The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved an Emergency Use Registration for Success insecticide to suppress cabbage maggot on rutabaga grown in Ontario and Quêbec only. The time frame is from June 8, 2023 to June 7, 2024.
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved a minor use label expansion for Posterity fungicide for suppression of Fusarium internal rot on greenhouse pepper and Botrytis grey mould in Canada.
A new pathogen has been identified that infects hop leaves and cones, the aromatic flowers used in brewing. If not controlled, growers can lose between 20 and 50 per cent of their yield to the fungus.
ADAMA Canada obtains emergency registration for Captan 80 WSP to help manage anthracnose, including the new Colletotrichum Scovileistrain in field peppers.
In the first year of the National Water Monitoring Program for Pesticides, 89 surface water sites were sampled across the country says Dr. Justine Taylor, CropLife Canada. More will be done in Ontario’s fruit and vegetable growing regions in 2023.
