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Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and Projects for Leeks

Author: Jim Chaput - Provincial Minor Use Coordinator/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 01 April 2003
Last Reviewed: 04 September 2009

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
Leeks in Ontario only cyhalothrin-lambda Matador Thrips J. Chaput May, 2003
Crop group pyraclostrobin Cabrio Purple blotch, downy mildew BASF March, 2003
Crop group boscalid Lance Botrytis leaf blight, Alternaria purple blotch BASF November, 2003
Crop group cyhalothrin-lambda Matador/ Warrior Thrips AAFC March 2006
Leeks iprodione Rovral Botrytis AAFC April 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 : Leeks
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
formetanate hydrochloride Carzol Gowan URMULE   3, 4
abamectin Agri-mek Syngenta URMULE   3, 4
flonicamid Beleaf ISK URMUR   3, 4
cyantraniliprole HGW (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 HGW (cyazypyr) Dupont Cat. A   3, 4
Leek moth 3 cyantraniliprole HGW (cyazypyr) Dupont Cat. A   4
spinosad Success/ Entrust Dow Agro URMULE   4
chlorantraniliprole Coragen Dupont URMULE   4
flubendiamide Synapse Bayer Cat. A   4

 

Group 3-07: Bulb Vegetables
Pathology : Leeks
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
Botrytis neck rot 2 fenhexamid Elevate Arysta URMULE   1
boscalid Lance BASF URMULE   1
fluopyram N/A Bayer Cat. A   1
White rot 3 diallyl disulphide DADS UAP Cat. A   1
Bacterial diseases 4           1
Smut 5 tebuconazole Raxil Bayer URMULE   3, 4
(seed trtment)
Bulb & stem nematode 6 chloropicrin Chloropicrin Hendrix & Dail URMULE   1
isothiocyanate Nematrol Nematrol Inc. Cat. A   1

 

Group 3-07: Bulb Vegetables
Weed Priorities : Leeks
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Registrant Eligibility* URMULE # or IR-4 Status Justifications**
Weeds   1 bromoxynil Pardner Bayer URMULE 06058 4
dimethenamid Frontier/ Outlook BASF URMULE   4
pendimethalin Prowl H2O BASF URMULE 04578 4
oxyflurofen Goal Dow Agro URMULE   4
flumioxazin Chateau Valent URMULE   4

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

** 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

Leeks

Target Pest(s): Thrips
Active Ingredient: cyhalothrin-lambda
Product(s): Matador
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 1998-0930
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2002-0511
Status: Residue data from zone 5B required; granted ON only registration May, 2003

Target Pest(s): Botrytis
Active Ingredient: iprodione
Product(s): Rovral
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC03-010
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0248
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2005-1482
Status: Submitted Feb. 2003: DACO issued March 26, 2003; efficacy, tolerance and residue data required zones 5, 5B. AAFC did trials in 2003. Data submitted to PMRA July 2005. Registered April 2006.

Target Pest(s): Weeds
Active Ingredient: linuron
Product(s): Lorox
Company: E. I. du Pont
Sponsor: AAFC08-002
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2007-9110
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2008 project. DACO issued Dec. 12, 2008; residue data required.

Crop Group

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): 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;

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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