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Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and Projects for Saskatoon

Author: Jim Chaput - Provincial Minor Use Coordinator/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 01 July 2002
Last Reviewed: 14 October 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
Saskatoon berries oil Superior oil 70 Leafroller and budmoth Saskatchewan Dec. 2002
acephate Orthene Woolly apple aphid Saskatchewan Feb. 2006
imidacloprid Admire Woolly apple, woolly elm aphids AAFC-PMC Feb. 2008
Pantoea agglomerans strains E325, C9-1 Bloomtime, BlighBan Fireblight suppression J. Chaput Aug. 2008
cyprodinil + fludioxonil Switch Entomosporium leaf spot AAFC-PMC May 2009
boscalid + pyraclostrobin Pristine Entomosporium leaf spot, Gymnosporangium rust AAFC-PMC May 2009

 

Priorities for Ontario

Group 13-07: Berries
Entomology: Saskatoon berries (Juneberry)
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Registrant Eligibility* URMULE or IR-4 Status Justifications**
Budmoth & Codling moth 1  acetamiprid Assail Nisso URMULE   1
spinosad Success, Entrust Dow Agro URMULE   1
pyriproxyfen Esteem Valent Cat. A   1
deltamethrin Decis Bayer URMULE   1(only labeled in W. Canada)
chlorantraniliprole Altacor DuPont URMULE   1
flubendiamide Belt Bayer Cat. A   1

Group 13-07: Berries
Pathology: Saskatoon berries (Juneberry)
Target
Pest(s) 		Priority Ranking Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Regis-trant Eligibility* URMULE
 or IR-4 Status 		Justifications**
Entomosporium leaf spot & saskatoon juniper rust 1 pyraclostrobin + boscalid Pristine BASF URMULE   1 (current URMULE is for gymnosporangium rust only)

Group 13-07: Berries
Weed Priorities: Saskatoon berries (Juneberry)
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Registrant Eligibility* URMULE or IR-4 Status Justifications**
Weeds 1 napropamide Devrinol UPI URMULE   1    
Grasses 2 clethodim Select, Centurion, Arrow Arysta, Bayer, Makhteshim URMULE   1     

Ontario’s minor use priorities are established annually by various service 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 13-07B: Saskatoon Berry

Target Pest(s): Lepidoptera (leafrollers) on crop group 13-07
Active Ingredient: Bacillus thuringiensis
Product(s): Bioprotec, Dipel
Company: AEF Global, Valent
Sponsor: Sask. followed by J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2002-0582 followed by 2009-3698 (Bioprotec)
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted March 2002; efficacy required. Re-submitted Sept. 18, 2009

Target Pest(s): Insects
Active Ingredient: cyhalothrin-lambda
Product(s): Matador
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: Sask. followed by AAFC05-034
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2002-0584 replaced by 2004-1734
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Response from PMRA Feb. 2003; efficacy and residue data required, 2 zones; AAFC 2005 Project; DACO re-issued Nov. 2, 2004 with same data requirement as 2002 submission

Target Pest(s): Gymnosporangium rust
Active Ingredient: pyraclostrobin + boscalid
Product(s): Pristine
Company: BASF
Sponsor: AAFC05-033
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-1848
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2008-1276
Status: AAFC 2005 Project; submitted July 28, 2004. DACO issued Nov. 22, 2004; efficacy, residue and data required for end use product registration required. D.3.2 assigned March 31, 2008. D.3.2 approval granted May 5, 2009. C.6.3 2009-2150 label approved Oct. 13, 2009.

Target Pest(s): Woolly apple aphid
Active Ingredient: acephate
Product(s): Orthene
Company: Arysta
Sponsor: Sask. Ag.
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2005-0251
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2005-0926
Status: Submitted Feb. 2005. Registered Feb. 2006.

Target Pest(s): Entomosporium and juniper rust
Active Ingredient: cyprodinil + fludioxonil
Product(s): Switch
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC07-018
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-3619
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2008-1270
Status: 2007 Project. Submitted May 2006. DACO issued Oct. 12, 2006; efficacy data required. D.3.2 assigned March 17, 2008. D.3.2 approval granted Feb. 18, 2009. C.6.3 2009-1288 label approved for suppression of Entomosporium May 28, 2009.

Target Pest(s): Woolly apple aphid
Active Ingredient: imidacloprid
Product(s): Admire
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC07-025
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-4011
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2006-7241
Status: 2007 Project. Prairie regional upgrade. Submitted June 2006. D.3.2 assigned Oct. 25, 2006. D.3.2 approval granted August 28, 2007; C.6.3 2007-8739 approved Feb. 1, 2008.

Target Pest(s): Fireblight
Active Ingredient: Pantoea agglomerans strain C9-1, strain E325
Product(s): BlightBan C9-1, Bloomtime
Company: Nufarm, NAP
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2007-4635, 2007-5793
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2007-8112, 2007-8835
Status: Blightban submitted June 2007. Bloomtime submitted Aug. 2007. D.3.2 assigned Nov. and Dec. 2007. D.3.2 approval granted Dec. 24, 2007. C.6.3s 2008-0898 (Blightban), 2008-1008 (Bloomtime) labels approved March & August, 2008.

Target Pest(s): Labeled weeds
Active Ingredient: quizalofop-ethyl
Product(s): Assure
Company: E. I. du Pont
Sponsor: AAFC09-016
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-1723
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2009 project.

Target Pest(s): Fireblight
Active Ingredient: kasugaymycin
Product(s): Kasumin
Company: Arysta
Sponsor: AAFC10-026
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.

Related Links

 

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