Current Minor Use Registrations, Priorities and Projects for Turf

Table of Contents

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

Registrations Achieved 

Crop(s) Active ingredient (Product) Target Pest(s) Sponsor Date
Turfgrass myclobutanil (Eagle) diseases V. Brookes Dec. 2001
Golf course turf boscalid (Cadence) Dollar spot BASF Nov. 2003
Turfgrass trifloxystrobin (Compass) Brown patch, leaf spot Bayer Feb. 2004
Golf course turf & sod production metalaxyl-m (Subdue Maxx) Pythium root rot AAFC July 2004
Turf in BC imidacloprid (Merit) Grubs BC July 2004
Turfgrass spinosad (Entrust) Sod webworm Dow Agro June 2005
Turfgrass fosetyl-al (Aliette) Anthracnose AAFC Oct. 2005
Turfgrass cyhalothrin-lambda (Demand) Ants Landscape Ontario May 2006
Turfgrass carbaryl (Sevin) Leatherjackets J. Chaput Dec. 2006
Turfgrass in E. Canada and BC deltamethrin (Deltagard) Cinch bugs, webworm, cutworm, ants P. Charbonneau August 2007
Golf course turf triticonazole (Premis) Anthracnose, brown patch, dollar spot BASF Oct. 2007
Turfgrass fosetyl-al (Aliette) Bentgrass deadspot J. Chaput Oct. 2007
Gold course turf azoxystrobin (Heritage) Take-all patch P. Charbonneau Oct. 2007
Turfgrass imidacloprid (Merit) Leatherjacket (crane fly) larvae J. Chaput Oct. 2007
Golf course, sod farm turf bispyribac Na (Velocity) Reduction of annual bluegrass Valent/Engage Agro March 2008
Golf course turf fludioxonil, chlorothalonil, propiconazole (Intrata) Pink, grey snow mold Syngenta April 2008
Turfgrass Bacillus subtilis (Rhapsody) Brown patch, dollar spot, Anthracnose J. Chaput/ Agraquest May 2009
Golf course turf triticonazole (Triton) Brown patch, dollar spot, Anthracnose, pink, grey snow mold, Fusarium Bayer May 2009
Golf course, sod farm turf propamocarb HCl (Banol) Pythium J. Chaput July 2009
Golf course turf propiconazole (Banner Maxx) Take-all patch J. Chaput Feb. 2010
Golf course, lawn bowling greens copper hydroxide (Kocide) Silvery thread moss BC June 2011
Turf Na, K, NH4 phosphites (Phostrol) Pythium blight Engage Agro June 2012
Sod farm turf mesotrione (Callisto) Weeds J. Chaput August 2012
Golf course turf triticonazole (Triton) Summer patch J. Chaput Sept. 2012

 

Priorities for Ontario

Miscellaneous
Entomology: Turf (home lawn, sod, golf course)
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Justifications**
European chafer, Japanese beetle, June beetle grubs (home lawn, sports fields and other non-excepted uses) 1 1 (require actives that qualify under Class 11 Ontario Regulation 63/09)
European crane fly (home lawn, sports fields and other non-excepted uses) 2 1 (require actives that qualify under Class 11 Ontario Regulation 63/09)
Cinch bug (home lawn, sports fields and other non-excepted uses) 3 1 (require actives that qualify under Class 11 Ontario Regulation 63/09)
Bluegrass billbug (home lawn, sports fields and other non-excepted uses) 4 1 (require actives that qualify under Class 11 Ontario Regulation 63/09)
Ants (golf course turf) 5 3
Sod webworm (home lawn, sports fields and other non-excepted uses) 6 1 (require actives that qualify under Class 11 Ontario Regulation 63/09)

Miscellaneous
Pathology: Turf (golf course) 
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Justifications**
Pythium (golf course) 1 4
Waitea patch (golf course) 2 4
Nematodes (golf course) 3 1
Anthracnose (golf course) 4 4
Summer patch (golf course) 5 4

Miscellaneous
Weed Priorities: Turf (home lawn, sod, golf course)
Target Pest(s) Priority Ranking Justifications**
Broadleaf weeds (home lawn, sports fields and other non-excepted uses) 1 1 (require actives that qualify under Class 11 Ontario Regulation 63/09)
Poa annua within bentgrass (sod, golf) 2 1
Crabgrass (home lawn, sports fields and other non-excepted uses) 3 1 (require actives that qualify under Class 11 Ontario Regulation 63/09)
Seed head suppression (golf) 4 1
Poa annua within Kentucky bluegrass (sod) 5 1

Ontario’s minor use priorities are established annually by the various services committees and minor use commodity liaison committees.

For a more detailed version of these tables, consult the provincial minor use coordinator.

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** 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

Active URMULE Projects

Miscellaneous
(Commodities not assigned a grouping in RCG or not requiring one)

Turf

Target Pest(s): Chinch bugs
Active Ingredient: Metarhizium anisopliae
Product(s): MET 52
Company: Novozymes
Sponsor: J. Chaput
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2011-2773
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted July 2011. Rejected by PMRA due to new use site category.


Target Pest(s): Poa annua (sod)
Active Ingredient: ethofumesate
Product(s): Etho
Company: Uniphos
Sponsor: BC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2011-2879
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2): 2012-0921
Status: Submitted July 2011. D.3.2 assigned Mar. 1, 2012. D.3.2 review complete Jan. 16, 2013.


Target Pest(s): Poa annua (golf greens)
Active Ingredient: ethephon
Product(s): Florel
Company: Bayer
Sponsor: BC
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1): 2012-0727
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: Submitted February 2012. On-hold.


Target Pest(s): Chinch bugs
Active Ingredient: Chromobacterium subtsugae
Product(s): MBI-203
Company: Marrone
Sponsor: BPR12-080
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2012 biopesticide project.


Target Pest(s): Grubs
Active Ingredient: Bacillus thuringiensis galleriae
Product(s): Boregone
Company: Phyllom
Sponsor: BPR14-08
URMULE PSC Number (D.3.1):
URMULE Sub. Number (D.3.2):
Status: 2014 biopesticide 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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For more information:
Toll Free: 1-877-424-1300
Local: (519) 826-4047
E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca
Author: Jim Chaput - Provincial Minor Use Coordinator/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 01 March 2002
Last Reviewed: 22 March 2013