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Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and
Projects for Dry Bulb Onion

Author: Jim Chaput - Provincial Minor Use Coordinator/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 01 March 2002
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
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 November, 2003
Dry bulb onions dimethenamid Frontier Yellow nutsedge J. Chaput June, 2004
Dry bulb onions cyprodinil + fludioxonil Switch Botrytis leaf blight, Alternaria purple blotch Syngenta Feb. 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
Dry bulb onions bromoxynil Pardner Pigweed, groundsel J. Chaput Sept. 2007
Crop group fenamidone Reason Downy mildew AAFC-PMC April 2008
Dry bulb onions formetanate HCl Carzol Thrips ON, AB, MB, NS Emergency use granted until Oct. 31, 2008; renewed to Oct. 31, 2009
Crop group cyhalothrin-lambda Matador/ Warrior Leek moth J. Chaput July 2008
Crop group mandipropamid Revus Downy mildew Syngenta September 2008
Dry bulb onions flumioxazin Chateau Weeds Valent, AAFC-PMC March 2009

 

Priorities for Ontario

Group 3-07: Bulb Vegetables
Entomology : Dry Bulb 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   3, 4
flonicamid Beleaf ISK URMUR 08550 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   1
spinosad Success/ Entrust Dow Agro URMULE   1
chlorantraniliprole Coragen Dupont URMULE   1
flubendiamide Synapse Bayer Cat. A   1

 

Group 3-07: Bulb Vegetables
Pathology : Dry Bulb 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
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 : Dry Bulb Onion
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Registrant Eligibility* URMULE # or IR-4 Status Justifications**
Weeds 1 dimethenamid-p Frontier Max BASF URMULE   expand timings and weed spectrum
Yellow nutsedge 2           3

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 tool/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 MRLs/ tolerances
  7. New crop

Historical & Active URMULE Projects

Group 3-07: Bulb Vegetables

Onions (dry)

Target Pest(s): Nutsedge
Active Ingredient: dimethenamid
Product(s): Frontier
Company: BASF
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2000-0452 (withdrawn) replaced by 2002-0971; replaced again by 2003-0087
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Residue, efficacy, crop rotational studies required; EU submitted May 8, 2002, denied; major efficacy, rotational studies required, Oct. 2002; efficacy data only submitted Dec. 2002. PMRA response May 22, 2003; additional efficacy, crop tolerance and crop rotational data required. Data submitted late 2003; registered June 2004

Target Pest(s): Thrips
Active Ingredient: acephate
Product(s): Orthene
Company: UAP
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 1999-1474
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: On-hold due to OP review

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, April 2002 letter: efficacy, residue and OE studies required

Target Pest(s): Botrytis
Active Ingredient: fenhexamid
Product(s): Elevate
Company: Arysta
Sponsor: AAFC03-061
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0170
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: GH transplants, Joint with IR-4; DACO issued Feb. 28, 2003: efficacy, tolerance and residue required, 1 GH site. AAFC did residue trials in 2003, efficacy still in progress.

Target Pest(s): Botrytis
Active Ingredient: fenhexamid
Product(s): Elevate
Company: Arysta
Sponsor: AAFC03-065
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0171
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Includes Green onions also, joint with IR-4; DACO issued Feb. 28, 2003: efficacy, tolerance and residue required zones 5, 5B

Target Pest(s): Thrips
Active Ingredient: spinosad
Product(s): Success
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: AAFC03-008
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0249
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted with green onions, Feb. 2003; DACO issued March 26, 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): Onion maggot
Active Ingredient: spinosad
Product(s): Success
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: AAFC05-007
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-1894
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2005 Project; seed treatment, submitted Aug. 9, 2004; DACO issued Nov. 25, 2004; efficacy, seed tolerance, residue and OE data required; reporting phase 3/08.

Target Pest(s): Weeds
Active Ingredient: flumioxazin
Product(s): Chateau
Company: Valent
Sponsor: AAFC05-006
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-1751
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2005 Project; submitted to PMRA July 2004; DACO issued Nov. 3, 2004; efficacy, tolerance, residue & primary data needed for product registration required. Registered via company Cat. A March 2009.

Target Pest(s): Broadleaf weeds
Active Ingredient: bromoxynil
Product(s): Pardner
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-3244
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2006-7047
Status: Submitted end of April 2006. D.3.2 assigned October 16, 2006. Registered Sept. 2007.

Target Pest(s): Downy mildew
Active Ingredient: fenamidone
Product(s): Reason
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC07-014
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 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: AAFC08-024 (dry), 08-034 (green)
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 20082866, 2008-2867
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted with green onions, 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): Onion thrips
Active Ingredient: spirotetramat
Product(s): Movento
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC08-045
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2008 project joint with US IR-4 (09983).

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): Onion thrips
Active Ingredient: cyantraniliprole
Product(s): cyazypyr (HGW)
Company: E. I. du Pont
Sponsor: AAFC09-046
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2009 project joint with US IR-4 (10107).

Target Pest(s): Onion thrips
Active Ingredient: formetanate hydrochloride
Product(s): Carzol
Company: Gowan
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-5880
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: submitted Dec. 15, 2008. DACO issued April 30, 2009; metabolism, residue and crop rotational data required.

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: AAFC10-032
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2010 project; Maritimes regional upgrade for crop group.

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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