Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and Projects for Seed Corn

Table of Contents

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

Priorities for Ontario

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 or IPM 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 15: Cereal Grains

Seed Corn

Target Pest(s): Weeds, seed corn
Active Ingredient: prosulfuon + dicamba
Product(s): Peak + Banvel
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: A. Hamill followed by AAFC03-090
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2001-1990
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2005-0747
Status: Submitted Sept. 2001; tolerance trials required; AAFC did trials in 2003. Data submitted April 20, 2005. Registered April 2006.

Target Pest(s): Weeds, seed corn
Active Ingredient: isoxaflutole + atrazine
Product(s): Converge
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: A. Hamill followed by AAFC03-088
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2001-1986, 2001-1987
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted Sept. 2001; tolerance trials required; additional crop tolerance trials required, PMRA letter May 2002; AAFC did trials in 2003, reports complete. WITHDRAWN.

Target Pest(s): Weeds, seed corn
Active Ingredient: flumetsulam +clopyralid
Product(s): Fieldstar
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: A. Hamill
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2001-1988
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted Sept. 2001; tolerance trials required; AAFC did trials in 2003; additional crop tolerance trials required, PMRA letter May 2002; AAFC did trials in 2003. WITHDRAWN due to product discontinuation.

Target Pest(s): Weeds, seed corn
Active Ingredient: flumetsulam +clopyralid + 2,4-D
Product(s): Striker
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: A. Hamill
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2001-1989
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Withdrawn, May 2002

Target Pest(s): Weeds, seed corn
Active Ingredient: flufenacet + metribuzin
Product(s): Axiom
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: A. Hamill
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2001-1991
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: As above; letter from PMRA May 1, 2002 requesting crop tolerance trials. WITHDRAWN.

Target Pest(s): 3-leaf dieback
Active Ingredient: difenoconazole
Product(s): Dividend
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0931, 2003-0932
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2003-1168 2003-1169
Status: Submitted with sweet corn, April 2003; email July 21, 2003 seeking clarification of seed uses. Registered March 2004

Target Pest(s): Corn borer, corn earworm
Active Ingredient: cyhalothrin lambda (rate increase)
Product(s): Matador, Warrior
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2007-4249, 2007-6848
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2007-7628, 2007-7629
Status: Submitted end of April 2007. D.3.2 approval granted Aug. 28, 2008.

Target Pest(s): Weeds, seed corn
Active Ingredient: topramezone + atrazine
Product(s): Impact + Atrazine
Company: AmVac
Sponsor: AAFC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2007-5344
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2007-8787
Status: submitted August 2007. D.3.2 assigned Dec. 12, 2007. D.3.2 approval granted Aug. 13, 2008. C.6.3 2008-5387 label approved March 27, 2009.

Target Pest(s): Weeds, seed and sweet corn
Active Ingredient: mesotrione (POST)
Product(s): Callisto
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: AAFC08-071, AAFC08-072
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-1541, 2008-1542
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2008-3015
Status: submitted May 2008. D.3.2 assigned Aug. 7, 2008. D.3.2 approval granted April 14, 2009. C.6.3 2009-1203 label approved May 28, 2009.

Target Pest(s): Western bean cutworm (all corn types)
Active Ingredient: cyhalothrin-lambda
Product(s): Matador, Warrior
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-1181, 2009-1182
URMULE  Sub.Number (D.3.2): 2009-4030, 2009-4031
Status: Submitted April 2009. D.3.2 assigned Oct. 1, 2009.

Target Pest(s): Western bean cutworm (all corn types)
Active Ingredient: deltamethrin
Product(s): Decis
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-1499, 2009-1500
URMULE  Sub.Number (D.3.2): 2009-3001, 2009-3002
Status: Submitted May 2009. D.3.2 assigned August 19, 2009.

Crop Group

Target Pest(s): Rust, gray leaf spot
Active Ingredient: pyraclostrobin
Product(s): Headline
Company: BASF
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): N/A
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2003-2093
Status: Submitted Sept. 2003; DACO issued May 6, 2004; efficacy for gray leaf spot and rust on sorghum/millet not accepted; residue data for sorghum/millet not accepted. June 14, 2004, submission amended to only corn with complete gray leaf spot efficacy data provided to PMRA for review. Registered April 2005.

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

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Pesticide Risk Reduction and Minor Use Programs
• Ontario Minor Use Program
• Information For Sponsors
• Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and Projects
• Ontario Emergency Use Registrations