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This monthly email provides information about IR-4 program accomplishments, announcements, resources and upcoming events. Below are a collection of the recent successes and news in the Food and Environmental Horticulture Programs.
Food Crop Success Stories
Hops Growers Gain New Herbicide to Aid Powdery Mildew...

Hops growers will welcome the news that they have another option for control of broadleaf weeds and basal suckers. With the removal of paraquat from use in hops production due to residue detection above permitted levels, a new herbicide...

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IR-4 Project helps to expand disease control options for ...

It all started about 30 years ago. A sushi-loving woman in the Vancouver area wondered if wasabi could be grown locally. Fortunately, she asked the right person: Brian Oates, who is now president and chief science officer of Pacific Coast Wasabi...

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EPA Established Tolerances
Tolerance Success: Acetamiprid 2020

Federal Register Date: February 14, 2020 Active Ingredient: Acetamiprid Trade Name(s): Assail, TriStar Crops/Crop Groups: Tropical and subtropical medium to large fruit smooth inedible peel subgroup 24B, Leafy greens subgroup 4-16A, Leaf petiole...

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Tolerance Success: Cyantraniliprole 2020

Federal Register Date: February 14, 2020 Active Ingredient: Cyantraniliprole Trade Name(s): Exirel Crops/Crop Groups: Strawberry Disclaimer: The trade names listed here are provided as a means to identify the chemical for which a tolerance has...

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Tolerance Success: Chlorfenapyr 2020

Federal Register Date: February 14, 2020 Active Ingredient: Chlorfenapyr Trade Name(s): Pylon Crops/Crop Groups: Basil, Chive, Cucumber, Fruiting vegetable group 8-10 Disclaimer: The trade names listed here are provided as a means to identify the ...

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Tolerance Success: Prohexadione Calcium 2020

Federal Register Date: February 14, 2020 Active Ingredient: Prohexadione calcium Trade Name(s): Kudos Crops/Crop Groups: Alfalfa, Corn (to support regional registration on alfalfa interseeded with corn grown in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin)...

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Environmental Horticulture Summaries
Fluopyram Crop Safety Summary - 2020

Indemnify (fluopyram) is a new fungicide being developed by Bayer for the control of nematodes; the current product is only registered for turf uses. The IR-4 Project has completed 37 crop safety trials on 18 environmental horticulture plant...

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Mono and di Potassium Salts of Phosphorus Acid +...

OxiPhos (Mono and di potassium salts of phosphorus acid + hydrogen peroxide) is labeled for managing oomycetes (downy mildew, Phytophthora and Pythium pathogens) and diseases caused by certain bacterial pathogens. While the label does list...

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Pydiflumetofen Crop Safety Summary - 2020

Pydiflumetofen is a new fungicide being developed by Syngenta for the control of leaf spots ( Septoria, Cercospora, Alternaria, Venturia), powdery mildew, Fusarium, Botrytis, Sclerotinia, Corynespora, and other foliar diseases. The IR-4 Project...

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Iron HEDTA Crop Safety Summary - 2020

Fiesta (Iron HEDTA) is a new herbicide currently labeled for post emergence broadleaf weed control on lawns (use on rights of way or non-crop areas), turf, golf courses, parks, playgrounds, cemeteries and athletic fields. Neudorff is interested...

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This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2017-34383-27100 with substantial cooperation and support from the State Agricultural Experiment Stations, USDA-ARS and USDA-FAS. In accordance with Federal Law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.