News on the registration status and use labels of pesticides relevant to the tree fruit industry are highlighted below.
NOVEMBER 2006
Insecticides
AMDRO FIRESTRIKE (hydramethylynon/s-methoprene) - Abrands - A new combination porduce available for fire ant control in lawns, golf courses, and commercial grounds.
ARENA (clothianidin) - Arystra - Added to their label the usage on turfgrass, landscape ornamentals and sod farms. Also to control mole crickets, chinch bugs, and sod webworms.
BSN-2060 (spiromesifen) - Bayer Environmental Science - A new formulation being developed for use on ornamentals.
CASCADE (flufenoxuron) - BASF - EPA established residue tolerances on apples at 0.5 ppm, grapes at 0.7 ppm, raisins at 2 ppp, oranges at 4 ppm, orange oil at 60 ppm, and pears at 0.5 ppm.
DIMILIN (diflubensuron) - Chemtura - Added to their label the control of feeding caterpillars, fall armyworms and striped grass loopers.
FORBID (spiromesifen) - Bayer Environmental Science - A new insecticide for usage on shrubs, trees, and flowers to control whiteflies and mites.
LUCID (abamectin) - Rotam USA - A post-patent formulation for usage on ornamentals.
TEMPO 20 WP (cyfluthrin) - Bayer - Added to their label the control of emerald ash borers.
TETRASAN (etoxazole) - Valent - Added to their label the usage on Christmas trees.
Fungicides
BLOOMTIME (Pantoea Agglomerans strains E-325) - Northwest Ag Products - EPA established an exemption from residue tolerance requirements when used on apples and pears.
HEADWAY (azoxystrobin/propiconazole) - Syngenta - A new combination fungicide to control various diseases in turf.
Miscellaneous
VBC-30051/VBC-30074 (s-abscisic acid) - Valent - A new growth regulator being developed for usage on ornamentals.
OCTOBER 2006
Insecticides
ACARAMITE (bifenazate) - Chemtura - As a result of the IR-4 Project, EPA established residue tolerances on stone fruit at 2.5 ppm.
CALYPSO (thiacloprid) - Bayer Crop Science - Deleted from their label the usage on pome fruit.
FUJIMATE (fenpyroximage) - Nichino America - As a result of the IR-4 project, EPA has granted residue tolerances for use on pome fruits.
Fungicides
DIVIDEND (difenoconazole) - Syngenta - EPA established residue tolerances on pome fruit.
KENTAN DF (copper hydroxide) - Isagro - A new formulation for use on fruit trees.
SEPTEMBER 2006
Insecticides
GF-1587 - Dow AgroSciences - A new insectcide for the control of lepidoptera insects, thrips and leafminers in pome fruit.
GF-1640 - Dow AgroSciences - A new insecticide for the control of lepidoptera insects, thrips and leafminers in pome fruit.
Fungicides
BADGE (copper hydroxide/copper oxychloride) - Isagro - A new formulation for use on fruit crops.
CLEVIS (mancozeb/myclobutanil) - Prokoz Inc. - A combination fungicide to control powdery mildew and rust in apples.
Miscellaneous
ISOMATE CM/LR (pheromones) - Pacific Bio Control - EPA received an application to register this new active ingredient as a mating disruption pheromone for codling moths and leafroller moths for use in orchards.