Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and Projects for Green Onion

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Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities
and Projects for Green Onion

Author:	Jim Chaput - Provincial Minor Use Coordinator/OMAFRA
Creation Date:	01 June 2002
Last Reviewed:	08 September 2009

Registrations Achieved
Priorities for Ontario
Historical & Active URMULE Projects
Canadian National Minor Use Priorities
Related Links

Registrations Achieved
Crop(s)	Active ingredient	Product	Target Pest(s)	Sponsor	Date
Onions (dry & green)	metalaxyl-m	Apron XL LS	Pythium	J. Chaput	Nov. 2001
Crop Group	pyraclostrobin	Cabrio	Purple blotch, downy mildew	BASF	March, 2003
Crop Group	boscalid	Lance	Botrytis leaf blight, Alternaria purple blotch	BASF	Nov. 2003
Onions (green & dry)	cyprodinil + fludioxonil	Switch	Botrytis leaf blight, Alternaria purple blotch	Syngenta	Feb. 2006
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: Bulb Vegetables
Entomology : Green Onion
Target Pest(s)	Priority Ranking	Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient)	Potential Solutions (Product[s])	Registrant	Eligibility*	URMULE # or IR-4 Status	Justifications**
Thrips	1	spinetoram	Delegate	Dow Agro	URMULE		3, 4
		abamectin	Agri-mek	Syngenta	URMULE	2009-1058	3, 4
		flonicamid	Beleaf	ISK	URMUR		3, 4
		cyantraniliprole	Cyazypyr	Dupont	Cat. A		3, 4
Onion maggot	2	metaflumizone	Alverde	BASF	URMUR		3, 4
		chlorantraniliprole	Coragen	Dupont	URMULE		3, 4
		fipronil	Regent	BASF	Cat. A	07040	3, 4 (seed trtment)
		spinetoram	Delegate	Dow Agro	URMULE		3, 4
		clothianidin + imidacloprid	Sepresto	Bayer	Cat. A		3, 4 (seed trtment)
		cyantraniliprole	Cyazypyr	Dupont	Cat. A		3, 4
Leek moth	3	cyantraniliprole	Cyazypyr	Dupont	Cat. A		4
		spinosad	Success/ Entrust	Dow Agro	URMULE		4
		chlorantraniliprole	Coragen	Dupont	URMULE	10204	4
		flubendiamide	Synapse	Bayer	Cat. A		4

Group 3: Bulb Vegetables
Pathology : Green Onion
Target Pest(s)	Priority Ranking	Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient)	Potential Solutions (Product[s])	Registrant	Eligibility*	URMULE # or IR-4 Status	Justifications**
Downy mildew	1	K salts of phosphorous acid	Confine, Rampart	ACC, UAP	URMULE		3, 4
		famoxadone + cymoxanil	Tanos	Dupont	URMULE		3, 4
		fluopicolide	Presidio	Valent	URMUR	09801	3, 4
White rot	2	diallyl disulphide	DADS	UAP	URMUR		1
Smut	3	tebuconazole	Raxil	Bayer	URMULE		3,4 (seed trtment)
Bulb & stem nematode	4	chloropicrin	Chloropicrin	Hendrix & Dail	URMULE		1
Bulb & stem nematode	4	isothiocyanate	Nematrol	Nematrol Inc.	Cat. A		1

Group 3: Bulb Vegetables
Weed Priorities : Green Onion
Target Pest(s)	Priority Ranking	Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient)	Potential Solutions (Product[s])	Registrant	Eligibility*	URMULE # or IR-4 Status	Justifications**
Weeds	1	chlorthal dimethyl	Dacthal	AmVac	URMULE		1
		pendimethalin	Prowl H2O	BASF	URMULE	05097	1
		oxyflurofen	Goal	Dow Agro	URMULE	03574	1
		bromoxynil	Pardner	Bayer	URMULE		1

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

* Eligibility:

