Current Minor Use Registrations,
Priorities and Projects for Bushberry (Blueberry, Currant, Gooseberry,
Saskatoons , Seabuckthorn)
Table of Contents
- Registrations Achieved
- Priorities for Ontario
- Active URMULE Projects
- Canadian National Minor Use Priorities
- Related Links
| Crop(s) |
Active ingredient (Product) |
Target Pest(s) |
Sponsor |
Date |
| Highbush Blueberry |
metalaxyl-m (Ridomil Gold) |
Root rot |
V. Brookes, BC |
2001 |
| Highbush Blueberry |
imidacloprid (Admire) |
Aphids |
V. Brookes, BC |
July, 2002 |
| Saskatoon berries |
oil (Superior 70) |
Leafroller and budmoth |
Saskatchewan |
Dec. 2002 |
| Bushberries (CG 13B) |
fenhexamid (Elevate) |
Botrytis |
V. Brookes, BC |
Nov. 2003 |
| Blueberries |
pyraclostrobin (Cabrio) |
Anthracnose, Phomopsis |
BASF |
March, 2003 |
| Highbush blueberry in ON |
imidacloprid (Admire) |
White grubs |
OHBGA |
April 2005 |
| Berries |
boscalid (Lance) |
Botrytis |
BASF |
Nov. 2003 |
| Highbush blueberries, ON & QC |
imidacloprid (Admire) |
European chafer, Japanese beetle |
OHBGA |
Oct. 2004 |
| Lowbush blueberries in E. Canada |
clopyralid (Lontrel) |
Vetch |
WBPA of Nova Scotia |
Oct. 2004 |
| Lowbush blueberries |
fluazifop-p-butyl (Venture) |
Grasses |
WBPA of Nova Scotia |
March 2005 |
| Highbush blueberries |
Bacillus thuringiensis (Dipel, Bioprotec) |
Cherry fruitworm, Cranberry fruitworm |
J. Chaput |
April 2005 |
| Highbush blueberries |
oil + lime sulphur (Guardsman oil + Lime Sulphur) |
Lecanium scale |
M. Sweeney, BCMAL |
April 2005 |
| Highbush blueberries |
oil (Guardsman oil) |
Lecanium scale |
M. Sweeney, BCMAL |
April 2005 |
| Blueberries |
cyprodinil + fludioxonil (Switch) |
Anthracnose, Botrytis |
Syngenta |
Feb. 2006 |
| Saskatoon berries |
acephate (Orthene) |
Woolly apple aphid |
Saskatchewan |
Feb. 2006 |
| Berry crop group |
boscalid + pyraclostrobin (Pristine) |
Anthracnose, Botrytis, Phomopsis |
BASF |
May 2006 |
| Lowbush blueberries |
tribenuron-methyl (Spartan) |
Bunchberry, post harvest |
E. I. du Pont |
March 2007 |
| Berry crop group |
Bacillus subtilis (Serenade) |
Botrytis |
Agraquest |
June 2007 |
| Lowbush blueberries |
chlorothalonil (Bravo) |
Labeled diseases in the sprout year |
WBPA of Nova Scotia |
July 2007 |
| Lowbush blueberries |
spinosad (Success, Entrust) |
Blueberry flea beetle |
NB |
Sept. 2007 |
| Highbush blueberries |
metribuzin (Sencor) |
Weeds |
L. Huffman followed by AAFC-PMC |
Oct. 2007 |
| Bushberries |
spinetoram (Delegate) |
Blueberry spanworm |
Dow Agro |
Dec. 2007 |
| Saskatoon berries |
imidacloprid (Admire) |
Woolly apple, woolly elm aphids |
AAFC-PMC |
Feb. 2008 |
| Bushberries |
thiamethoxam (Actara) |
Weevils |
AAFC-PMC |
June 2008 |
| Bushberries |
fluazinam (Allegro) |
Mummyberry, Phomopsis, Fruit Anthracnose |
AAFC-PMC joint with US IR-4 |
