Several new Canadian fungicide and bactericide registrations have come through for solanaceous crops in 2012/13. They are briefly summarized below.
Fungicides/Bactericides
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| Product | Crop | Pests on label | Notes |
| active ingredient | |||
| Acrobat | Fruiting vegetables | Late blight/Phytophthora infestans | Must be applied in a tank mix with another late blight fungicide. Group 40 fungicide. |
| dimethomorph | |||
| Acrobat | Field peppers | Phytophthora blight/Phytophthora capsici | Group 40 fungicide. |
| dimethomorph | |||
| Actigard 50 WG | Field tomato | Bacterial spot and speck (suppression) | Group P1 fungicide. |
| acibenzolar-S-methyl | |||
| Actinovate | Field and greenhouse tomato and pepper | Powdery mildew (suppression) | Biofungicide. |
| Streptomyces lydicus strain WYEC108 | |||
| Allegro 500F | Peppers | Phytophthora blight (suppression) | Group 29 fungicide. |
| fluazinam | |||
| Cease | Fruiting vegetables, including transplants | Bacterial speck/Pseudomonas syringae (suppression), Gray mold (suppression), Bacterial spot/Xanthomonas campestris (pepper only, including transplants) (suppression) | Biological fungicide. |
| Bacillus subtilis QST 713 strain | |||
| Evito | Tomato | Late blight | Note rotational (plant back) restrictions on label. Group 11 fungicide. |
| fluoxastrobin | |||
| Fontelis | Tomato, pepper, eggplant | Gray mold, early blight (suppression) | Group 7 fungicide. |
| penthiopyrad | |||
| Kasumin 2L | Fruiting vegetables, greenhouse or field | Bacterial spot (suppression)Bacterial canker (suppression) | Group 24 bactericide. |
| kasugamycin | |||
| Phostrol | Tomato crop subgroup 8-09A (tomatoes, tomatillo, goji berry, ground-cherry, etc.) | Late blight (suppression) | Group 33 fungicide. |
| sodium, potassium and ammonium phosphites | |||
| Phostrol | Greenhouse-grown and outdoor bedding plants | Phytophthora root rot (suppression) | Group 33 fungicide. |
| sodium, potassium and ammonium phosphites | |||
| Quadris Top | Fruiting vegetables | Early blight, anthracnose, septoria leaf spot, powdery mildew | On eggplant, suppression only for septoria leaf spot. Group 11 + group 3 fungicides. |
| azoxystrobin + difenoconazol | |||
| Ranman 400SC | Tomato and pepper transplants (greenhouse) for field production | Pythium damping-off and root rot | Group 21 fungicide. |
| cyazofamid | |||
| Field tomato | Late blight | ||
| Reason | Field tomato | Early blight, late blight | Must be tank mixed with Dithane DG or Bravo 500.Group 11 fungicide. |
| fenamidone | |||
| Regalia Maxx | Tomato, field and greenhouse | Bacterial blight/Xanthomonas campestris (suppression), gray mold (suppression) | Induces plant resistance. Biofungicide. |
| extract of Reynoutria sachalinensis | |||
| Rhapsody | Fruiting vegetables, including transplants | Bacterial speck (suppression), gray mold (suppression) | Biofungicide. |
| Bacillus subtilis QST 713 strain | |||
| Rhapsody | Pepper, including transplants | Bacterial spot (suppression), bacterial speck (suppression) | Biofungicide. |
| Bacillus subtilis QST 713 strain | |||
| Serenade | Tomato, pepper | Powdery mildew (suppression) | Biofungicide. |
| Bacillus subtilis strain QST 713 | |||
| Switch | Field tomato Field pepper |
Gray mold (tomato), Anthracnose (field pepper) | Group 9 + group 12 fungicide. |
| cyprodonil + fludioxinil | |||
| Tivano | Field tomato | Bacterial canker (suppression) | Fungicide group: not classified. |
| citric acid + lactic acid | |||
| Torrent 400SC | Tomato and pepper transplants (greenhouse) for field production | Pythium damping-off and root rot | Group 21 fungicide. |
| cyazofamid | |||
| Field tomato | Late blight | ||
| Zampro | Fruiting vegetables | Phytophthora blight (suppression), late blight | Group 40, 45 fungicides. |
| ametoctradin + dimethomorph |
Always read and follow label directions. For copies of these labels, see the PMRA label search site at http://pr-rp.hc-sc.gc.ca/ls-re/index-eng.php or the manufacturer’s websites.
Watch for future postings summarizing recent insecticide registrations and herbicide registrations. For updated herbicide registrations, you can also see the 2013 online update of the Guide to Weed Control at http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/pub75/pub75-revised-Feb2013.pdf (pdf 5.5 MB) and the April 19 post on the minor use registration of Command 360 ME for peppers.
OMAFRA’s Vegetable Crop Protection Guide (Publication 838), introduced in February 2012, is the source of pest control information for commercial field vegetable production in Ontario. The 2013 supplement, available online, lists updated registrations to December 2012. Watch ONvegetables for the latest updates on pesticide registrations.
For information on minor use registration activity and issues in Ontario, visit OMAFRA’s minor use web pages at http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/minoruse/.
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