Get to know fluindapir fungicide/nematicide

FMC company in cooperation with the Italian company Isagro S.p.A produced and introduced the molecule Fluindapyr. FMC announced the product without a specific name in 2012 and finally acquired the rights to the molecule in 2020 for $65 million.

Fluindapyr pesticide is a fungicide and nematicide from the pyrazole-carboxamides group and an inhibitor of succinate dehydrogenase, a key enzyme in the citric acid cycle. By inhibiting succinate dehydrogenase, fluindapyr disrupts the energy production process and leads to fungal cell death.

FMC introduced Onsuva fungicide based on fluindapyr in Argentina and Paraguay in 2022, which is used to control soybean and peanut diseases. In Brazil, several registration applications for commercial products based on this molecule such as: Erthos (fluindapyr and difenoconazole), Ferus (fluindapyr, azoxystrobin and difenoconazole) and Rustop (fluindapyr and azoxystrobin). There is. There is also an application from Isagro Brazil to register the trademark Fluarys (fluindapyr and prothioconazole) for soy product.