Exosex CM Approved In A Further Three US States
The Environmental Protection Agencies Of Oregon, Washington and Michigan Join The Growing Number Of States To Approve Exosect’s Codling Moth Mating Disruption System.
(PRWEB) December 16, 2005
Exosect, a leading technology provider of environmentally conscious insect pest control, today announced that a further three US Environmental Protection Agencies (EPAs) in Oregon, Washington and Michigan have granted regulatory approval for Exosex CM. Exosex CM is an innovative auto-confusion technique designed to reduce the damaging effects of the Codling Moth on apple, pear and walnut crops by reducing the population of the Codling Moth through mating disruption. These decisions follow the recent approval of this product by the Californian EPA.
The product registrations follow a recent programme of efficacy trials in collaboration with Alison Walston at the Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research & Extension Centre, in the Hood River Valley, Oregon and Exosect is keen to discuss with crop protection companies based in the USA opportunities for licensing and distribution.
It is generally recognised that the US is the largest and most important region for the use of biological systems in crop protection and accounts for over 40% of the estimated annual worldwide market of $310m. Mating disruption product sales worldwide are growing at over 10% per annum with current estimates in 2002 at 400,000 acres (160,000 hectares) worldwide on apples and pears and more than half a million hectares in other fruit, row crops and in forestry. In conjunction with other IPM techniques, a reduction in the number of insecticide sprays per year from an average of 12 down to 6 will have a very significant impact on the financial and environmental costs.
Managing Director of Exosect, John Chandler, comments, “We are very keen to secure the product registration of Exosex CM in a number of US states and are delighted that we are making excellent progress with the approval of these most recent EPAs. It allows us the chance to bring to market a natural system for Codling Moth control, which aims to support the existing Integrated Pest Management process by reducing the dependency on insecticides. We have also recently received organic verification from OMRI – the Organic Materials Review Institute – for our Codling Moth product as well as an additional four other agricultural pests: Codling Moth (product: Exosex CM™), Grape Berry Moth (product: Exosex GMB™), Oriental Fruit Moth (product: Exosex OFM™), Peach Twig Borer (product: Exosex PTB™) and the Tomato Pin Worm (product: Exosex TPW™)”.
Key features and benefits of the Exosex product line include:
System contains only approved food grade products and specific insect pheromones, most of which already have regulatory approval Internationally tested against a wide range of economically important agricultural, forestry and amenity pests Widely adaptable for use for insect pest management where specific pheromones are available Fewer stations required than current mating disruption techniques, 25 as opposed to 500 – 1,000. Easy to set up. Pest specific - pollinators and predators are unaffected. Reduced pest management costs in lower pheromone dosages and reduced labour. Fully compatible with Integrated Crop Management (ICM) and Pest Management (IPM) Programs.
About Exosect
Exosect Limited was formed in 2001 to develop and commercialise innovative and environmentally acceptable insect pest control technology. As a specialist research and development company, Exosect has developed a range of powder delivery systems based on the concept of insect electrostatic and bio-magnetic attraction. Markets include crop protection (agriculture and horticulture), stored products (raw and processed), forestry and amenity landscape, public health, animal health and the consumer sectors.
Exosect's solutions have EPA regulatory approval in a number of US states and the company has partnered with a number of major International agrochemical companies to further develop its product lines in the US. More on Exosect at: www. exosect. com
Editor’s Notes
Further information on Exosect – including interviews, demonstrations, users stories and customer site visits – is available from:
Lynsey Thorp / Fiona Brewer / Graham Thatcher
Exosect Press Office at MCC International
Tel: +44 1962 888 100 / Fax: +44 1962 888125
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