Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and Projects for Mushroom

Table of Contents

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

Registrations Achieved

Crop(s) Active ingredient (Product) Target Pest(s) Sponsor Date
Mushrooms cyromazine (Citation) Sciarid flies D. Rinker, U. of Guelph May, 2003
Mushrooms thiophanate methyl (Senator) Green mould Provinces EMERGENCY use only approved Oct. 2003 to Aug. 2004; renewed until Aug. 31, 2005. Renewed again until Feb. 28, 2006. Renewed to October 7, 2006. Renewed to Oct. 31, 2007 with conditions. Renewed to Oct. 29, 2008. Renewed to Oct. 31, 2009. Full Minor use label expansion granted Oct. 8, 2009.
Mushrooms thiabendazole (Mertect) Green mould, dry bubble J. Chaput January 2010
Mushrooms Bacillus subtilis (Jazz) Green mould Agraquest Fall 2010

 

Priorities for Ontario

Group 21: Edible Fungi
Entomology: Mushroom
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Justifications**
Sciarid fly adults 1 3, 4, 5, 6
Sciarid fly larvae 2 3, 4, 5, 6
Phorid fly adults 3 1, 5
Cecid fly larvae 4 2, 5

Group 21: Edible Fungi
Pathology: Mushroom
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Justifications**
Trichoderma aggresivum (green mold) 1 4, 6
Verticillium (dry bubble) 2 4, 5
Cladobotryum dendrodes 3 1, 4, 6

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:

  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

Active URMULE Projects

Crop Group 21: Edible Fungi

Mushrooms

Target Pest(s): Sciarid fly adults
Active Ingredient: acetamiprid
Product(s): Tristar
Company: Nisso
Sponsor: AAFC11-023
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2011 project;


Target Pest(s): Green mold on spawn, dry formulation
Active Ingredient: thiabendazole
Product(s): Mertect
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: AAFC12-065
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2012 efficacy project joint with IR-4 (10880);


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

 


For more information:
Toll Free: 1-877-424-1300
Local: (519) 826-4047
E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca
Author: Jim Chaput - Provincial Minor Use Coordinator/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 01 March 2002
Last Reviewed: 10 January 2012