Canada to approve fungicide Taegro

The Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has proposed to grant full registration for the sale and use of Taegro Technical and Taegro, containing the technical grade active ingredient Bacillus subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens strain FZB24, to suppress fusarium wilt on greenhouse cyclamen, fusarium head blight on wheat, bottom rot on lettuce, and late blight on tomato.

Taegro Technical contains the active ingredient Bacillus subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens strain FZB, which is a bacterium that is used as a microbial pest control agent to suppress soil-borne diseases by Fusarium spp., Rhizoctonia spp. and Phytophthora spp. Bacillus subtilis var.amyloliquefaciens strain FZB24 acts as a plant growth promoter and also produces various antifungal agents and enzymes. Strain FZB24 of B. subtilis var. amyloliqufaciens was originally isolated from soil in Germany.

The end-use product Taegro contains B. subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens strain FZB24 as the active ingredient. Taegro is registered for use as a commercial-class biological fungicide to suppress bottom rot on lettuce (greenhouse and field), late blight on tomato (greenhouse and field), Fusarium wilt on greenhouse cyclamen, and Fusarium head blight on wheat.

The public comments will be ended until Sep 8, 2013.