Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and Projects for Ginseng

Registrations Achieved
Priorities for Ontario
Active URMULE Projects
Canadian National Minor Use Priorities
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Registrations Achieved

Crop(s)	Active ingredient (Product)	Target Pest(s)	Sponsor	Date
Ginseng	fluazifop-p-butyl (Venture)	grasses	J. O'Sullivan	2001
	Bacillus thuringiensis (Dipel)	leafrollers	J. Tolman	2001
	azoxystrobin (Quadris)	Rhizoctonia	OMAFRA	April, 2004
	glyphosate (Glyfos)	Weeds	Unknown	April, 2005
	fenhexamid (Elevate)	Botrytis	AAFC	August 2005
	captan (Maestro)	Phytophthora root rot	OGGA	EMERGENCY USE ONLY renewed to December 2012
	imidacloprid (Admire)	European chafer grubs	AAFC-PMC	June 2007
Crop subgroup 1B (red beet, burdock, carrot, celeriac, chervil [turnip-rooted], chicory, ginseng, horseradish, parsley [turnip-rooted], parsnip, radish, rutabaga, salsify, turnip)	metalaxyl-m (Apron XL LS)	Pythium	AAFC-PMC, MAPAQ, CQH	June 2008
Crop group 1	Bacillus subtilis (Serenade)	Sclerotinia white mold	J. Chaput/ Agraquest	May 2009
Crop subgroup 1B	cyprodinil + fludioxonil (Switch)	Botrytis on subgroup, Alternaria on ginseng	J. Chaput	December 2010
Crop group 1	flonicamid (Beleaf)	Aphids	ISK	May 2011
Ginseng	fluazinam (Allegro)	Alternaria, Botrytis, Rhizoctonia	AAFC-PMC	June 2011
Crop group 1	chloropicrin (CP 100, Pic Plus)	Labeled pests	J. Chaput	November 2011

Priorities for Ontario

Group 1: Root & Tuber Vegetables
Entomology : Ginseng
Target Pest(s)	Priority Ranking	Justifications **
Slugs	1	3
Cutworms	2	3, 4
Grubs	3	4

Group 1: Root & Tuber Vegetables
Pathology: Ginseng
Target Pest(s)	Priority Ranking	Justifications**
Cylindrocarpon	1	1
Nematodes	2	3
Rhizoctonia	3	3, 4
Phytophthora	4	4
Seedling diseases	5	1
Alternaria	6	3, 4
Pythium	7	1
Botrytis	8	1

Group 1: Root & Tuber Vegetables
Weed Priorities: Ginseng
Target Pest(s)	Priority Ranking	Justifications**
Weeds	1	1
Annual bluegrass	2	3

Ontario’s minor use priorities are established annually by various services 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 /IPM strategy tool
Reduced risk, biopesticide, pheromone or GRAS (generally regarded as safe) product
Export crop with need for harmonized pest control options and crop tolerances
New crop

Active URMULE Projects

Group 1: Root & Tuber Vegetables

Ginseng

Target Pest(s): Rhizoctonia
Active Ingredient: thiophanate-methyl
Product(s): Senator (foliar application)
Comapany: Nisso
Sponsor: AAFC03-060
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0599
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Joint with IR-4; DACO issued April 16, 2003: efficacy, crop tolerance, metabolism and residue data required zones 5, 11. Efficacy no demonstrated against target disease. Additional trials underway 3/08.

Target Pest(s): Rhizoctonia
Active Ingredient: thiophanate-methyl
Product(s): Senator (seed treatment)
Comapany: Nisso
Sponsor: AAFC03-059
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0600
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: DACO issued May 6, 2003; residues ok for review, efficacy required from 2 sites. Trials complete

Target Pest(s): Weeds
Active Ingredient: chlorthal-dimethyl
Product(s): Dacthal
Comapany: AmVac
Sponsor: OGGA, J. Schooley followed by AAFC06-002
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-2335
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted Sept. 2004; DACO issued Dec. 22, 2004; active under re-evaluation, residue data required zones 5, 11. AAFC to complete requirements 2006. 2008 residue trials.

Target Pest(s): Diseases
Active Ingredient: captan
Product(s): Maestro
Comapany: Arysta
Sponsor: AAFC05-055
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-4236
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Joint with IR-4, submitted Dec. 04. DACO issued Mar. 3, 2005; efficacy, residue and OE data required. Efficacy complete;

Target Pest(s): Rhizoctonia, Cylindrocarpon
Active Ingredient: fludioxonil
Product(s): Scholar 50 WP, 230SC
Comapany: Syngenta
Sponsor: AAFC05-056
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-4237, 2011-1733
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2011-1727
Status: Joint with IR-4, submitted Dec. 04. DACO issued Mar. 2, 2005; efficacy, residue, OE and environmental data needed for full registration required. 2008 trials. D.3.2 assigned mid-April 2011. D.3.2 approval granted May 4, 2012.

Target Pest(s): Phytophthora
Active Ingredient: fenamidone
Product(s): Reason
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC07-053
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2007-1577
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2007 project joint with IR-4. DACO issued Aug. 10, 2007; efficacy and residue data required. 2008 trials.

Target Pest(s): Rhizoctonia, Fusarium, Cylindrocarpon
Active Ingredient: fludioxonil
Product(s): Maxim
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: OGGA, J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2007-0316
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2011-1358
Status: Submitted end of December 2006. DACO issued May 10, 2007, efficacy and seed tolerance data required. D.3.2 assigned March 15, 2011. D.3.2 approval granted Nov. 29, 2011.

Target Pest(s): Phytophthora, Pythium
Active Ingredient: mandipropamid
Product(s): Revus
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: AAFC08-059
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-5061
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2008 project joint with IR-4 (10061). DACO issued March 12, 2009; efficacy and residue data required.

Target Pest(s): Botrytis, Alternaria
Active Ingredient: pyrimethanil
Product(s): Scala
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): n/a
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2011-1645
Status: Submitted April 2011; D.3.2 approval granted Feb. 1, 2012; C.6.3 2012-0393 pending.

Target Pest(s): Aphids, aster leafhopper (CG1B, 1C)
Active Ingredient: thiamethoxam
Product(s): Actara
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2011-3157
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted late July 2011;

Target Pest(s): Phytophthora
Active Ingredient: dimethomorph
Product(s): Acrobat
Company: BASF
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2011-6119
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted December 2011;

Target Pest(s): Phytophthora
Active Ingredient: n/a
Product(s): QGU42
Company: DuPont
Sponsor: AAFC11-055
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2011 project joint with IR-4 (10616).

Target Pest(s): Phytophthora, Pythium
Active Ingredient: n/a
Product(s): V-10208
Company: Valent
Sponsor: AAFC11-070
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2011 efficacy project, joint with IR-4 (10682).

Target Pest(s): Nematodes
Active Ingredient: fluensulfone
Product(s): MCW-2
Company: Makhteshim
Sponsor: AAFC13-027
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2013 project; efficacy on ginseng, residue on radish.

Target Pest(s): Cylindrocarpon
Active Ingredient: n/a
Product(s): N/A
Company: N/A
Sponsor: AAFC13-037
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2013 APWS project

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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