Pesticide Registrations and Actions
Food Related Actions
- On May 1, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) approved the registration of Valent U.S.A. Corporation’s fungicide fluopicolide (Presidio®) to control oomycetes and downy mildew in leafy vegetables, cucurbits, fruiting vegetables, and sweet potato. Fluopicolide is a member of the acylpicolides, and it has translaminar and systemic properties. In addition, several new tolerances were approved for this fungicide, such as head and stem brassica (subgroup 5A), bulb vegetable, leaves of root and tuber (group 2), and root vegetable except beet and carrot (subgroup 1A). (FDCAS PREC Agenda, 6/5/08 & Federal Register, 5/28/08).
- Based on a request by IR-4 and Valent U.S.A. Corp., the EPA has approved tolerances for the insecticide pyridalyl. This insecticide has a new mode of action especially against thrips and lepidopteran pests while being of low toxicity to beneficial organisms. Tolerances of importance in Florida include turnip greens, mustard greens, head and stem brassica (subgroup 5A), fruiting vegetables (group 8), and leafy vegetables except brassicas (group 4). (Federal Register, 5/7/08).
- Based on a request by DuPont, the EPA has approved tolerances for the insecticide chlorantraniliprole. Tolerances of importance in Florida include cotton, brassica leafy greens (subgroup 5B), head and stem brassica (subgroup 5A), fruiting vegetables (group 8), cucurbit vegetable (group 9), and leafy vegetables except brassicas (group 4). (Federal Register, 5/7/08).
- Based on a request by BASF, the EPA has approved tolerances for the fungicide metconazole (Caramba®). Tolerances of importance in Florida include pecan, peanut, rye and soybean. (Federal Register, 4/28/08).
