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Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and
Projects for All Stone Fruits

Author: Jim Chaput - Provincial Minor Use Coordinator/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 01 May 2002
Last Reviewed: 12 November 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

Registrations Achieved

Crop(s) Active ingredient Product Target Pest(s) Sponsor Date
Cherries imidacloprid Admire Cherry fruit fly BC July, 2002
Cherries propiconazole Topas Leaf spot W. Roberts Sept. 2002
Crop Group  spinosad  Success  Leafrollers, budmoth  V. Brookes  Feb. 2003 
Sweet cherries myclobutanil Nova Powdery mildew BCMAFF April, 2003
Stone fruits fenbuconazole Indar Blossom blight, brown rot, black knot URMUR, Dow Agro May, 2003
Stone fruits pyraclostrobin Cabrio Anthracnose (all crops), powdery mildew (cherry) BASF March, 2003
Stone fruits boscalid Lance Brown rot, Monilinia BASF Nov. 2003
Peaches, nectarines, Cherries fenhexamid Elevate Shoot & twig blight, Blossom blight, Brown rot W. Roberts Nov. 2003
Cherries pyridaben Pyramite Mites V. Brookes April, 2005
Apricots, Cherries, Peaches, Nectarines spirodiclofen Envidor Mites Bayer May 2005
Crop Group  spinosad  Entrust  Leafrollers, budmoth  Dow Agro June 2005
Cherries spinosad Entrust Cherry fruit fly BCMAL June 2005
Crop Group boscalid + pyraclostrobin Pristine Anthracnose, Monilinia, Leaf spot, powdery mildew BASF May 2006
Cherries copper oxychloride Copper spray, Guardsman copper Bacterial canker BCMAL June 2006
Peaches, Nectarines imidacloprid Admire Aphids BCMAL February 2007
Crop Group fludioxonil Scholar PH diseases Syngenta October 2007
Crop group spinetoram Delegate Leafrollers, Oriental fruit moth Dow Agro December 2007
Cherris trifloxystrobin Flint Powdery mildew Bayer April 2008
Crop Group potassium bicarbonate Milstop Powdery milew OTFPMB April 2008
Crop Group chlorantraniliprole Altacor Oriental fruit moth, leafrollers, peach twig borer E. I. du Pont May 2008
Nectarines spinsoad Entrust Western flower thrips BCMAL August 2008
Crop Group spirotetramat Movento Aphids, whiteflies, mealybugs, scale Bayer July 2008
Crop Group flumioxazin Chateau Weeds Valent March 2009
Crop Group Bacillus subtilis Serenade Brown rot J. Chaput/ Agraquest May 2009
Crop Group acetamiprid Assail Oriental fruit moth, plum curculio, cherry fruit fly AAFC-PMC May 2009
Crop Group clothianidin Clutch OFM, Curculio, Aphids, Leafhoppers, Leafminers Valent, AAFC-PMC October 2009

 

Priorities for Ontario

Group 12: Stone Fruits
Entomology: Stone Fruits
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Registrant Eligibility* URMULE # or IR-4 Status Justifications**
Synanthedon sp. on peaches 1 acetamiprid Assail Nisso URMULE   3
N/A Isomate LPTB CBC Americas Cat. A   3
Japanese beetle on peaches 2 acetamiprid Assail Nisso URMULE   3, 4
chlorantraniliprole Altacor Dupont URMULE   3, 4
Plum curculio on peaches 3 thiacloprid Calypso Bayer URMULE   3, 4
Aphids on peaches 4 oil Petro Can 13E, Bartlett's 70 Petro Canada, Bartletts URMULE   1
Tarnished plant bug on stone fruit 5 metaflumizone Alverde BASF URMULE   1
Oriental fruit moth on stone fruit 6 thiacloprid Calypso Bayer URMULE   3, 4

 

Group 12: Stone Fruits
Pathology: Stone Fruits
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Registrant Eligibility* URMULE # or IR-4 Status Justifications**
Powdery mildew on sour cherry and peach 1 tebuconazole Folicur Bayer URMULE   4    
Bacterial spot on stone fruit 2 kasugamycin Kasumin Arysta Cat. A AAFC07-073 1

 

Group 12: Stone Fruits
Weed Priorities: Stone Fruits
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Registrant Eligibility* URMULE # or IR-4 Status Justifications**
Growth regulation on peach 1 1-mcp Smart Fresh Agrofresh URMULE   1
gibberellic acid ProGibb Valent  Cat. B    1 (peaches)
gibberellic acid Activol Norac URMULE   1 (peaches)
Post emerg. grasses 2 clethodim Select, Centurion, Arrow Arysta, Bayer, Makhteshim URMULE 06875 4 (joint with US project on cherry)
Pre- emerg weeds 3 indaziflam N/A BASF Cat. A   4
Pre-emerg. broadleaf weeds incl. vetch 4 clopyralid Lontrel  Dow Agro   URMULE  03621,
03622,
03625
4

Ontario’s minor use priorities are established annually by various 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
  5. 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:

