Spirotetramat in the product Movento 240 SC Insecticide

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has before it an application from Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd to register the foliar insecticide Movento 240 SC Insecticide (240 g/L spirotetramat) for the control of silverleaf whitefly and cotton aphid in cotton. The potential for spirotetramat residues resulting from the proposed use of Movento 240 SC Insecticide on cotton to unduly prejudice Australian trade is discussed below.