June 2008 |
| Sea Buckthorn |
sulphur (Sulphur) |
Brown rot |
IRDA |
May 2008 |
| Sea Buckthorn |
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bioprotec, Dipel) |
Gypsy moth |
J. Chaput |
July, Dec. 2008 |
| Saskatoon berries |
Pantoea agglomerans strains E325, C9-1 (Blightban,
Bloomtime) |
Fireblight suppression |
J. Chaput |
Aug. 2008 |
| Lowbush blueberries |
Bacillus thuringiensis (Dipel) |
Spanworm, Chainspotted geometer, Rannoch looper |
WBPA of Nova Scotia |
Dec. 2008 |
| Lowbush blueberries |
boscalid + pyraclostrobin (Pristine) |
Valdensinia leaf spot |
WBPA of Nova Scotia |
Jan. 2009 |
| Highbush blueberries |
flumioxazin (Chateau) |
Weeds |
Valent |
March 2009 |
| Gooseberries, currants |
boscalid + pyraclostrobin (Pristine) |
Powdery mildew |
AAFC-PMC |
April 2009 |
| Blueberries |
Bacillus subtilis (Serenade) |
Mummyberry |
J. Chaput/ Agraquest |
May 2009 |
| Saskatoon berries |
cyprodinil + fludioxonil (Switch) |
Entomosporium leaf spot |
AAFC-PMC |
May 2009 |
| Saskatoon berries |
boscalid + pyraclostrobin (Pristine) |
Entomosporium leaf spot, Gymnosporangium rust |
AAFC-PMC |
May 2009 |
| Blueberries |
acetamiprid (assail) |
Blueberry maggot |
AAFC-PMC |
Feb. 2010 |
| Bushberries, crop subgroup 13-07B |
acetamiprid (Assail) |
Aphids |
AAFC-PMC |
Feb. 2010 |
| Bushberries, crop subgroup 13-07B |
sethoxydim (Poast Ultra) |
Weeds |
Prairie Fruit Growers |
March 2010 |
| Blueberries |
acetamiprid (Assail) |
Flea beetle, thrips, fruitworms, spanworm, strawberry rootworm |
AAFC-PMC |
Apr. 2010 |
| Highbush blueberries |
clethodim (Centurion, Select) |
Grassy weeds |
AAFC-PMC |
May 2010 |
| Highbush blueberries |
fosetyl-al (Aliette) |
Phytophthora, Anthracnose, Phomopsis |
BCMAL |
May 2010 |
| Blueberries |
imidacloprid + deltamethrin (Concept) |
Blueberry aphid |
Bayer |
July 2010 |
| Bushberries, crop subgroup 13-07B |
novaluron (Rimon) |
Cherry, cranberry fruitworms |
AAFC-PMC / IR-4 |
Feb. 2011 |
| Highbush blueberries |
s-metolachlor (Dual Magnum) |
Weeds |
AAFC-PMC/ IR-4 |
Feb. 2011 |
| Lowbush blueberries |
boscalid + pyraclostrobin (Pristine) |
Septoria leaf spot |
WBPA of Nova Scotia |
Feb. 2011 |
| Highbush blueberries |
glufonsinate ammonium (Ignite) |
Weeds |
BCMA |
March 2011 |
| Highbush blueberries |
pymetrozine (Fulfill) |
Aphids |
AAFC-PMC |
March 2011 |
| Blueberries |
mesotrione (Callisto) |
Weeds |
AAFC-PMC |
April 2011 |
| Lowbush blueberries |
prothioconazole (Proline) |
Septoria, rust |
AAFC-PMC |
May 2011 |
| Bushberries, crop subgroup 13-07B |
spinosad (Success, Entrust) |
OBLR, spanworm, winter moth |
AAFC-PMC |
May 2011 |
| Crop group in BC, AB, ON, QC, NS |
spinosad, spinetoram, malathion, cypermethrin
(Entrust, Success, Malathion, Ripcord) |
Spotted wing drosophila |
BC, AB, ON. QC, NS |
EMERGENCY USE ONLY until Nov. 30, 2010. |
