Dudutech has announced the launch in Kenya of NEMguard SC to command the country ’s most financially damaging crop pest with zero risk of triggering craw rejections by European Union importers on residues . NEMguard SC is lethal to plant parasitical nematodes ( PPNs ) , but has been classified as having no harmful effects on humans , beast , or the environment , which have in mind it does not appear on the MRL ( Maximum Residue Limit ) list regulating ingredients agriculturalist can use on exported crop .
NEMguard SC contains a formulation of plant - based allicin and selected polysulphides , which are deadly to PPNs when they are absorbed but are safe to users . In 2008 , NEMguard SC was included on Annex I of EU directive 91/414 / EEC since they do not cause any harmful core on man , animals , groundwater or the environment .
As such , NEMguard SC consider its position in pest management regimens as a safer alternative to the routinely used Class IV nematicides which are potentially harmful to crop actor and consumers alike . Furthermore , cultivator who export to the EU will profit from using NEMguard SC as the residues do not appear on the MRL ( Maximum Residue Limit ) inclination which regulate the alive fixings growers can employ should they wish to export their crop .
roundworm are tiny nonsegmental roundworms which produce up to 5 millimetre in length and move through the soil in a cinema of water . The most economically withering species is the Root Knot nematode ( Melodygene spp . ) , which contract take and caliber by damaging the plant ’s ascendent arrangement , qualify the uptake of nutrients and weewee . concord to Singh et al . ( 2015 ) , PPNs stimulate one-year world yield losings of 12.3 % liken to US$ 157bn . fit in to the Horticultural Crop Directorate ( HCD ) , Kenya ’s rapidly growing floriculture industry earned US$ 823 m in 2017 , up well-nigh 20 % from the previous year . By assuming 12.3 % yield losses , Kenya lost an estimated US$ 101 m in likely exportation earnings due to PPNs from the floriculture industry alone .
allot to Barnaba Rotich , Head of Commercial at Dudutech , “ by register NEMguard SC in Kenya , Dudutech has permit husbandman to strategically rein its benefits in their harvest auspices plan to ameliorate their overall sustainability profile , output and the safety and quality of their garden truck . ”
“ Although the ware has been pronounce for use on roses and french beans , Dudutech has extract keen interest in extending the recording label to other central crops . uncommitted data indicates that Nemguard efficaciously reduces populations of plant life parasitic nematode on Tomatoes and Carrots amongst other agricultural crops . NEMguard SC also in effect thin cabbage root fly in brassicas , ” Jack Adundo , Technical Manager , Dudutech , added .
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