and barley on the original approval.
• Shandong has a Propel Xpro mimic in Telmuden Plus (M21375, bixafen + prothioconazole + spiroxamine) that has been added as PAR but while Propel Xpro from Bayer is approved on barley and oats, Telmunden Plus is approved on rye, triticale and wheat.
• Shandong also has a Siltra Xpro mimic in Prothifen (M21391, bixafen + prothioconazole) which has been added as PAR. It can be used on oats and barley up to when 50% of anthers are mature in both GB and NI.  They also have a Defy mimic in Cerecarb (M21217, prosulfocarb) with identical label recommendations to Defy and which has been added as PAR.
• Sharda has a ferric phosphate product called Viron (M21377) that is approved for use on all edible, non-edible crops and amenity vegetation with the noteworthy point that at 2.397% w/w it is slightly more concentrated than most other ferric phosphate products.
• Sharda also has a Caryx mimic in Credible (M21368, mepiquat chloride + metconazole) for growth regulation in winter oilseed rape and a Dual Gold mimic in Grand Total (M21371, s-metalochlor) for use in GB only on forage and grain maize. Sharda also now has a Borneo mimic in Eternal (M21367, etoxazole) for mite control in protected aubergines and tomatoes but both are currently listed as PARs.
• BASF has duplicated its approvals of Chronicle and Parade, PicoMax, PicoPro and PicoStomp (pendimethalin + picolinofen) with new MAPP Nos (M21392 & 21394, 21389, 21390 and 21393) with the originals now expiring 31/1/2027 and the new approvals running until 15/7/2029.
• Life Scientific has duplicated its Lansita product (M18118, iodosulfuron-methyl + mesosulfuron) with a new MAPP No (M21268) and the original now expires 28/2/2027 while the new approval runs until 30/9/2034.
• Syngenta has added wheat and barley to the approval of Lizard (M19855, benzovindiflupyr + prothioconazole) where it now mimics the activity of the other benzovindiflupyr + prothio products like Elatus Era etc.
• Syngenta also has a new MAPP No for Casper (M21395, dicamba + prosulfuron) but the new approval add grassland to the list of approved crops. Applications to newly sown grassland must only be made during the months of April – July and after the beginning of tillering while applications to established grassland must only be made during the months of April – August.
• Syngenta has also duplicated its approval of Angle (azoxystrobin + difenoconazole) with new MAPP Nos, M21383 & 21384. The former is for use in GB and expires 30/6/2031 while the latter is for use in NI and expires 15/9/2028.
• De Sangosse has new approvals for Flagstaff and Bolster (M21403 & 21397, prohexadione-calcium) which extends the approval until 30/6/2034 in GB only.
• Albaugh UK has duplicated the approval of Legado with a new MAPP No (M21399, azoxystrobin) which, unlike Amistar, is approved for use on just wheat and barley.
• FMC Agro now has an Arizona mimic in Nafabo (M21388, folpet) which is only approved for use in GB.
• Forest Research has duplicated its approval of PG Suspension (M21407 & 17009, Phlebiopsis gigantea) with the original now expiring 21/2/2027 and the new approval running until 28/2/2038! There are no changes to the recommendations.

EAMUs added:

• Mohawk CS (M18505, clomazone) has an EAMU allowing control of annual meadowgrass and annual dicotyledons in celeriac, horseradish, Jerusalem artichoke, parsley root, radish, red beet, salsify and turnips but it doesn’t list swedes!.
• Palio (M18349, florasulam + pyroxsulam) has an EAMU for use in ornamentals and protected ornamentals for control of blackgrass and annual dicots.
• Petrichlor (M19844, metribuzin) has an EAMU for use in carrots and parsnips for control of fool’s parsley and wild mignonette.
• Pirim (M19348, pyrimethanil) has an EAMU for botrytis control in various berry crops.
• Roundup Biactive & Roundup Biactive GL (M10320, 21222 & 21221, glyphosate) each have 8 EAMUs allowing use in fruit orchards, rhubarb, asparagus, berry crops, nuts, game cover and grapevines for general weed control and desiccation of poppies grown for morphine production. The use in NI expires 15/6/2026 and is under a different EAMU number to GB use.
• Artist (M17049, flufenacet + metribuzin) has 3 EAMUs allowing control of annual dicots and grasses in berry crops, asparagus and in dry soya beans in GB only. Parallel EAMUs have been issued allowing use in NI but flufenacet products expire in NI this year (24/11/2025) so these have not been entered in the database.
• Sencorex (M18895 & 20710, metribuzin) have 6 new EAMUs allowing use on asparagus, carrots, celeriac, mallow, parsnips, sweet potato, rhubarb and outdoor and protected ornamentals in GB only since the approval of metribuzin in NI is about to lapse.
• Shotput (M15968, metribuzin) has similar EAMUs to Sencorex above but only on sweet potato, carrots, celeriac, parsnips, mallow and asparagus valid in GB only.
• Starfire and Sunfire (M18179 & 16745, flufenacet) have EAMUs allowing treatment of rye and triticale with separate numbers for use in GB and NI. Sunfire also has EAMUs allowing application to ornamental plant production crops, forest nurseries and cell-grown plugs of protected forest nursery plants with separate EAMU numbers for use in GB and NI.
• System 50 (M16612, flufenacet) also has EAMUs allowing treatment of rye and triticale in GB and NI with separate EAMU numbers for each country
• Thiopron (M20671, sulphur) has EAMUs for control of powdery mildew in carrots, celeriac, parsnips, parsley root, Jerusalem artichoke, radishes, salsify, fodder beet, red beet, combining peas, edible-podded peas, vining peas and cucurbits under permanent protection with full enclosure.

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

• The approval of Ascra Xpro (M17623, bixafen + fluopyram + prothioconazole has been extended to 30/11/2027.
• The approval of products containing MCPA + mecoprop-P +/- other actives has been extended to 15/2/2029. Example products are Hyprone P, Dicophar, Cleanrun Pro, Duplosan Super etc.
• The approval of Pyrim (M19348, pyrimethanil) has been extended to 15/9/2027.
• The approvals of products containing 2,4-D + dicamba + mecoprop-P + iron sulphate have been extended to 31/5/2029.
• The approval of dicamba + mecoprop-P mixes such as High Load Mircam and Hyban-P have been extended to 30/9/2029.
• The approval of Imtrex (M17108, fluxapyroxad) has been extended to 30/4/2030.
• The approval of Lalstop K61 (M19571, Streptomyces griseoviridis strain K61) has been extended in GB until 30/10/2031 but a separate approval doc also extends the approval in GB and NI until 9/9/2099!
• The approval of several azoxystrobin products (Vertaza, Weaver, Zakeo and Zoxis) has been extended to 30/11/2029 to bring them in line with other straight azoxystrobins such as Amistar.
• The approval of Aphox and Jaspin (M18562 & 19685, pirimicarb) has been extended to 30/4/2029.

Withdrawals:

• Clayton Tassel (M19369, mesotrione) has been withdrawn with immediate effect and final approval expired 31/8/2025.