  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 12: Stone Fruits

Crop Group

Target Pest(s): Lepidoptera, fruit fly, thrips
Active Ingredient: spinosad
Product(s): Success
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: V. Brookes
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2002-1058
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted May, 2002; registered for leafroller and budmoth, Feb. 2003


Target Pest(s): Brown rot
Active Ingredient: fenhexamid
Product(s): Elevate
Company: Arysta
Sponsor: W. Roberts
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2002-1318
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted June, 2002; response Feb. 2003, ok for peaches, cherries, not ok for plums, residue required. Sponsor accepts 2 crops; registered Nov. 2003


Target Pest(s): OFM, Lygus
Active Ingredient: indoxacarb
Product(s): Avaunt
Company: DuPont
Sponsor: AAFC03-033 (cherry), 03-078 (peach), 03-079 (plum)
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0110
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Joint with IR-4; DACO issued March 19, 2003; efficacy, exposure and residue data required zones 1A, 5, 11. WITHDRAWN.


Target Pest(s): OFM, Cherry fruit fly
Active Ingredient: acetamiprid
Product(s): Assail
Company: Nisso
Sponsor: AAFC04-043 (cherry), 04-044 (peach), 04-045 (plum)
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-1580
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2008-2955
Status: 2004 Project; DACO issued Oct. 15, 2003; efficacy and residue data required zones 5 & 11 . Reporting phase 3/08. D.3.2 assigned July 31, 2008. D.3.2 approval granted April 24, 2009. C.6.3 2009-1142 label approved May 25, 2009.


Target Pest(s): OFM on peaches, PC & TPB on Crop Group
Active Ingredient: clothianidin
Product(s): Clutch
Company: Valent
Sponsor: AAFC04-074 (peach), 04-075 (plum), 04-076 (cherry)
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-0727
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2008-0353
Status: DACO issued June 16, 2004; efficacy and residue data required pending registration of product on terrestrial food crop. D.3.2 assigned Jan. 15, 2008. Registered October 2009.


Target Pest(s): Aphids
Active Ingredient: clothianidin
Product(s): Clutch
Company: Valent
Sponsor: AAFC07-032 (peach), 07-033 (nectarine), 07-034 (cherry)
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-6720
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): N/A
Status: 2007 Project. Efficacy data submitted April 2009. Registered October 2009.


Target Pest(s): Powdery mildew
Active Ingredient: potassium bicarbonate
Product(s): Milstop
Company: Bioworks
Sponsor: OTFPMB
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-3480
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2006-8048
Status: Submitted May 2006. D.3.2 assigned Dec. 13, 2006. D.3.2 approval granted Oct. 22, 2007. C.6.3 2008-0920 label approved April 1, 2008.


Target Pest(s): Powdery mildew, scab, rust, shothole
Active Ingredient: trifloxystrobin
Product(s): Flint
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC-PMC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-1644
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted May 2008. WITHDRAWN.


Target Pest(s): Brown rot (blossom blight, twig canker)
Active Ingredient: pyrimethanil
Product(s): Scala
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC-PMC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-1696
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted May 2008. WITHDRAWN.


Target Pest(s): Reduce fruit drop, delay fruit maturity
Active Ingredient: avg
Product(s): Retain
Company: Valent BioSciences
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-2826
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: submitted July 2008.


Target Pest(s): Pythium, Fusarium, Nematodes as contributors to replant disease
Active Ingredient: chloropicrin
Product(s): CP 100, Pic Plus
Company: Hendrix and Dail
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-1883, 2009-1884
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted June 2009;


Target Pest(s): Mites, powdery mildew, aphids which spread PPV
Active Ingredient: mineral oil
Product(s): Petro Canada Spray Oil 13E (summer application)
Company: Petro Canada
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-2439
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: submitted July 2009.


Plums/Prunes

Target Pest(s): Mites
Active Ingredient: pyridaben
Product(s): Nexter
Company: Gowan
Sponsor: V. Brookes
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2002-1097
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted June, 2002; residue data required, zones 5 and 1A, Jan. 2003 and revised DACO April, 2003


Plums

Target Pest(s): OFM, leafrollers
Active Ingredient: novaluron
Product(s): Rimon
Company: Mahkteshim
Sponsor: AAFC06-042
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2005-4148
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2008-4244
Status: 2006 Project joint with IR-4. DACO issued Feb. 27, 2006; efficacy and residue data required. Reporting phase 3/08. D.3.2 assigned Oct. 8, 2008. D.3.2 approval granted for CG 12 Oct. 28, 2009.


Sweet cherry

Target Pest(s): Powdery mildew
Active Ingredient: myclobutanil
Product(s): Nova
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: BCMAFF
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2002-3544
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2003-0163
Status: Submitted Dec. 2002; registered April 2003


Cherries

Target Pest(s): Mites
Active Ingredient: pyridaben
Product(s): Nexter
Company: Gowan
Sponsor: V. Brookes
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-0082
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2004-1486
Status: Submitted Jan. 2003; DACO issued April 28, 2003; if only 1 application, no further data required other than supplemental label. Registered April 2005.


