Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and Projects for Potatoes

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Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities
and Projects for Potatoes

Author:	Jim Chaput - Provincial Minor Use Coordinator/OMAFRA
Creation Date:	01 March 2002
Last Reviewed:	15 October 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
Potatoes	spinosad	Success	CPB, Corn borer	Dow Agro	January, 2003
	pymetrozine	Fulfill	Aphids	Syngenta - URMUR	April, 2003
	pyraclostrobin	Headline	Early blight, Late blight	BASF	March, 2003
	metalaxyl-m	Ridomil Gold	Pink rot	V. Brookes, BC	July, 2003
	azoxystrobin	Quadris	Early blight, Late blight	Syngenta	July, 2003
	famoxadone + cymoxanil	Tanos	Early blight, Late blight	Dupont	Oct. 2003
	fenamidone	Reason	Late blight	Bayer	Oct. 2003
	fluazinam	Allegro	Late blight	ISK	Nov. 2003
	boscalid	Lance	Early blight	BASF	Nov. 2003
	azoxystrobin	Quadris	Rhizoctonia stem, stolon canker & black scurf	R. Esau, Alberta	Jan. 2004
	Bacillus thuringiensis	Dipel 2X DF	Cabbage looper	BCMAFF	May 2004
	thiophanate-methyl + cymoxanil + mancozeb	Evolve	Seed piece late blight	OPB	EMERGENCY USE ONLY TO JULY 1, 2005 (Ont., NB, QC)
	spinosad	Entrust	CPB, Corn borer	Dow Agro	June 2005
	pyrimethanil	Scala	Early blight	Bayer	Summer 2005
Potatoes in Ontario	chloropicrin	Chloropicrin 100	Scab	OPB	EMERGENCY USE ONLY TO JUNE 1, 2005
Potatoes	chlorpyrifos	Pyrinex, Pyrifos	Wireworms	BCMAL	June 2006
	thiamethoxam	Actara	Potato beetle, aphids, potato leafhopper	Syngenta	December 2006
	novaluron	Rimon	CPB, Corn Borer	Mahkteshim/ Chemtura	February 2007
Potatoes	cyazofamid	Ranman	Late blight	ISK	February 2007
Seed potatoes	gibberellic acid	Falgro	Tuber size control	Manitoba	February 2008
Potatoes	chlorantraniliprole	Coragen	CPB, Corn Borer	E. I. du Pont	May 2008
Potatoes	abamectin	Agri-mek	Spider mites	BCMAL	June 2008
Potatoes	mandipropamid	Revus	Late blight	Syngenta	September 2008
Potatoes	kaolin	Surround	Leafhoppers	AAFC-PMC	Oct. 2008
Potatoes	cyhalothrin-lambda	Matador/ Warrior	Armyworm	J. Chaput	Oct. 2008
Potatoes, post-harvest	potassium salts of phosphorous acid	Confine	Late blight, pink rot	Agronomy Co.	Oct. 2008
Potatoes, post-harvest	potassium salts of phosphorous acid	Rampart	Late blight, pink rot	PEI, NB, ON	EMERGENCY USE ONLY to Dec. 31st, 2008
Potato seed pieces	clothianidin	Titan	Suppression of wireworms	AAFC-PMC	Feb. 2009
Potatoes	flumioxazin	Chateau	Weeds	Valent, AAFC-PMC	March 2009
Crop group 1	Bacillus subtilis	Serenade	Sclerotinia white mold	J. Chaput/ Agraquest	May 2009
Potatoes	Bacillus subtilis	Serenade	Early blight	J. Chaput/ Agraquest	May 2009
Potatoes	potassium salts of phosphorous acid	Confine	Late blight	PEI, NB, ON, QC, NS	EMERGENCY USE ONLY to Dec. 31st, 2009
Potatoes	clothianidin	Clutch	Potato beetle, aphids, leafhoppers	Valent	October 2009

Priorities for Ontario

Group 1: Root & Tuber Vegetables
Entomology : Potato
Target Pest(s)	Priority Ranking	Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient)	Potential Solutions (Product[s])	Registrant	Eligibility*	URMULE or IR-4 Status	Justifications**
Colorado Potato Beetle	1	metaflumizone	Alverde	BASF	URMUR		3, 4, 7
		fipronil	Regent	BASF	Cat. A		4
		cyantraniliprole	Cyazypyr	Dupont	URMUR		4
Aphids	2	oil	Superior oil	Swimco	URMULE		4, 5, 6
Wireworms	3	fipronil	Regent	BASF	Cat. A	06988	1

Group 1: Root & Tuber Vegetables
Pathology: Potato
Target Pest(s)	Priority Ranking	Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient)	Potential Solutions (Product[s])	Registrant	Eligibility*	Justifications**
Common scab	1	kasugamycin	Kasumin	Arysta	Cat. A	1
Late blight	2	fluopicolide + propamocarb	V10162	Valent	Cat. A	4
Sclerotinia White mold	3	iprodione	Rovral	Bayer	URMULE	4
Bacterial ring rot	4					3, 4

Group 1: Root & Tuber Vegetables
Weed Priorities : Potato
Target Pest(s)	Priority Ranking	Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient)	Potential Solutions (Product[s])	Registrant	Eligibility*	Justifications**
Lambsquarters (atrazine resistant)	1					1
Annual grassy & broadleaf weeds	2					4
Large seeded broadleaf weeds	3	halosulfuron	Sandea	Gowan	Cat. A	4

Ontario’s minor use priorities are established annually by various 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
Cat. B = Registrant submissions for new or amended product chemistry, new MRLs for previously assessed actives, new or amended label statements, reinstatement of registered products, extension of limited term registrations and emergency use registrations.

