New biopesticide priorities determined
The Pesticide Risk Reduction Program (PRRP) is pleased to announce that new biopesticide priorities for regulatory support have been determined as the result of merit analyses conducted on the seven candidate biopesticides identified by stakeholders at the 2016 Biopesticides and Minor Use Priority Setting Workshops. In consideration of the merit analyses and advice received during subsequent consultations with provincial minor use coordinators, PRRP technical working group members, and PMC’s Minor Use Pesticides Program, a decision has been made to take on the three biopesticide products listed below for regulatory support this year. Only three priorities could be selected this year, since five priorities were taken on in 2015.
Selected Biopesticide Priorities for 2016
Priority Product (Trade name): Prev-Am / Appeal
Active Ingredient(s): Orange oil, cold pressed
Registrant (Company): Oro Agri, Inc.
Type of Project: New registration
Key Uses (target crops and pests): USC1# 5, 6, 7, 14, 27, 30. Powdery mildews, whiteflies and thrips on numerous crops; mealybugs, mites, aphids on many crops; Botrytis gray mold on some crops; spotted wing drosophila on berries.
Priority Product (Trade name): Bio-Tam 2.0
Active Ingredient(s): Trichoderma asperellumstrain ICC 012 andTrichoderma gamsiistrain ICC 080
Registrant (Company): Isagro USA Inc.
Type of Project: New registration
Key Uses (target crops and pests): USC# 5, 6, 14, 30: fruits, berries, vegetables, ornamentals, turf.
Priority Product (Trade name): Spear-T
Active Ingredient(s): GS‐omega/kappa‐Hxtx‐Hv1a (spider venom)
Registrant (Company): Vestaron Inc.
Type of Project: New registration
Key Uses (target crops and pests): USC# 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 27, 30; cranberry (cranberry tipworm and other pests), CG09 (cucumber beetle), potato (Colorado potato beetle), grape, raspberry and ornamentals (rose chafer, Japanese beetle); tarnished plant bug, stink bugs.
https://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pest/registrant-titulaire/prod/_daco-codo/definition-eng.php
New information is available about the following two projects on the PMC website. All projects funded through the Pesticide Risk Reduction Program can be viewed here.
Project Code: PRR11-030
Project Title: Cover crops and zone tillage for reduced risk weed management in field vegetables in Eastern Canada
Crop: Field Vegetables
Project Code: PRR14-030
Project Title: Literature review on the background, the control practices, and Integrated Pest Management strategies available for sustainable management of downy mildew in cucumber production
Crop: Field Vegetables
2016 Implementation Projects
A list of new pesticide risk reduction projects for 2016, including efficacy and IPM trials involving biopesticides, has been published on thePest Management Centre of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada website. All projects funded through the Pesticide Risk Reduction Programcan be viewed here.
Project Code: PRR16-020
Project Title: Development and validation of a dynamic action threshold for cereal leaf beetle
Crop: Cereal crops
Project Code: PRR16-010
Project Title: Early detection, monitoring and management of herbicide resistant weeds in field vegetables
Crop: Field vegetables
Project Code: PRR16-030
Project Title: Integrated weed management – on-farm demonstration of recommended cover-cropping techniques for weed management in cucurbit (squash) production
Crop: Field vegetables
Project Code: PRR16-040
Project Title: Best management practices to reduce incidence of downy mildew in cucumber production
Crop: Field Vegetables
Project Code: PRR16-050
Project Title: Assessment of propagative materials, alternative host plants, and plant residues as inoculum sources for downy mildew in cucumber production
Crop: Field and Greenhouse Vegetables
Project Code: BPR15-031
Project Title: Demonstration of Integrated management of powdery mildew in grape involving the biopesticide OxiDate 2.0
Crop: Grape