Canada approves three pesticides

The Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has proposed full registration for the sale and use of Sumitomo Chemical subsidiary Valent USA Corporation's Etoxazole Technical and TetraSan 5 WDG Miticide, containing the technical grade active ingredient etoxazole, to control spider mites in greenhouse tomatoes and greenhouse ornamentals. The agency has opened the public comments for 60 days until Dec 30, 2015.

Etoxazole is an active ingredient that regulates mite growth. It does not kill adults, but prevents treated juvenile mites from successfully moulting, and prevents treated eggs from hatching. Treated adult females lay significantly fewer viable eggs.

In addition, the agency has also proposed full registration for the sale and use of Valent USA Corporation's Fluopicolide Technical and the end-use products, Fluopicolide 4 SC Fungicide and Presidio Fungicide, containing the technical grade active ingredient fluopicolide, to suppress or control important fungal diseases on vegetable crops and outdoor ornamentals (bedding plants and cut flowers). The agency has opened the public comments for 60 days until Jan 9, 2016.

Fluopicolide belongs to a new chemical class (Group 43). Fluopicolide causes rapid destabilization of fungal cell structures. It is a systemic and protectant fungicide applied as a foliar or a drench treatment that is used to control some important diseases on plants.

Meanwhile, the agency is granting full registration for the sale and use of Bedoukian CM Pheromone and Semios CM, containing the technical grade active ingredient codlelure, which is intended to disrupt codling moth (Cydia pomonella) mating and is to be used on apples, pears, and other pome fruits; as well as peaches, prunes, and other stone fruits. The agency has opened the public comments for 60 days until Jan 9, 2016.

Codlelure is a major component of the sex pheromone of the codling moth and is the active ingredient in the end-use product Semios CM. This product is formulated for release from automated aerosol dispensers for mating disruption of codling moth in pome and stone fruit orchards. In nature, the sex pheromone is produced by female moths and attracts male moths for mating.