New Funicide for carrots

MINOR USE LABEL EXPANSION

RANMAN 400 SC FUNGICIDE FOR SUPPRESSION OF ROOT DIEBACK, FORKING AND CAVITY SPOT CAUSED BY PYTHIUM SPP. ON CARROTS


The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a minor use label expansion for RANMAN 400 SC FUNGICIDE for suppression of root dieback, forking and cavity spot caused by Pythium spp. on carrots in Canada. RANMAN 400 SC FUNGICIDE, a relatively new product in Canada, was already labelled for management of late blight on potatoes and downy mildew of field cucurbits. This is the 2nd minor use registration of RANMAN on a crop grown in Canada.

This registration will provide carrot growers with a much needed disease management tool to help manage one of their most challenging disease problems. Root dieback, forking and cavity spot have been a minor use priority for carrot producers for many years in both Canada and the USA. In 2003/2004 this minor use project was jointly initiated by the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pest Management Centre (AAFC-PMC) Minor Use Pesticide Program and the US IR-4 minor use program.

This label expansion, achieved through the User Requested Minor Use Label Expansion (URMULE) process of PMRA, was jointly sponsored by AAFC-PMC and US IR-4 in response to minor use priorities established by carrot producers, processors, extension personnel and researchers in Canada and the USA.

The sponsors wish to thank the personnel of ISK Biosciences Corporation and UAP Canada Inc. for their support of this registration.

For copies of the new minor use label contact:
Mohammed Akalach at the Pest Management Centre. Email: akalacham@agr.gc.ca Telephone: 613-694-2591
Shirley Archambault at the Pest Management Centre. Email: archambaultsh@agr.gc.ca
Telephone: 613-759-7714
or
Jim Chaput, OMAFRA in Guelph. Email: jim.chaput@ontario.ca
Telephone: 519-826-3539