Efficacy Testing of Agricultural Inputs

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Ecuador, adhering to the guidelines of the Andean Community (CAN), Decision 804, and Resolution 0117, registers, regulates, and controls agricultural pesticides and related products through institutional coordination among the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Environment, and the Ministry of Agriculture via AGROCALIDAD.

The current regulations require that the registrants of pesticides and related products for agricultural use must conduct efficacy trials before registering and commercializing these products in the country.

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Efficacy Tests – Bananas

Banana (Musa paradisiaca AAA)

Treatment Evaluation

Trips (Frankliniella parvula)

Sigatoka negra
(Mycosphaerella)

Extension of Treatments

Wrapped Trial
Control Trips / Cochinilla

Control trips evaluation

Fruit Ripening Evaluation

Cochinilla
(Dysmicoccus brevipis)

Post-Harvest Application

Nematode Trial

Coverage
Application Assessment

Field Trials – Ornamental Plants

Pesticide Application

Post-Harvest Botrytis Evaluation

Mites (Tetranychus urticae)

Crop Coverage of Gypsophila

Gypsophila Cultivation

Establishment of Trial

Rose (Rose sp)

Mite evaluation
Mobile States and Eggs

Field Trials – Rice – Corn

Rice – Yield Evaluation

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)

Rice – Sheath Blight (Rhizoctonia solani)

Rice Evaluation – Herbicide

Corn Evaluation – Fall Armyworm

Other Minor Crops

Minor crops are those with limited or no availability of agricultural pesticides required for phytosanitary management. Check the list of these crops in our news section.

Through Resolution 082 issued by Agrocalidad, technical and administrative provisions are established for the expansion of the use of agricultural pesticides in minor crops. These crops, after going through any of the established modalities:

1) Efficacy Trial

2) Homologation

3) Usage History and Application Dose; which can be added in the label.