URMULE = User Requested Minor Use Label Expansion; product already available in Canada on other commodities
URMUR = User Requested Minor Use Registration; product not registered in Canada yet, but available for same use in USA or EU.
Other = Is not eligible for either of the above
Cat. A = Registrant submission

** 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

Historical & Active URMULE Projects

Group 3-07: Bulb Vegetables

Onions (green)

Target Pest(s): Onion maggot
Active Ingredient: chlorpyrifos
Product(s): Lorsban, Pyrinex, Nufos
Company: Dow Agro, Makhteshim, Cheminova
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 1998-1487 followed by 2009-1078, 2009-1079, 2009-1080
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2000-0745 followed by 2009-2852, 2009-3202, 2009-3218
Status: Residue study completed, on hold due to OP review. Re-submitted March 4, 2009. DACO issued July 15, 2009; freezer storage stability data required. DAS submitted data Aug. 12, 2009. D.3.2 assigned August 13, 2009.

Target Pest(s): Botrytis
Active Ingredient: fenhexamid
Product(s): Elevate
Company: Arysta
Sponsor: AAFC03-062
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0171
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Includes dry onions; joint with IR-4; DACO issued Feb. 28, 2003: efficacy, tolerance and residues required zones 5, 5B

Target Pest(s): Thrips
Active Ingredient: spinosad
Product(s): Success
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: AAFC03-007 (green), 03-008 (dry)
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0249
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Includes dry onions, submitted Feb. 2003; DACO issued March 27, 2003; efficacy and residue data required zones 5, 5B. AAFC did trials in 2003. Analysis completed in 2007, reporting phase 3/2008;

Target Pest(s): Thrips
Active Ingredient: cyhalothrin-lambda
Product(s): Matador, Warrior
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: AAFC03-009
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0295, 2003-0296
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2005-0971
Status: Submitted Feb. 2003; DACO issued March 27, 2003: residue data required zones 5, 5B. AAFC did trials in 2003. Submitted to PMRA end of May 2005. Registered March 2006 for CG3.

Target Pest(s): Weeds
Active Ingredient: dimethenamid
Product(s): Frontier
Company: BASF
Sponsor: AAFC07-003 (muck soil), AAFC09-013 (mineral soil)
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-3550, 2009-0940
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2007 Project (muck soil). Submitted May 2006. DACO issued Oct. 16, 2006. Efficacy and residue data required in zone 5. 2009 project (mineral soil). DACO issued August 17, 2009; efficacy and crop tolerance data required.

Target Pest(s): Downy mildew
Active Ingredient: fenamidone
Product(s): Reason
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC07-017
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-3620
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2006-7242
Status: 2007 Project. Submitted May 2006. D.3.2 assigned Oct. 25, 2006. D.3.2 approval granted for crop group Aug. 22, 2007. C.6.3 2008-0109 label approved April 8, 2008.

Target Pest(s): Onion maggot
Active Ingredient: clothianidin
Product(s): Titan
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC08-034 (green), 08-024 (dry)
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-2867, 2008-2866
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2008 project. DACO issued Feb. 25, 2009; efficacy, residue and occupational exposure data required.

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): Thrips
Active Ingredient: spirotetramat
Product(s): Movento
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC09-020
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2009 project.

Target Pest(s): Thrips
Active Ingredient: abamectin
Product(s): Agrimek
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: AAFC09-047
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-1058
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2009 project joint with IR-4 (04068). DACO issued July 21, 2009; residue data required.

Target Pest(s): Lepidoptera
Active Ingredient: chlorantraniliprole
Product(s): Coragen
Company: E. I. du Pont
Sponsor: AAFC09-048
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-1125
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2009 project joint with IR-4 (10204). DACO issued August 20, 2009; efficacy (leek moth) and residue data required.

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): 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.

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;

Target Pest(s): Downy mildew
Active Ingredient: fluopicolide
Product(s): Presidio
Company: Valent
Sponsor: AAFC10-020
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2010 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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