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Publication 360S - January 2009 Supplement
Chapter 5 - Additions and new uses for 2008-09

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 01 June 2008
Last Reviewed: 28 January 2009

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Additions and new uses for 2008-09 - Chapter 5 - Berry calendar
  3. PDF Format- January 2009 Update (200 Kb)
  4. Related Links

Introduction

This supplement contains new product registrations and changes from January 2008 to January 2009. For complete information, please refer to the full edition of Publication 360, Fruit Production Recommendations, 2008-2009 published in March 2008. This supplement can be downloaded at www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub360/p360toc.htm. Refer to this website for updates throughout the year. Printed copies are available from OMAFRA Resource Centers.

Additions and new uses for 2008-09: Chapter 5 - Berry Calendar

 

Blueberry Calendar

Product to Add: Allegro 500 F

Common name: fluazinam
Group 29 fungicide
Preharvest interval: 30 days
Re-entry period: 24 hours
Maximum # applications/year: 4

Diseases and Insects: Mummyberry
Timing: Bud Swell to pink bud (pg. 97)
Rate: 2.24 L/ha
Comments: Provides suppression rather than control of this disease.

Diseases and Insects: Mummyberry
Timing: Bud Swell to pink bud (pg. 97)
Rate: 2.24 L/ha
Comments: Provides suppression rather than control of this disease.

 

Product to Add: Delegate WG

Common name: spinetoram
Group 5 insecticide (naturalyte)
Preharvest interval: 3 days
Re-entry period: 12 hours
Maximum # applications/year: 3

Diseases and Insects: Blueberry spanworm
Timing: Bud Swell to pink bud (pg. 97), Green fruit (pg. 99)
Rate: 200 g/ha
Comments: Spray tank solution should be between pH 6 and 8 for optimum control.

Raspberry Calendar

Product to Add: Admire 240 F

Common name: imidacloprid
Group 4 (neonicotinoid)
Preharvest interval: : 14 days for soil drench or 4 days for foliar applications
Re-entry period: 24 hours
Maximum # applications/year: 1 soil drench or 3 foliar applications.

Diseases and Insects: White grubs (larvae of European chafer)
Timing: Green fruit (pg. 106) or Post harvest (pg. 107)
Rate: 1.2 L/ha
Comments:
Do not apply during bloom. Apply to damp soil in the plant row and in the alleys, in 200 L water/ha. Move the product into the root zone with 5-10 mm irrigation within 24 hours of application.

Diseases and Insects:Leafhoppers, Aphids
Timing: Green fruit (pg. 106)
Rate:
175 ml/ha
Comments:
Do not apply prebloom, during bloom, or when bees are actively foraging. Apply in 300 L water as a foliar spray. May provide suppression rather than control.

Diseases and Insects:Raspberry cane borer
Timing: Green fruit (pg. 106)
Rate:
467 mL/ha
Comments:
Do not apply prebloom, during bloom, or when bees are actively foraging. Apply in 300 L water as a foliar spray. May provide suppression rather than control.

Diseases and Insects:Red-necked caneborer
Timing: Green fruit (pg. 106)
Rate:
467 mL/ha
Comments:
Do not apply prebloom, during bloom, or when bees are actively foraging. Apply in 300 L water as a foliar spray. May provide suppression rather than control.

 

Product to Add: Delegate WG

Common name: spinetoram
Group 5 insecticide (naturalyte)
Preharvest interval: : 1 day
Re-entry period: 12 hours
Maximum # applications/year:

Diseases and Insects: Obliquebanded leafroller
Timing: Prebloom (pg. 105), Green fruit (pg. 106)
Rate: 200 g/ha
Comments: Spray tank solution should be between pH 6 and 8 for optimum control.

 

Product to Add: Surround WP

Common name: kaolin
Particle film product
Preharvest interval: : 1 day
Re-entry period: non specified
Maximum # applications/year:

Diseases and Insects: Potato leafhopper
Timing: New plantings, July-mid August (pg. 105)
Rate: 25 kg/ha
Comments: Apply at 7 to 14-day intervals when leafhoppers are first detected by monitoring Use 12.5 to 25 kg Surround WP per 500 litres of water. For early applications, use 25 kg Surround WP per 500 litres of water. Once a base coat is established, rate can be reduced for follow-up applications to 12.5 kg Surround WP per 500 litres of water.
Not recommended when fruit is present. May leave a white residue on fruit. Not recommended during bloom.

 

Saskatoon Berry Calendar

 

Product to Add: Admire 240 F

Common name: imidacloprid
Group 4 (neonicotinoid)
Preharvest interval: : 14 days
Re-entry period: 24 hours
Maximum # applications/year: 1

Diseases and Insects: Woolly elm aphid, Woolly apple aphid
Timing: Early to mid July, after harvest is complete (pg. 112)
Rate: For each plant: 0.125 ml
Comments: Do not apply during bloom. Apply to the soil at the base of each plant, followed by sufficient water to move the product to the root zone.


Strawberry Calendar

Product to Add: Delegate WG

Common name: spinetoram
Group 5 insecticide (naturalyte)
Preharvest interval: 1 day
Re-entry period: 12 hours
Maximum # applications/year: 3

Diseases and Insects: Thrips (suppression)
Timing: 7 to 10 days after first bloom (pg. 116), Preharvest (pg. 116)
Rate: 280 g/ha
Comments: Delegate is registered for suppression, rather than control, of thrips. Product is also labeled for greenhouse use. Spray tank solution should be between pH 6 and 8 for optimum control.

 

Product to Add: Silencer 120 EC

Common name: lambda-cyhalothrin
Group 3 insecticide (pyrethroid)
Preharvest interval: 7 days
Re-entry period: 24 hours
Maximum # applications/year: 3

Diseases and Insects: Strawberry clipper weevil
Timing: As flower buds extend from the crown (pg. 115)
Rate: 104 mL/ha
Comments:

Diseases and Insects: Tarnished plant bug
Timing: First bloom (pg. 115); 7-10 days after first bloom (pg. 116)
Rate: 104 mL/ha
Comments:

 

Product to Add: Surround WP

Common name: kaolin
Particle film product
Preharvest interval: 1 day
Re-entry period: non specified
Maximum # applications/year: 3

Diseases and Insects: Potato leafhopper
Timing: New plantings, July-mid August (pg. 113)
Rate:25 kg/ha
Comments: Apply at 7 to 14-day intervals when leafhoppers are first detected by monitoring Use 12.5 to 25 kg Surround WP per 500 litres of water. For early applications, use 25 kg Surround WP per 500 litres of water. Once a base coat is established, rate can be reduced for follow-up applications to 12.5 kg Surround WP per 500 litres of water per ha. Not recommended when fruit is present. May leave a white residue on fruit. Not recommended during bloom.

 

Product to Add: UP-Cyde 2.5 EC


Common name: cypermethrin
Group 3 insecticide (pyrethroid)
Preharvest interval: 7 days
Re-entry period: 12 hours
Maximum # applications/year: 3

Diseases and Insects: Strawberry Clipper weevil
Timing: As flower buds extend from the crown (pg. 115)
Rate: 280 mL/ha
Comments:

Diseases and Insects: Tarnished plant bug
Timing:First bloom ( pg. 115); 7-10 days after first bloom (pg. 116)
Rate:: 400 mL/ha
Comments:

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