Recently, Jiangsu Anpon Electrochemical Co., Ltd.s 98% thidiazuron (TDZ) TC received formal registration approval from the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA). The registration No. is PD20141152.

TDZ, which has a good market abroad, has been always applied together with ethephon. It is used to defoliate and accelerate the maturity of cotton. TDZ defoliates the cotton leaves before they wither away, so the cotton fiber would not be contaminated by the shredded leaves, which improves the cotton quality and is favorable to large-area cotton picking through machines. Currently, mechanical harvesting of cotton is promoted in corps and state-owned farm systems large cotton areas. Given land transfer and the emergence of large farms, mechanized production in the agricultural sector in China is becoming more and more popular. In the meantime, TDZ has broad application prospects and it will further promote the sales of ethephon, providing better crop protection solutions for cotton regions.