| Lowbush blueberries |
flumioxazin (Chateau) |
Weeds |
AAFC-PMC |
Aug. 2011 |
Priorities for Ontario
Group 13-07: Berries
Entomology: Blueberry
| Target Pest(s) |
Priority Ranking |
Justifications** |
| Spotted wing drosophila |
1 |
2 |
| Adult Japanese beetles |
2 |
1 |
| Blueberry maggot, currant fruit fly |
3 |
3 |
| San hose scale, Eur. fruit scale |
4 |
3 |
| Cranberry & cherry fruitworm |
5 |
3 |
| Brown marmorated stink bug |
6 |
2 |
| Leafhoppers |
7 |
1 |
Group 13-07: Berries
Entomology: Saskatoon berries (Juneberry)
| Target Pest(s) |
Priority Ranking |
Justifications** |
| Budmoth & Codling moth |
1 |
1 |
Entomology : Sea buckthorn
| Target Pest |
Prioity Ranking |
Justifications** |
| Multi-coloured Asian lady beetle |
1 |
1, 5 |
| Spotted wing drosophila |
2 |
2, 5 |
| Aphids |
3 |
1, 5 |
| Browntail moth |
4 |
1, 2, 5 |
Group 13-07: Berries
Pathology: Bushberry
| Target Pest(s) |
Priority Ranking |
Justifications** |
| Blister rust of currant |
1 |
1 |
| Anthracnose on blueberry |
1 |
4 |
| Phomopsis on blueberry |
2 |
4 |
| Mummyberry on blueberry |
3 |
4 |
| Alternaria on blueberry |
4 |
3, 4 |
| Entomosporium leaf spot & saskatoon juniper
rust on Saskatoons |
1
|
4
|
Pathology: Sea buckthorn
| Target Pest (priority) |
Priority Ranking |
Justifications** |
| Wilt diseases |
1 |
1 |
| Brown rot |
2 |
4, 5 |
Group 13-07: Berries
Weed Priorities: Bushberry
| Target Pest(s) |
Priority Ranking |
Justifications** |
| Weeds (currant & gooseberry, saskatoons)
|
1 |
1 |
| Weeds in blueberry |
1 |
4 |
| Grasses in blueberry, saskatoons |
2 |
4 |
| Weeds in sea buckthorn |
1 |
1, 5 |
Ontario’s minor use priorities are established annually by
various service committees and minor use commodity liaison committees.
For a more detailed version of these tables, consult the provincial
minor use coordinator.
ADB
Staff Directory
** Justifications:
- No pest control product registered to control this pest (insect,
disease, weed)
- New introduced or invasive pest problem
- Old technology (organophosphate, carbamate, EBDC, etc.) replacement
- Resistance management tool/ IPM strategy tool
- Reduced risk, biopesticide, pheromone or GRAS (generally regarded
as safe) product
- Export crop with need for harmonized pest control options and
MRLs/tolerances
- New crop
Active URMULE Projects
Group 13-07: Berries
Blueberry (Highbush)
Target Pest(s): Weeds
Active Ingredient: 2,4-D
Product(s): IPCO 2,4-D 600
Company: IPCO
Sponsor: L. Huffman followed by AAFC03-035
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 1999-1207
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2011-0089
Status: Residue studies required zones 1, 1A, 5, 12; field trials
complete. Reporting phase 3/08 - 12/10. D.3.2 assigned Jan. 2011.
D.3.2 approval granted Dec. 22, 2011.
