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Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities
and Projects for Garlic

Author: Jim Chaput - Provincial Minor Use Coordinator/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 01 September 2002
Last Reviewed: 25 January 2010

Table of Contents

  1. Registrations Achieved
  2. Priorities for Ontario
  3. Historical & Active URMULE Projects
  4. Canadian National Minor Use Priorities
  5. Related Links
Crop(s) Active ingredient Product Target Pest(s) Sponsor Date
Crop group pyraclostrobin Cabrio Purple blotch, downy mildew BASF March, 2003
Crop group boscalid Lance Alternaria and Botrytis BASF Nov. 2003
Crop group cyhalothrin-lambda Matador/ Warrior Thrips AAFC March 2006
Crop group boscalid + pyraclostrobin Pristine Alternaria, Botrytis, downy mildew BASF May 2006
Crop group Bacillus subtilis Serenade Max Botrytis, downy mildew Agraquest July 2007
Crop group fenamidone Reason Downy mildew AAFC-PMC April 2008
Crop group cyhalothrin-lambda Matador/ Warrior Leek moth J. Chaput July 2008
Crop group mandipropamid Revus Downy mildew Syngenta Sept. 2008

 

Priorities for Ontario

Group 3-07: Bulb Vegetables
Entomology : Garlic
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Registrant Eligibility* URMULE # or IR-4 Status Justifications**
Leek moth 1 cyantraniliprole Cyazypyr Dupont Cat. A   4
spinosad Success/ Entrust Dow Agro URMULE   4
abamectin Agri-mek Syngenta URMULE   4
flubendiamide Synapse Bayer Cat. A   4
Thrips 2 spinetoram Delegate Dow Agro URMULE   3, 4
abamectin Agri-mek Syngenta URMULE   3, 4
flonicamid Beleaf ISK URMUR   3, 4
cyantraniliprole Cyazypyr Dupont Cat. A   3, 4
Onion maggot 3 spinetoram Delegate Dow Agro URMULE   3, 4
clothianidin + imidacloprid Sepresto Bayer Cat. A   3, 4 (seed trtment)
cyantraniliprole Cyazypyr Dupont Cat. A   3, 4
spinosad Success/ Entrust Dow Agro URMULE   3, 4

 

Group 3-07: Bulb Vegetables
Pathology : Garlic
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Registrant Eligibility* URMULE # or IR-4 Status Justifications**
Fusarium   1 tebuconazole Folicur Bayer URMULE 07197 1 (current URMULE is for white rot only)
White rot 2           4
Bulb & stem nematode 3 chloropicrin Chloropicrin Hendrix & Dail URMULE   1
isothiocyanate Nematrol Nematrol Inc. Cat. A   1
N/A Dazitol Champon Cat. A   1
N/A MCW-2 Makhteshim Cat. A   1
Peacilomyces lilacinus
Melocon, Bioact Prophyta Cat. A   1
iodomethane Midas Arysta Cat. A   1

 

Group 3-07: Bulb Vegetables
Weed Priorities : Garlic
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Registrant Eligibility* URMULE # or IR-4 Status Justifications**
Weeds  1 oxyflurofen  Goal  Dow Agro   URMULE    3, 4
flumioxazin Chateau Valent URMULE 08055 3, 4
dimethenamid Frontier Max BASF URMULE   3, 4

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

** 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 3-07: Bulb Vegetables

Garlic 

Target Pest(s): White rot
Active Ingredient: tebuconazole
Product(s): Folicur
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2001-3668
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted Dec. 2001; joint IR-4


Target Pest(s): Fusarium
Active Ingredient: fludioxonil
Product(s): Scholar
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: AAFC08-014
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2007-5345
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2008 project. DACO issued Nov. 28, 2007; efficacy, residue and occupational exposure data required.


Crop Group 

Target Pest(s): Thrips
Active Ingredient: spinosad
Product(s): Success
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: AAFC03-007 (green onion), 03-008 (dry onion)
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0249
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Trials complete. Analysis completed in 2007, reporting phase Jan. 2008;


Target Pest(s): Leek moth on CG 3
Active Ingredient: cyhalothrin lambda
Product(s): Matador, Warrior
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2007-4245, 2007-7231
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2007-7569, 2007-7570
Status: Submitted end of April 2007. D.3.2 assigned Oct. 16, 2007. D.3.2 approval granted April 24, 2008. C.6.3 2008-1844, 2008-1846 labels approved July 8, 2008.


Target Pest(s): Botrytis, purple blotch on CG 3
Active Ingredient: pyrimethanil
Product(s): Scala
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC-PMC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-1695
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted May 2008. WITHDRAWN.


Target Pest(s): Labelled pests and pink root of onion
Active Ingredient: chloropicrin
Product(s): CP 100, Pic Plus
Company: Hendrix and Dail
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-1871, 2009-1876
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

 

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