** 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

Historical & Active URMULE Projects

Group 1: Root & Tuber Vegetables

Potato

Target Pest(s): Mites
Active Ingredient: abamectin
Product(s): AgriMek
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: BCMAL
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2001-0789 followed by 2006-0232
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2007-4803
Status: Withdrawn due to dietary risk issues. Re-submitted Dec. 2005. DACO issued May 8, 2006; residue data required. Data submitted by BC June 25, 2007. D.3.2 assigned July 26, 2007. D.3.2 approval granted May 1, 2008. C.6.3 2008-1819 label approved 23 June 2008.

Target Pest(s): addition of potatoes as rotational crop
Active Ingredient: clopyralid + MCPA
Product(s): Curtail M
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: Manitoba
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2002-1909
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Feb. 2003 response from PMRA requesting more crop tolerance data

Target Pest(s): Leak, pink rot
Active Ingredient: mefenoxam
Product(s): Ridomil Gold
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: V. Brookes
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2001-3169
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2002-2462
Status: Submitted Nov. 2001; efficacy trials required in letter April 23, 2002 from PMRA; data submitted Nov. 02; registered for pink rot, July 2003

Target Pest(s): Rhizoctonia
Active Ingredient: azoxystrobin
Product(s): Quadris
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: R. Esau, Alberta
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2002-1540
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2003-1078
Status: Trials from 2000, 2001 submitted; DACO issued April 30, 2003; data not accepted as sufficient; additional efficacy data required; data provided, pending review. Registered Jan. 2004

Target Pest(s): Tuber size control on seed potatoes
Active Ingredient: gibberellic acid
Product(s): Activol followed by Falgro
Company: Norac
Sponsor: New Brunswick followed by Manitoba
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2002-0394 followed by 2006-7306
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2007-2843
Status: No registered technical; not deemed equivalent to Promalin; no expansion permitted. D.3.2 assigned April 2, 2007. D.3.2 approval granted Oct. 23, 2007. C.6.3 2007-8562 label approved Feb. 21, 2008.

Target Pest(s): Cabbage looper
Active Ingredient: Bacillus thuringiensis
Product(s): Dipel 2X DF
Company: Valent
Sponsor: BCMAL
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-1953
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2004-0401
Status: Submitted Sept. 2003; DACO issued Dec. 16, 2003; clarification of spray volume and supplemental label required; registered May 2004

Target Pest(s): ECB, TPB, CPB
Active Ingredient: indoxacarb
Product(s): Avaunt
Company: Dupont
Sponsor: AAFC04-002
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-1576
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted July, 2003; DACO issued Nov. 17, 2003; efficacy, crop tolerance and residue data required. 2004 Project. No trials done in 2004. On hold.

Target Pest(s): Wireworms
Active Ingredient: clothianidin
Product(s): Titan
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC04-001
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-1039
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2007-0317
Status: DACO issued Sept. 1, 2004; efficacy and occupational exposure data required. D.3.2 assigned Jan. 2007. D.3.2 approval granted Nov. 4, 2008. C.6.3 2008-5310 label approved Feb. 20, 2009.

Target Pest(s): Wireworms
Active Ingredient: chlorpyrifos
Product(s): Pyrifos 15G, Pyrinex
Company: UAP, Makhteshim
Sponsor: BCMAL
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-0234, 2006-0233
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2006-2958, 2006-2955
Status: Submitted Jan. 2006. Registered June 2006.

Target Pest(s): Weeds
Active Ingredient: flumioxazin
Product(s): Chateau
Company: Valent
Sponsor: AAFC07-002
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-4959
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2007 Project. Submitted mid-August 2006. Registered via company Cat. A March 2009.

Target Pest(s): Post harvest diseases
Active Ingredient: fludioxonil
Product(s): Scholar
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: AAFC07-054
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): N/A
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2007 Project, Joint with IR-4.

Target Pest(s): Armyworm (Pseudaletia unipuncta)
Active Ingredient: cyhalothrin-lambda
Product(s): Matador, Warrior
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2007-5795, 2007-6850
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2008-1522, 2008-1523
Status: Submitted August 2007. D.3.2 assigned May 2008. D.3.2 approval granted June 13, 2008. C.6.3 2008-2812, 2008-2813 labels approved Oct. 20, 2008.

Target Pest(s): Leafhoppers
Active Ingredient: kaolin
Product(s): Surround
Company: Tessenderlo Kerley
Sponsor: AAFC-PMC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-1007
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2008-2731
Status: Submitted March 2008; D.3.2 assigned July 17, 2008. C.6.3 2008-3525 label approved Oct. 9, 2008.

Target Pest(s): Labeled weeds
Active Ingredient: sethoxydim
Product(s): Poast Ultra (reduce PHI)
Company: BASF
Sponsor: Alberta
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-0182
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted January 2009; DACO issued May 6, 2009; residue data required.

Target Pest(s): Labeled diseases
Active Ingredient: boscalid
Product(s): Lance (reduce PHI)
Company: BASF
Sponsor: Alberta (R. Esau)
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-0653
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted February 2009; DACO issued July 31, 2009; residue data required.

Target Pest(s): Labelled pests and scab of potato
Active Ingredient: chloropicrin
Product(s): CP 100, Pic Plus
Company: Hendrix and Dail
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-1868, 2009-1875
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted June 2009;

Potato, red

Target Pest(s): Colour enhancement
Active Ingredient: 2,4-D
Product(s): Various
Company: Various
Sponsor: AAFC05-001
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-2759 replaced by 2005-0424
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2005 Project, submitted late Sept. 2004. New DACO issued April 12, 2005; efficacy, crop tolerance and residue data required. Lab analysis phase 3/08.

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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