Registration opportunities for natural products versus synthetic plant stress signals (or plant activators) for crop protection

摘要

Policies to reduce the use of plant protection products are being developed in many Member States of the EU and elsewhere in the world. To meet such objectives, viable low risk alternative products need to be developed and authorised. Until now the regulatory procedures based on synthetic chemical active substances have been regarded as a barrier to the commercialisation of alternative products. The EU is now taking steps to encourage the development of natural plant extracts by proposing reduced data requirements.