On March 21, 2021, International Organization for Standardization provisionally approved the common names of 14 novel pesticide active ingredients, of which 6 were developed by Chinese enterprises.
| Common Name | Category | Developer |
1 | Anisiflupurin | PGR | Syngenta |
2 | Benquitrione (嗪草酮) | Herbicide | Shandong Cynda |
3 | Bipyrazone （双唑草酮） | Herbicide | KingAgroot |
4 | Cypyrafluone （环吡氟草酮） | Herbicide | KingAgroot |
5 | Dioxopyritrione | Herbicide | Syngenta |
6 | Fenpyrazone （苯唑氟草酮） | Herbicide | KingAgroot |
7 | Flufenoxadiazam | Fungicide | BASF |
8 | Flumetylsulforim | Fungicide | ADAMA |
9 | Fluoxytioconazole | Fungicide | Corteva |
10 | Metarylpicoxamid | Fungicide | Corteva |
11 | Rimisoxafen | Fungicide | FMC |
12 | Seboctylamine（辛菌胺） | Fungicide | SDCIRC |
13 | Spidoxamat | Insecticide | Bayer |
14 | Tripyrasulfone （三唑磺草酮） | Herbicide | KingAgroot |
Benquitrione was first developed by Huazhong Normal University and transferred to Shandong Cynda in 2016. After series of field trials in China. The herbicide was registered on sorghum in late 2020.
Bipyrazone, Cypyrafluone, npyrazone and Tripyrasulfone are all HPPD inhibitors developed by KingAgroot, the company has already obtained several registrations since 2018.
Seboctylamine is a nitrogen-containing aliphatic compound developed by Shandong Chemical Industry Development Center and some Chinese enterprises have obtained temporary registrations as early as 2008. So far, 32 Seboctylamine products have obtained pesticide registration.
