On January 1, the Resistance Management Laboratory of Chinese agrochemical company Shandong Kangqiao Biotechnology Co., Ltd announced release of the company’s first brand-new patented compound – Benbianmanxianan (苯苄螨酰胺).

Benbianmanxianan is the first miticide developed by Kangqiao, being granted the common name by the Chinese National Pesticide Technical Standardization Committee on December 12, 2021, followed by start of its commercialization process. The ISO common name has been filed for.

Benbianmanxianan has a unique mechanism of action, with good stomach toxicity and contact toxicity. It is fast acting and highly active against eggs, young mites and adults. Its field application can effectively control phytophagous mites such as panonychus citri, cinnabarinus and tetranychus urticae.

Founded in 2009, Kangqiao Biotech is engaged in research, development, production and marketing of environment-friendly pesticides. The company’s territory of trade covers more than 40 regions around the world, having become a strategic partner of lots of well-known agrochemical companies at home and abroad. Kangqiao Biotech produces pyraclostrobin, spirodiclofen, spiromesifen, thifluzamide technicals and formulations, among which pyraclostrobin and spirodiclofen rank the top of domestic productions. The company has an annual production capacity of 2,000 tons of technicals and 20,000 tons of formulations.