Target Pest(s): Weeds
Active Ingredient: oxyfluorfen
Product(s): Goal
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: L. Huffman followed by AAFC03-036
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 1999-1211
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Efficacy, crop tolerance and residue required zones 1, 1A,
5, 12; field trials complete. Reporting phase 3/10 - 2/12.
Target Pest(s): Powdery mildew
Active Ingredient: myclobutanil
Product(s): Nova
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: AAFC03-039
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0106
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted Jan. 2003; DACO issued Mar. 9, 2003: efficacy,
residue data required zones 1, 1A, 5A, 12; reporting phase 3/08
- 2/12.
Target Pest(s): Aphids
Active Ingredient: spirotetramat
Product(s): Movento
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC09-030
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): n/a
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2011-6120
Status: BC regional upgrade project for 2009; joint with IR-4 (10194).
D.3.2 assigned Dec. 23, 2011 for crop subgroup 13-07B.
Target Pest(s): Japanese beetle (east), black vine weevil
(west)
Active Ingredient: cyantraniliprole
Product(s): HGW86 (cyazypyr)
Company: E. I. duPont
Sponsor: AAFC09-025
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2009 project.
Target Pest(s): OBLR, winter moth
Active Ingredient: spinetoram
Product(s): Delegate
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: BC Blueberry Council
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-5861
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2009-1118
Status: submitted Dec. 11, 2008. D.3.2 assigned April 6, 2009. D.3.2
approval granted Oct. 30, 2009.
Target Pest(s): Spotted wing drosophila
Active Ingredient: bifenthrin
Product(s): Capture
Company: FMC
Sponsor: AAFC11-030
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2011 project.
Target Pest(s): Weeds
Active Ingredient: rimsulfuron
Product(s): Prism
Company: DuPont
Sponsor: AAFC12-005
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2011-5995
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2012 project.
Target Pest(s): Anthracnose, mummy berry, Alternaria, Phomopsis
Active Ingredient: penthiopyrad
Product(s): Fontelis
Company: DuPont
Sponsor: AAFC12-061
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2012 project joint with IR-4 (10694).
Blueberries (Highbush & Lowbush)
Target Pest(s): Bud mite
Active Ingredient: spirodiclofen
Product(s): Envidor
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC06-044
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-0328
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2010-5597
Status: Joint with IR-4; DACO issued March 1, 2006; efficacy and
residue data required. 2008 trials. D.3.2 assigned Nov. 17, 2010.
Target Pest(s): Mummyberry, foliar
diseases
Active Ingredient: metconazole
Product(s): V-10116
Company: Valent
Sponsor: AAFC06-046
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-0355
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Joint with IR-4; DACO issued March 6, 2006; efficacy, residue
and data necessary for full registration required.
Target Pest(s): Cranberry
fruitworm & Cherry fruitworm
Active Ingredient: chlorantraniliprole
Product(s): Altacor
Company:Dupont
Sponsor: AAFC07-044
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-5205
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2010-3380
Status : Joint with IR-4 (09810). D.3.2 assigned July 29, 2010.
D.3.2 approval granted July 29, 2011.
Target Pest(s): Grasses
Active Ingredient: sethoxydim
Product(s): Poast
Company: BASF
Sponsor: AAFC08-056
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-2619
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status : 2008 project, joint with IR-4 (09933). DACO issued Oct.
15, 2008; crop tolerance and residue data required.
Target Pest(s): Adult Japanese beetle
Active Ingredient: phosmet
Product(s): Imidan 50WP, 70WP
Company: Gowan
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-4048, 2009-4049
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2010-0933, 2010-0937
Status: submitted Sept. 30, 2009. D.3.2 approval granted June 22,
2010.