Target Pest(s): Growth regulation
Active Ingredient: gibberellic acid
Product(s): ProGibb
Company: Valent
Sponsor: AAFC05-029
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-2048
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2005 Project; submitted to PMRA July 2004. Rejected as URMULE by PMRA Nov. 5, 2004


Target Pest(s): Cherry fruit fly
Active Ingredient: spinosad
Product(s): Entrust
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: BC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-3897
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2005-0486
Status: Submitted Nov. 30, 2004. Registered June 2005.


Target Pest(s): Bacterial canker
Active Ingredient: copper oxychloride
Product(s): Copper Spray and Guardsman Copper
Company: UAP and Univar
Sponsor: BCMAL
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-0510, 2006-0229
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2006-2960, 2006-2961
Status: Submitted mid-Dec. 2005. Registered June 2006.


Target Pest(s): Bacterial canker
Active Ingredient: famoxadone + copper
Product(s): Famoxate + Kocide
Company: Dupont
Sponsor: AAFC07-015
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-4053
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2007 Project; submitted June 2006. DACO issued Oct. 24, 2006; efficacy, residue, OE and environmental data required for full registration of Famoxate required. PROJECT WITHDRAWN.


Target Pest(s): Bacterial canker
Active Ingredient: famoxadone + cymoxanil + copper
Product(s): Tanos + Kocide
Company: DuPont
Sponsor: AAFC07-071
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2008 Project;


Target Pest(s): Bacterial canker
Active Ingredient: kasugamycin
Product(s): Kasumin
Company: Arysta
Sponsor: AAFC07-073
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2008 Project;


Target Pest(s): Growth regulation
Active Ingredient: prohexadione Ca
Product(s): Apogee
Company: BASF
Sponsor: AAFC09-015
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-2084
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2009 Project;


Target Pest(s): Paper wasp
Active Ingredient: cypermethrin
Product(s): Ripcord
Company: BASF
Sponsor: AAFC09-024
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2009 Project;


Target Pest(s): Grasses
Active Ingredient: clethodim
Product(s): Select/ Centurion
Company: Arysta/Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC09-043, 09-044
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2009 Project joint with IR-4 (06877).


Target Pest(s): Weeds
Active Ingredient: glufosinate ammonium
Product(s): Ignite
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: BCMAL
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-4438
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: submitted Oct. 27, 2009.


Target Pest(s): Powdery mildew
Active Ingredient: metrafenome
Product(s): Vivando
Company: BASF
Sponsor: AAFC10-023
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2010 Project


Nectarines

Target Pest(s): Western flower thrips
Active Ingredient: spinosad
Product(s): Success/Entrust
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: BCMAL
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-3896, 2008-1543
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2005-0487, 2008-1803
Status: Success submitted Nov. 30, 2004. Registered Sept. 2005. Entrust submitted May 2008. D.3.2 assigned May 29, 2008. D.3.2 approval granted June 2, 2008. C.6.3 2008-2613 label approved Aug. 7, 2008.


Target Pest(s): Western flower thrips
Active Ingredient: imidacloprid
Product(s): Admire
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: BCMAL
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-1401
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted April 2008. DACO issued Aug. 20, 2008, efficacy data required. WITHDRAWN by sponsor Feb. 2009.


Peaches and Nectarines

Target Pest(s): Aphids
Active Ingredient: imidacloprid
Product(s): Admire
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: BCMAL
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-0324
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2006-3257
Status: Submitted Dec. 2005. Registered February 2007.


Peaches

Target Pest(s): OFM
Active Ingredient: methoxyfenozide
Product(s): Intrepid
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: AAFC05-030
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-1782
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2009-2199
Status: 2005 Project; submitted July 30, 2004; DACO issued Nov. 12, 2004; amended use pattern suggested and residue data required, zones 5, 11. Reporting phase 3/08. D.3.2 assigned July 8, 2009.


Target Pest(s): OFM
Active Ingredient: novaluron
Product(s): Rimon
Company: Mahkteshim
Sponsor: AAFC05-059
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-4270
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2008-4244
Status: Joint with IR-4, submitted Dec. 04. DACO issued Mar. 1, 2005; efficacy, residue and OE data required. Reporting phase 3/08. D.3.2 assigned Oct. 8, 2008. D.3.2 approval granted for CG 12 Oct. 28, 2009.


Target Pest(s): OFM
Active Ingredient: chlorantraniliprole
Product(s): Altacor
Company: DuPont
Sponsor: AAFC05-060
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2004-4224
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Joint with IR-4, submitted Dec. 04. DACO issued Feb. 28, 2005; efficacy, residue, OE and environmental data needed for full registration required.


Target Pest(s): Mites
Active Ingredient: bifenazate
Product(s): Acramite
Company: Chemtura
Sponsor: AAFC06-029
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2005-3748
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2006 Project; DACO issued March 15, 2006; efficacy and residue data required. Reporting phase 3/08.


Target Pest(s): Peach Twig Borer
Active Ingredient: spinosad
Product(s): Success/Entrust
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: BCMAL
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2009-XXXX, 2009-XXXX
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: submitted Sept. 2009.


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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