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Leek Moth Update – 1 August 2012
In 2011, leek moth pheromone traps were installed in Allium growing areas across southwestern and central Ontario. This pest was found in York Region, Simcoe County and Waterloo Region. In 2012, a...
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Matador®/Warrior® Insecticide labels expanded via Minor Use Program to...
J. Chaput, OMAFRA, Minor Use Coordinator, Guelph The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of URMULE registrations for MATADOR®/WARRIOR® INSECTICIDE for the control...
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Minor Use Label Expansion Granted for Rimon 10EC Insecticide for Management...
J. Chaput, OMAFRA, Minor Use Coordinator, Guelph The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a minor use label expansion for RIMON 10EC Insecticide for reduction in...
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Scout Pumpkin and Squash Fields for Squash Bugs
Squash bugs are an occasional pest of pumpkins and squash. They are more commonly found in home gardens than in commercial production fields. However, the summer of 2012 does seem to be the summer of...
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Minor use label expansion for malathion for brown marmorated stink bug
J. Chaput, OMAFRA, Minor Use Coordinator, Guelph The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the conditional approval of the 3rd Canadian minor use label expansion for brown...
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Success and Entrust Insect Control Products Granted New Minor Use Label...
J. Chaput, OMAFRA, Minor Use Coordinator, Guelph The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of URMULE registrations for SUCCESS 480 SC and ENTRUST 80 W Naturalyte...
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Matador®/Warrior® Insecticide labels expanded via Minor Use Program for...
J. Chaput, OMAFRA, Minor Use Coordinator, Guelph The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of URMULE registrations for MATADOR®/WARRIOR® INSECTICIDE for control of...
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New pesticide registrations or label expansions for tomato, pepper, eggplant
Updated list available in May 7, 2013 post. Several new Canadian pesticide registrations have come through for solanaceous crops in 2012. They are summarized in the table below: Product active...
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Taking Steps Towards Reducing the Risk to Pollinators
Tracey Baute – Field Crop Entomologist, and Greg Stewart – Corn Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs A high level of concern was raised last spring regarding bee kills...
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2014-15 Vegetable Crop Protection Guide Available Soon!
Ontario Vegetable Crop Protection Guide, 2014-15 The Ontario Crop Protection Guides are revised on a bi-annual basis. Many people ask “how much really changes from year-to-year?” The answer is a lot!...
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Coragen now registered on green onion subgroup via Minor Use Program
Adapted from original article by J. Chaput, OMAFRA, Minor Use Coordinator, Guelph The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of several URMULE registrations for...
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Success and Entrust Insecticide labels expanded via Minor Use Program for...
J. Chaput, OMAFRA, Minor Use Coordinator, Guelph The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of URMULE registrations for SuccessTM and EntrustTM Insecticides for...
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Delegate Insecticide label expanded via Minor Use Program for control of...
J. Chaput, OMAFRA, Minor Use Coordinator, Guelph The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of URMULE registrations for Delegate Insecticide for control of several...
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Got cabbage maggots? Invitation to brassica growers to collaborate in research
Article originally from HortMatters, Vol. 15, Issue No. 15, 15 July 2015 Did you know that a new research project on Cabbage Maggot in vegetable brassicas has just begun? The project pulls together a...
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New pesticide registrations or label expansions for tomato, pepper, eggplant
There’s quite a bit new in field tomato, pepper, and eggplant crop protection in the last year or so. Here’s a quick reference for Ontario growers (this is probably not even a complete list). Unless...
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Integrated pest management for brown marmorated stink bug in vegetables
Are you looking for information on brown marmorated stink bug in field vegetable crops? A factsheet that provides a synopsis of what North American researchers have learned so far and management...
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Got cabbage maggots? We’re interested!
Laura Stortz, OMAFRA / University of Guelph USEL student; Denise Beaton, OMAFRA Crop Protection Program Lead; Hannah Fraser, OMAFRA Entomology Program Lead (Hort) The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,...
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Clean Farms Ontario
Return your unwanted or obsolete pesticides and livestock medications from September 20-30, 2016 2016_ON_poster_OBS
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Scouting for pepper weevil in field peppers
Pepper weevil is a pest that is likely unfamiliar to most Ontario field pepper growers. It has been found in Ontario previously (https://onvegetables.com/2010/06/01/pepper-weevil/) and there have been...
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How to assess spray coverage in vegetable crops
From sprayers101.com. By Jason Deveau, OMAFRA. Sprayer operators recognize the importance of matching their sprayer settings to the crop to optimize efficacy. For example, spraying a protective...
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