Pesticide Registrations and Actions

Food Related Actions

  • The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) has approved a Special Local Needs (SLN) registration for the use of EPTC (Eptam® 7-E) herbicide to control weeds such as nutsedge under plastic mulch in transplanted tomato.  The registration is FL-070007.  (FDACS letter of 10/22/07).
  •  The FDACS has approved a SLN registration for the use of lactofen (Cobra®) herbicide for pre- and postemergent weed control between rows of fruiting vegetables and okra grown in raised bed plastic-mulch production systems.  The registration is FL-070006.  (FDACS letter of 9/26/07).
  •  The FDACS has conditionally approved the registration of Actara® (thiamethoxam) insecticide for use on brassica leafy vegetables, leafy vegetables, cucurbits, and other crops for control of aphids, whiteflies, and other pests.  The EPA Reg. No. for the Syngenta product is 100-938.  (PREC Agenda, 11/1/07). 
  •  The FDACS has conditionally approved the registration of Platinum® (thiamethoxam) insecticide for use on brassica leafy vegetables, leafy vegetables, cucurbits, and other crops for control of aphids, whiteflies, and other pests.  The EPA Reg. No. for the Syngenta product is 100-939.  (PREC Agenda, 11/1/07).
  • The FDACS has conditionally approved the registration of Delegate® insecticide (spinetoram) for use on banana/plantain, bushberries, citrus, fig, grape, pome and stone fruit, tropical tree fruits, and tree nuts for control/suppression of caterpillars, leafminer, thrips, and certain psyllids.  The EPA Reg. No. for the Dow AgroSciences product is 62719-541.  (PREC Agenda, 12/6/07).
  •  The FDACS has conditionally approved the registration of Radiant® insecticide (spinetoram) for use on bulb vegetables, grains (except rice), cole crops, cotton, cucurbits, fruiting vegetables, herbs, leafy and legume vegetables, leaves of root/tuber and legume vegetables, okra, peanut, potato, tuberous and corm vegetables, soybean, and strawberry for control/suppression of caterpillars, leafminers, thrips, and certain psyllids.  The EPA Reg. No. for the Dow AgroSciences product is 62719-545.  (PREC Agenda, 12/6/07).

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  •  The FDACS has approved the registration of Sil-Matrix® fungicide/miticide/insecticide (potassium silicate) for use on food crops.  The EPA Reg. No. for the PQ Corporation’s product is 82100-1.  (PREC Agenda, 12/6/07). 
  •  Based on a request by IR-4, the EPA has approved tolerances for the fungicide fluazinam (Omega®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include: succulent pea and bean, as well as brassica leafy vegetables (group 5) and edible-podded legumes except pea (subgroup 6A).  (Federal Register, 10/24/07).
  •  Based on a request by IR-4, the EPA has approved tolerances for the insecticide bifenthrin (Discipline®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include: peanut, pepino, radish tops, and root vegetables except garden and sugar beets (subgroup 1B).  (Federal Register, 10/24/07).
  •  Based on a request by IR-4, the EPA has approved tolerances for the fungicide fenamidone (Reason®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include: brassica leafy greens (subgroup 5B), brassica head and stem (5A), cotton, nonbell pepper, leafy non-brassicas (group 4), and fruiting vegetables.  (Federal Register, 10/24/07).
  •  Based on a request by Dow AgroSciences, the EPA has approved tolerances for the insecticide spinetoram (Delegate®/Radiant®).  Tolerances of importance in Florida include: acerola, atemoya, avocado, banana, brassica leafy mangogreens (subgroup 5B), brassica head and stem (5A), bushberry, canistel, cherimoya, citrus, sweet corn, cotton, feijoa, fig, grape, guava, herbs, longan, lychee, mango, okra, green onion, papaya, passionfruit, succulent pea and bean (subgroup 6B), peanut, pulasan, rambutan, salal, sapodilla, sapote (all), soursop, star apple, star fruit, strawberry, sugar apple, bulb vegetables (group 3), edible podded legumes (subgroup 6A), leaves of root and tuber vegetables (group 2), leafy non-brassicas (group 4), foliage of legumes (group 7), fruiting vegetables (group 8), cucurbits (group 9), wax jambu, and watercress.  (Federal Register, 10/10/07).

 

 

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