China’s nematicide registration increases significantly in last 3 years, involving 20 actives including fosthiazate and abamectin

Nematode control has been a long-lasting challenge. As all parasitic nematodes are invisible and particularly harmful, crop growth is seriously affected. This article sorts out the nematicidal product registrations in the last three years, which are detailed as follows:

According to China Pesticide Information Network, a total of 66 nematicide registrations have been approved in the last three years, which include 14 in 2023, 22 in 2024 and 30 in 2025, revealing manufacturer’s increased enthusiasm for registration of this product. The 66 product registrations involve 11 formulation types, including 20 GR formulations, which are the largest type of registrations. The details are as follows:

Fosthiazate has the largest number of registrations (24), followed by abamectin, fluopyram and oligosaccharins; a total of 20 actives were involved. 

The largest number of targets of control of registrations is root-knot nematodes (75) and the rest has small number of registrations, as shown in the figure below:

Cucumber has the largest number of registrations (33); a total of 18 crops is involved, as shown in the figure below: