Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and Projects for Carrots & Parsnips

Table of Contents

1. Registrations Achieved
2. Priorities for Ontario
3. Historical & Active URMULE Projects
4. Canadian National Minor Use Priorities
5. Related Links

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Priorities for Ontario

Ontario’s minor use priorities are established annually by various services committees and minor use commodity liaison committees.

* Eligibility:

1. URMULE = User Requested Minor Use Label Expansion; product already available in Canada on other commodities
2. URMUR = User Requested Minor Use Registration; product not registered in Canada yet, but available for same use in USA or EU.
3. Other = Is not eligible for either of the above
4. Cat. A = Registrant submission
5. Cat. B = Registrant submissions for new or amended product chemistry, new MRLs for previously assessed actives, new or amended label statements, reinstatement of registered products, extension of limited term registrations and emergency use registrations.

** Justifications:

1. No pest control product registered to control this pest (insect, disease, weed)
2. New introduced or invasive pest problem
3. Old technology (organophosphate, carbamate, EBDC, etc.) replacement
4. Resistance management /IPM strategy tool
5. Reduced risk, biopesticide, pheromone or GRAS (generally regarded as safe) product
6. Export crop with need for harmonized pest control options and crop tolerances
7. New crop

Historical & Active URMULE Projects

Group 1: Root & Tuber Vegetables

Carrots

Target Pest(s): Nematodes
Active Ingredient: dichloropropene, chloropicrin
Product(s): Telone C-17
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2000-0844
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2002-1638
Status: Efficacy accepted for RNN & Pythium; residue study required, zones 1A, 5, 5B; rationale submitted, under review; PMRA response June 17, 2003: use denied as actives are on 'no expansion list'

Target Pest(s): Carrot weevil, carrot rust fly
Active Ingredient: cyhalothrin-lambda
Product(s): Matador / Warrior
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: M. LeBlanc (Quebec); followed by AAFC05-054
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2000-1432 followed by 2005-0225 and 2005-0523
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2009-0282, 2009-0283
Status: Efficacy and residue study required, zones 1A, 5, ON HOLD, registrant does not support. November 2004 update, re-opened as new sub'm with AAFC Joint IR-4 project, 2005. D.3.2 assigned January 29, 2009. D.3.2 approval granted Nov. 3, 2009.

Target Pest(s): Carrot weevil
Active Ingredient: cypermethrin
Product(s): Cymbush
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: M. LeBlanc (Quebec)
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2002-0510
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Replaces 2000-1432; WITHDRAWN.

Target Pest(s): Pythium
Active Ingredient: fenamidone
Product(s): Reason
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC03-058
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0235
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2006-7154
Status: Joint with IR-4, submitted Feb. 2003; DACO issued Feb. 28, 2003; efficacy, tolerance and residue data required zones 1A, 5, 5B; AAFC did trials in 2003. D.3.2 assigned Oct. 2, 2006. Rejected by PMRA due to lack of efficacy, Aug. 21, 2007.

Target Pest(s): Weeds
Active Ingredient: dimethenamid
Product(s): Frontier
Company: BASF
Sponsor: AAFC03-004
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0234
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted Feb. 2003; DACO issued March 14, 2003; efficacy, tolerance and residue data required zones 1A, 5, 5B; SWITCHED to rutabaga due to phytoxicity to carrot.

Target Pest(s): Weeds
Active Ingredient: s-metolachlor
Product(s): Dual Magnum
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: AAFC04-068
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-3426
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2009-0240, 2009-0242
Status: Joint with IR-4; D 3.2 assigned Jan. 23, 2009. D.3.2 approval granted Oct. 19, 2009.

Target Pest(s): Pythium
Active Ingredient: cyazofamid
Product(s): Ranman
Company: ISK
Sponsor: AAFC04-080
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-3408
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2007-5721
Status: Joint with IR-4; DACO issued March 22, 2004; efficacy and residue required zones 1, 5, 5B. D.3.2 assigned Aug. 27, 2007. D.3.2 approval granted May 13, 2008. C.6.3 2008-2259 label approved July 4, 2008.

