Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and Projects for Celeriac (root celery)

Table of Contents

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

Priorities for Ontario

Ontario’s minor use priorities are established annually by various research and 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 and Tuber Vegetables

Celeriac (root celery)

Target Pest(s): Septoria, Cercospora leaf blight
Active Ingredient: boscalid + pyraclostrobin
Product(s): Pristine
Company: BASF
Sponsor: CQH
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2007-5342
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2008-0436
Status: Submitted July 2007; approval granted Jan. 15, 2008 for Septoria blight only. D.3.2 approval granted April 29, 2009.

Target Pest(s): Lygus lineolaris
Active Ingredient: thiamethoxam
Product(s): Actara
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: AAFC09-031
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-5428
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2009 project, QC regional upgrade project. DACO issued May 5, 2009; residue data required.

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.

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