The Environmental Protection Authority has called for feedback on an application to import or manufacture Rhapsody, a new fungicide for use on apples, grapes and pears.
Rhapsody is used to control blackspot or powdery mildew on apples and pears, or Botrytis on grapes.
UPL New Zealand have applied to introduce the new fungicide, which contains 218 g/L ipflufenoquin.
UPL says Rhapsody will provide growers with an alternative to older products which may be becoming less effective due to increasing resistance to current fungicides.
While ipflufenoquin would be new to New Zealand, it has been approved in other countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan and the USA.
Submissions close at 11.59 pm on Tuesday, 29 April 2025.
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Source: Environmental Protection Authority.