Target Pest(s): Sclerotinia, Alternaria, Cercospora
Active Ingredient: fluazinam
Product(s): Allegro
Company: ISK
Sponsor: AAFC05-053
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-4212
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2009-1728
Status: Joint with IR-4; submitted Dec. 04; DACO issued Feb. 24, 2005; efficacy, residue and OE data required. D.3.2 assigned May 29, 2009.

Target Pest(s): Pythium damping off on CG 1B
Active Ingredient: metalaxyl-m
Product(s): Apron XL LS
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: AAFC05-005
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-3758
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2007-4296
Status: DACO issued March 31, 2005; efficacy and OE data required. AAFC to do radish, Quebec do to carrots. D.3.2 assigned June 8, 2007. D.3.2 approval granted April 29, 2008. C.6.3 2008-1751 label approved June 18, 2008.

Target Pest(s): Rhizoctonia
Active Ingredient: azoxystrobin
Product(s): Quadris
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2005-0817
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2005-1796
Status: Submitted May 2005 with request for radish, radish (Oriental), horseradish, rutabaga, turnip and garden beet. June 16, 2005 email from PMRA seeking clarification of rutabaga/turnip hectarages and data sources. D.3.2 assigned Aug. 17, 2005. Registered March 2006.

Target Pest(s): Weeds
Active Ingredient: metribuzin
Product(s): Sencor
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: J. Chaput followed by AAFC08-001
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-2929
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2006-4684
Status: Submitted end March 2006. D.3.2 assigned Aug. 1, 2006. DACO issued Nov. 15, 2006; 4 residue trials required zone 5. Moved to AAFC 2008 project.

Target Pest(s): Wireworms
Active Ingredient: clothianidin
Product(s): Clutch
Company: Valent
Sponsor: AAFC07-028
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-8052
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2007 Project;

Target Pest(s): Sclerotinia, post harvest
Active Ingredient: fludioxonil
Product(s): Scholar
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: AAFC08-013
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2007-5378
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2008 project; DACO issued April 24, 2008; efficacy and residue data required.

Target Pest(s): Leafhoppers
Active Ingredient: kaolin
Product(s): Surround
Company: Tessenderlo Kerley
Sponsor: AAFC-PMC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-1007
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2008-2731
Status: Submitted March 2008; D.3.2 assigned July 17, 2008. C.6.3 2008-3525 label approved Oct. 9, 2008.

Target Pest(s): Carrot rust fly
Active Ingredient: cyantraniliprole
Product(s): Cyazypyr
Company: DuPont
Sponsor: AAFC10-001
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2010 Project;

Parsnips

Target Pest(s): Grasses
Active Ingredient: clethodim
Product(s): Select/Centurion
Company: Arysta/Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC06-003
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2005-0966, 2005-0967
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2006 Project; submitted May 16, 2005. DACO issued Sept. 26, 2005; 2 residue trials from zone 5 and 5B required. Converted to crop group 1B submission Dec. 2005 using carrots and radish as rep. crops.

Crop Group

Target Pest(s): Rhizoctonia (CGs 1A, 1B, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9)
Active Ingredient: azoxystrobin
Product(s): Dynasty (ST)
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-1293
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2009-1324
Status: submitted March 2008. DACO issued Sept. 4, 2008; efficacy, seed data and OE data required. D.3.2 assigned April 21, 2009.

Target Pest(s): Leaf blights, powdery mildew (CG 1B)
Active Ingredient: trifloxystrobin
Product(s): Flint
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC-PMC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-1643
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: submitted May 2008.

Target Pest(s): Labelled pests (CG1)
Active Ingredient: chloropicrin
Product(s): CP 100, Pic Plus
Company: Hendrix and Dail
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-1868, 2009-1875
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted June 2009;

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.

Related Links

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Pesticide Risk Reduction and Minor Use Programs
• Ontario Minor Use Program
• Information For Sponsors
• Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and Projects
• Ontario Emergency Use Registrations