Spain approved emergency authorization for several pesticides

Date:05-12-2014

The plant health office of Spanish Ministry of Agriculture has recently approved emergency authorisation for several pesticides. The approvals include 8 insecticides, 2 fungicides,2 herbicides and 1 pheromone. The details are as follow:

Category	product	Uses	Effective/End date
Insecticide	Emamectin benzoate	On palm trees against red palm weevils (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus)
Insecticide	Lambda-cyhalothrin 10% SC	against parasitoid wasps (Eurytoma amygdali Enderlein)	May 21st/Jul15th
Fungicide	Thiophanate-methyl 45% SC	The preventive control of canker (Diplodia corticola) in oak plantations	May 1st/ Aug 29th
Fungicide	Fludioxonil 23% EC	The post-harvest treatment of cherries, plums, melons and nectarines	May 1st/ Aug 28th on cherries; June 15th/ Oct 12th on the other crops
Insecticide	Dichlorvos	For use in traps for the mass capture and monitoring of fruit flies (Ceratitis capitata) in orchards, citrus and grapevines	Jun 15th/ Oct 12th
Insecticides	Dimethoate EC;spinosad SC;spinetoram WG ; pyrethrins	For use on cherries, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries against common vinegar flies (Drosophila suzukii)	April 16th/ Aug 14th
Insecticide	Cypermethrin	For the control of defoliating caterpillars in oak groves	Apr 14th/Aug 29th
Herbicide	Profoxydim	For aerial applications; for use on rice	June 1 st / Aug 15th
Herbicide	Quinclorac	for use on rice	May 1st / Aug 29th
Pheromone	A mix of E7,Z9-dodecadienyl acetate and E7,E9-dodecadienyl acetate	Against European grapevine moths (Lobesia botrana)	Apr 21st /Aug 19th