Due to volume of applications being processed, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency is extending its deadline for registrants to update product labels.
PMRA has approved several minor use label expansions for UP-Cyde insecticide which manages spotted wing drosophila, crucifer flea beetle, aster leafhoppers and tarnished plant bug. See details for crop specifics.
A grant of $325,000 will spur the research of Julianna Wilson, Michigan State University entomologist, into a yeast-based biopesticide that targets the invasive spotted wing drosophila.
