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360, Fruit Production Recommendations: Pest Management for Organic Fruit Growers
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- Introduction
- Products for Organic Fruit Production
- Other topics in Pest Management
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Pest Management for Organic Fruit Growers
Introduction
Pest
management in organic fruit production includes pest monitoring, field sanitation,
crop rotation, and use of resistant varieties and other crop management practices
to encourage beneficial insects and to minimize pest outbreaks.
Several
new pest management tools have been developed for fruit production that will assist
growers in controlling major pests in commercial fruit crops. For more information
on biopesticides, including mating disruption technology, see Biological
control, Biopesticides, and
Using mating disruption in fruit crops.
All pest control products used on fruit crops must be labelled and registered
for the pest and for the crop on which they are used. In addition, products used
for organic fruit production must meet the requirements of the Canadian Organic
Standards, and any additional requirements of the local organic certification
body. Products that have been reviewed and listed by the Organic Materials Review
Institute (OMRI listed) are usually appropriate for use in organic production,
but need to be approved by the certification body.
There are several certification bodies serving Ontario farms and processors.
Contact these organizations to get information on how to be certified.
For more information on certification, as well as addresses and links
to details of the organic regulations and standards see the infosheet
Organic Food and
Farming Certification on the OMAFRA website.
Table 2-9. Products for Organic Fruit Production, below lists products registered in Ontario and likely to be acceptable for organic production. Always check with your organic certification body to confirm which products are allowed for use in your situation.
For
more details on these products, see Table
11-6. Pesticides Used on Fruit Crops in Ontario, and Table
2-8. Characteristics of Biopesticides and Some Reduced Risk Products Registered
on Fruit Crops.
| Product name |
Active ingredient | Crop registrations (use only for pests on the label) |
|---|---|---|
| DiPel 2X DF | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki | apple, apricot, blueberry, cherry, grape, hazelnut, pear, pecan, plum, raspberry, sea buckthorn, sweet chestnut, walnut |
| Foray 48BA | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki | apple, blueberry, pear, raspberry, |
| Bioprotec CAF | Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki | apple, apricot, blueberry, cherry, peach, pear, plum, raspberry |
| Surround WP | kaolin | apple, butternut, grape, hazelnut, pear, pecan, raspberry, strawberry, sweet chestnut, walnut |
| Bartlett Superior Oil Superior Oil 70 | mineral oil | apple, apricot, highbush blueberry, peach, pear, plum, saskatoon berry, sour cherry |
| Isomate-M 100 | oriental fruit moth pheromone | apple, apricot, peach, pear |
| Isomate-GBM Plus | methoxyfenozide | grape |
| Isomate-M Rosso | oriental fruit moth pheromone | apple, apricot, peach, pear |
| Isomate-P | peach tree borer pheromone | apple, apricot, cherry, peach, pear, plum |
| Isomate-CFM/OFM TT | codling moth and oriental fruit moth pheromone | apple, cherry and other stone fruit, peach, pear, walnut, |
| Entrust 80 W | spinosad | apple, apricot, cherry, lowbrush blueberry, peach, pear, plum |
| GF-120 | spinosad | apple, blueberry, cherry |
| Kumulus DF | sulphur | apple, grape, pear, sour cherry |
| Virosoft CP4 | granulosis virus | apple |
1 May not be a complete list. Always check with your organic certification body to confirm which products are allowed for use.
| Product name |
Active ingredient | Crop registrations (use only for pests on the label) |
|---|---|---|
| Actinovate SP | Streptomyces lydicus strain WYEC 108 | strawberry (field and greenhouse) |
| Copper 53W | copper from tri-basic copper sulphate | apple, apricot, currant, gooseberry, grape, peach, pear, nectarine, sour cherry |
| Copper Spray | fixed copper | apple trees, cranberry, filbert/hazelnut, grape, highbush blueberry, peach, sweet and sour cherry, raspberry, walnut |
| Kumulus DF | sulphur | apple, grape, peach, pear, plum, saskatoon berry, sour cherry, sweet cherry |
| Lime Sulphur | lime sulphur | grape, blueberry |
| MilStop | potassium bicarbonate | apricot, grape, peach, plum |
| Serenade ASO Serenade MAX | Bacillus subtilis | apple, apricot, blackberry, blueberry, cherry, currant, elderberry, gooseberry, grape, pear, plum, raspberry, saskatoon berry, sea buckthorn, strawberry |
1 May not be a complete list. Always check with your organic certification body to confirm which products are allowed for use.
For more information:
Toll Free: 1-877-424-1300
Local: (519) 826-4047
E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca
| Author: | OMAFRA Staff |
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| Creation Date: | 25 June 2007 |
| Last Reviewed: | 30 June 2010 |