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Field Pepper Growers Receive Minor Use Registration for Aphids and Potato Beetle

The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a minor use label expansion for ASSAIL 70 WP (acetamiprid) insecticide for control of aphids and Colorado potato beetle on field peppers in Canada.

Assail 70 WP was already labeled in Canada for control of aphids and potato beetle on a number of crops and crop groups. This registration for aphids and Colorado potato beetle on field peppers, initiated in 2003, recognizes the long-standing need for effective pest management options on this very minor crop. 

ASSAIL can be used for control of aphids on field peppers at a rate of 56 to 86 grams product per hectare in a minimum of 200 L water per hectare. A maximum of four applications is permitted and Assail should not be applied more than every 7 days. 

ASSAIL can be used for control of Colorado potato beetle at a rate of 40-80 grams product per hectare in a minimum of 200 L water per hectare. A maximum of two applications is permitted and Assail should not be applied more than every 7 days. The designated pre-harvest interval for both pests is 7 days. 

Follow all other directions for use on the Assail label carefully including beginning applications when treatment thresholds have been reached as indicated by monitoring. 

Assail should be used in an IPM program and in rotation with other management strategies to adequately manage resistance. 

We wish to thank Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pest Management Centre for sponsoring this minor use submission in response to grower identified needs in 2002 and 2003. We also wish to thank the personnel of Nippon Soda Co. Ltd. and DuPont Canada Inc. for their support of this registration and the personnel of the Pest Management Regulatory Agency for evaluating and approving this important pest management tool. 

For copies of the new supplemental label contact Janice LeBoeuf, OMAFRA, Ridgetown (519) 674-1699 or Jim Chaput, OMAFRA, Guelph (519) 826-3539. 

Assail^TM is a trademark of Nippon Soda Co. Ltd., Toyko, Japan. Assail^TM 70 WP insecticide is marketed by DuPont Canada Inc.