Minor Use Label Expansion

KOCIDE FUNGICIDE FOR SUPPRESSION OF SEED-BORNE BACTERIAL DISEASES ON DRY EDIBLE BEANS AND SUCCULENT BEANS


The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a minor use label expansion for Kocide ® 2000 Fungicide for suppression of seed-borne bacterial diseases including Common Blight, Halo Blight and Bacterial Brown Spot on Dry Edible Beans and Succulent Beans in Canada.

Kocide 2000, a relatively new product in Canada, was already labelled for management of halo and common blights by foliar sprays on beans, bacterial spot on peppers and greenhouse seedlings for transplants, for early and late blights on potatoes and for early blight, septoria leaf spot on tomatoes and bacterial spot on greenhouse seedlings for transplant productions. This is the 1st minor use registration of Kocide 2000 on a crop grown in Canada.

This registration will provide bean growers with a much needed fungal management tool to help manage one of their most challenging fungal problems. Seed transmitted bacterial diseases have been a minor use priority for bean producers for many years in Canada.

In 2004 this minor use project was 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 bean producers, processors, extension personnel and researchers in Canada.

The sponsors wish to thank the personnel of DuPont Canada 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 DuPont Canada
Telephone:1-(800) 387-2122
Website: http://www2.dupont.com/Agriculture/en_CA/