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Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and Projects for Tree Nuts

Author: Jim Chaput - Provincial Minor Use Coordinator/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 01 June 2002
Last Reviewed: 23 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

Registrations Achieved
Crop(s) Active ingredient Product Target Pest(s) Sponsor Date
Tree nuts Bacillus thuringiensis Dipel 2X DF leafrollers T. Leuty Feb. 2002
Hazelnuts (filberts) copper oxychloride Guardsman Copper 50 eastern filbert blight E. Hudgins, BC May, 2004
Hazelnuts (filberts) copper oxychloride Copper Spray eastern filbert blight E. Hudgins, BC May, 2004
Hazelnuts (filberts) azoxystrobin Quadris eastern filbert blight E. Hudgins, BC May, 2004
Tree nuts kaolin Surround Insects J. Chaput Dec. 2005
Hazelnuts (filberts) trifloxystrobin Flint eastern filbert blight AAFC-PMC Feb. 2008
Tree nuts spirotetramat Movento Aphids, Scale, Mealybugs Bayer July 2008

 

Priorities for Ontario

Group 14: Tree Nuts
Entomology: Tree nuts
Target Pest (priority) Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Registrant Eligibility* Justifications**
Husk maggot, codling moth, curculio, scale, leafhoppers on walnuts (1) indoxacarb Avaunt DuPont Cat. A 1, 3, 4, 7
Codling moth on walnuts (2) methoxyfenozide  Intrepid  Dow Agro  URMULE 1, 3, 7
novaluron Rimon Mahkteshim URMULE 1, 3, 4, 7
chlorantraniliprole Altacor DuPont URMULE 1, 3, 4, 7
pyriproxyfen Esteem Valent Cat. A 1, 3, 4, 7
spinetoram Delegate Dow Agro URMULE 1, 3, 4, 7
Walnut husk fly (3)          
Oblique banded leafroller on walnuts (4) methoxyfenozide Intrepid Dow Agro URMULE 1, 3, 4, 7
Leafhopper, aphids on sweet chestnuts (1) tolfenpyrad NAI-2302 Ninchino Cat. A 1, 4, 7
thiamethoxam Actara Syngenta URMULE 1, 4, 7
Filbert bud mite, 2 spotted mite on hazelnuts (1) pyridaben Nexter Gowan URMULE 1, 4, 7
bifenazate Floramite Chemtura URMULE 1, 4, 7
acequinocyl Kanemite Arysta Cat. A 1, 4, 7
Japanese beetle adults (2)         1, 2

 

Group 14: Tree Nuts
Plant Pathology Priorities: Tree nuts
Target Pest (priority) Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Registrant Eligibility* Justifications**
Eastern filbert blight (1) chlorothalonil Bravo Syngenta URMULE 4
fluopyram N/A Bayer Cat. A 4

 

Group 14: Tree Nuts
Weed Priorities: Tree nuts
Target Pest (priority) Potential Solutions (Active Ingredient) Potential Solutions (Product[s]) Registrant Eligibility* Justifications**
Weeds in established plantings (1) simazine Simazine 80 UAP URMULE 1, 4, 7
s-metolachlor Dual Magnum Syngenta URMULE 1, 4, 7
paraquat Gramoxone Syngenta URMULE 1, 4, 7
2, 4-D 2, 4-D Amine IPCO URMULE 1, 4, 7
napropamide Devrinol UPI URMULE 1, 4, 7
glyphosate Roundup, Vantage Monsanto, Syngenta URMULE 1, 4, 7
sethoxydim Poast Ultra BASF URMULE 1, 4 , 7
indaziflam N/A BASF Cat. A 1, 4, 7

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

** 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 14: Tree Nuts

Sweet chestnut

Target Pest(s): Potato leafhopper
Active Ingredient: carbaryl
Product(s): Sevin
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: J. Gardner
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 1999-1477
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: On hold due to carbamate review;July 13, 2001; letter from PMRA indicating this submission cannot be pursued

 

Tree Nuts (group)

Target Pest(s): Leafrollers, leafhoppers, husk maggot, curculio
Active Ingredient: kaolin clay
Product(s): Surround
Company: Tessenderlo Kerley
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2005-1022
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2005-2798
Status: Submitted late May 2005. D.3.2 assigned Oct. 3, 2005. Registered Dec. 2005.

Target Pest(s): Rust, scab, shothole
Active Ingredient: trifloxystrobin
Product(s): Flint
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC-PMC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-1647
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted May 2008; WITHDRAWN.

Hazelnut (filbert)

Target Pest(s): Filbert blight
Active Ingredient: copper oxychloride
Product(s): Copper spray
Company: UAP
Sponsor: E. Hudgins, BC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2003-1780
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Assigned D.3.2 Sept. 2003; registered May 2004

Target Pest(s): Filbert blight
Active Ingredient: copper oxychloride
Product(s): Copper oxychloride 50
Company: Guardsman
Sponsor: E. Hudgins, BC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2003-1803
Status: Assigned D.3.2 Sept. 2003; registered May 2004

Target Pest(s): Filbert blight
Active Ingredient: azoxystrobin
Product(s): Quadris
Company: Syngenta
Sponsor: E. Hudgins, BC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2003-1804
Status: Assigned D.3.2 Sept. 2003; registered May 2004

Target Pest(s): Filbert blight
Active Ingredient: trifloxystrobin
Product(s): Flint
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: AAFC07-019
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2006-3549
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2006-7243
Status: 2007 project. Submitted May 2006; includes ornamental hazelnuts. D.3.2 assigned Oct. 25, 2006. D.3.2 approval granted Oct. 22, 2007. C.6.3 2008-0030 label approved Feb. 21, 2008.

Walnuts

Target Pest(s): Walnut husk fly
Active Ingredient: spinosad
Product(s): GF-120
Company: Dow Agro
Sponsor: BCMAL
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2008-4370
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2009-0929
Status: submitted Oct. 14, 2008. D.3.2 assigned March 20, 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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