The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) is considering an application for the registration of the product Accede Plant Growth Regulator, containing 400 g/kg 1-aminocycloprane-1-carboxylic acid, as a water-soluble granule (SG) formulation. Accede Plant Growth Regulator is intended for crop thinning in apples, nectarines, peaches and plums.
We invite comment from 24 March to 21 April 2026 on whether registration of the products should be granted.
The APVMA is able to consider comments relating to the legislative grounds, including:
- occupational health and safety
- public health
- chemistry and manufacture
- residues in food
- environmental safety
- trade
- efficacy and target crop safety.
Download the Public Release Summary on the evaluation of Accede Plant Growth Regulator.
For more information see page 22, APVMA Gazette No. 6, 24 March 2026.
Please lodge your submission with a public submission coversheet. The coversheet provides options for how your submission will be published.
Please note that submissions will be published on the APVMA’s website unless you have asked for the submission to remain confidential. Note that all APVMA documents are subject to the access provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and may be required to be released under that Act should a request for access be made.
Please send your written submission by email:
Case Management Team – Pesticides
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
GPO Box 574
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Phone: +61 2 6770 2300
Email: casemanagement@apvma.gov.au