Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Minor Use Label Expansion

PRISTINE FUNGICIDE FOR SUPPRESSION OF POWDERY MILDEW AND GUMMYSTEM BLIGHT ON GREENHOUSE CUCUMBER AND THE SUPPRESSION OF POWDERY MILDEW ON GOOSEBERRY AND CURRANT

The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a minor use label expansion for PristineTM WG Fungicide for suppression of Powdery Mildew and Gummy Stem Blight on Greenhouse Cucumber and the Suppression of Powdery Mildew on Gooseberry and Currant in Canada.

Pristine, a relatively new product in Canada, was already labelled for management of berry group, bulb vegetable group, GH tomatoes, carrots, stone fruits group and strawberry. This is the 3rd minor use registration of Pristine WG Fungicide on a crop grown in Canada.

This registration will provide greenhouse and berry growers with a much needed fungal management tool to help manage one of their most challenging fungal problems. Cucumber powder mildew and gummy stem blight are recurrent problems each year and damage can be substantial and in severe cases a total loss. Powdery mildew on currant and gooseberry is an important issue mainly on susceptible cultivars of red currant.

In 2003 for GH cucumbers and 2005 for gooseberry and currant these minor use projects were initiated by the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pest Management Centre (AAFC-PMC) Minor Use Pesticide Program.

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

The sponsors wish to thank the personnel of BASF for their support of this registration.

For copies of the new minor use label contact:
Nadine Lavigne, Pest Management Centre.
Email: nadine.lavigne@agr.gc.ca Telephone: 613-759-6176

Or the registrant BASF Canada
Telephone: 1-877-371-2273
Website: www.agsolutions.ca

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