Target Pest(s): Spanworm, fireworm
Active Ingredient: flubendiamide
Product(s): Belt
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC10-008
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2010 project joint with IR-4 (09981)
Target Pest(s): Fruitworm, plum curculio,
blueberry maggot
Active Ingredient: tolfenpyrad
Product(s): NAI-2302
Company: Nichino
Sponsor: AAFC10-064
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2010 project joint with IR-4 (10380)
Target Pest(s): Aphids, blueberry maggot
Active Ingredient: n/a
Product(s): BYI 02960
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC11-054
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2011 project joint with IR-4 (10637)
Target Pest(s): Lambkill, lowbush blueberries
Active Ingredient: glyphosate
Product(s): Roundup WMax
Company: Monsanto
Sponsor: NB Blueberries
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2011-1736
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2012-0231
Status: submitted April 2011. D.3.2 assigned Jan. 12, 2012.
Target Pest(s): Valdensinia leaf spot, lowbush,
E. Can.
Active Ingredient: fluazinam
Product(s): Allegro
Company: ISK
Sponsor: WBPA of NS
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2011-4201
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status : Submitted Sept. 2011.
Target Pest(s): Weeds, lowbush blueberries
Active Ingredient: foramsulfuron
Product(s): Option
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC12-044
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2011-5667
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2012 project, Maritime regional upgrade.
Saskatoons
Target Pest(s): Insects
Active Ingredient: cyhalothrin-lambda
Product(s): Matador, Warrior
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: Sask. followed by AAFC05-034
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2002-0584 replaced by 2004-1734
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2010-3861, 2010-3862
Status: Response from PMRA Feb. 2003; efficacy and residue data
required, 2 zones; AAFC 2005 Project; DACO re-issued Nov. 2, 2004
with same data requirement as 2002 submission. D.3.2 assigned Aug.
20, 2010. D.3.2 approval granted June 1, 2011.
Target Pest(s): Labeled weeds
Active Ingredient: quizalofop-ethyl
Product(s): Assure
Company: E. I. du Pont
Sponsor: AAFC09-016
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-1723
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2009 project.
Target Pest(s): Fireblight
Active Ingredient: kasugaymycin
Product(s): Kasumin
Company: Arysta
Sponsor: AAFC10-026
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2010 project.
Crop Group
Target Pest(s): Weeds
Active Ingredient: dichlobenil
Product(s): Casoran
Company: Chemtura
Sponsor: AAFC03-105 replaced by AAFC08-042, AAFC08-041, AAFC08-043
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0114 followed by 2010-2452 (lowbush
blueberry)
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2011-0734
Status: Submitted Jan. 2003; DACO issued April 16, 2003; crop tolerance
and residue data required zones 1, 1A, 5, 5A, 5B, 12. WITHDRAWN
and replaced by new submissions for blueberries and caneberries
in 2008. 2008 trials. DACO issued Aug. 31, 2010; residue data required.
D.3.2 assigned Feb. 2, 2011.
Target Pest(s): Leafrollers (for crop group 13-07)
Active Ingredient: Bacillus thuringiensis
Product(s): Bioprotec, Dipel
Company: AEF Global, Valent
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-3698 (Bioprotec), 2009-3949 (Dipel)
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2010-0692 (Bioprotec), 2010-0691 (Dipel)
Status: submitted Sept. 2009. D.3.2 assigned Feb. 10, 2010. D.3.2
approval granted June 24, 2010. C.6.3 2010-0261 (Dipel) label approved
Sept. 1, 2010.
Target Pest(s): Spotted wing drosophila (for crop subgroups
13-07A, B, F, G)
Active Ingredient: spinetoram
Product(s): Delegate
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: BCMAL
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2010-2828
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: submitted June 2010. DACO issued Sept. 28, 2010; efficacy
data required.
Target Pest(s): Brown marmorated stink bug (for crop subgroup
13-07B)
Active Ingredient: thiamethoxam
Product(s): Actara
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2011-5189
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: submitted Oct. 2011.
Canadian National Minor Use Priorities
Visit the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada website (Pesticide Risk
Reduction and Minor Use Programs) or contact your provincial minor
use coordinator.
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