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Orchard Disease and Insect Control Update for 2008

Orchard Disease and Insect Control Update for 2008. Anne DeMarsay Regional Specialist, Fruit Pathology Maryland Cooperative Extension Upper Marlboro, MD. What’s New for 2008 in Disease Control?. New fungicide labels Indar 2F (fenbuconazole) now registered for use on apple

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Orchard Disease and Insect Control Update for 2008

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  1. Orchard Disease and Insect Control Update for 2008 Anne DeMarsay Regional Specialist, Fruit Pathology Maryland Cooperative Extension Upper Marlboro, MD

  2. What’s New for 2008 in Disease Control? • New fungicide labels • Indar 2F (fenbuconazole) now registered for use on apple • Adament 50 WG (tebuconazole + trifloxystrobin) now registered for use on • Peach and nectarine • Cherry

  3. What’s New for 2008 in Disease Control? • New footnotes, bearing apple orchards • p. 68, 7th and 8th cover sprays, footnote 3 on Pristine: “Use of Pristine at this time may reduce the amount of postharvest rot.” • p. 70, postharvest disease control, new footnote on Scholar 50W: reduced rate (6 oz in 25–100 gal) for blue mold and gray mold control now permissible in MD, VA, and WV

  4. What’s New for 2008 in Disease Control? • New footnote, p. 32, Table 2 (risk classes) • Apple scab isolates show a shift toward resistance to both SIs and strobilurins • Rotate, use tank mixes, and limit applications! • Rally 40WSP replaces Nova 40W • Same a. i. (myclobutanil) and EPA Reg. # • Same rate, PHI, limit on applications • Slightly different packaging

  5. For control of powdery mildew, rusts, scab, flyspeck, and sooty blotch at 6–8 oz/A • Group 3 (sterol inhibitor): no more than 4 applications (32 oz/ac) per season • PHI: 14 days • Suggested use:on actively-growing, mildew-susceptible trees when FS/SB are active

  6. Section 3 Supplemental Label on Plum & Prune Label must be in user’s possession! • For control of brown rot (blossom blight and fruit rot) at 2 oz/A (like other stone fruits) • Group 3 (sterol inhibitor): no more than 4 applications per season • Use of a wetting agent (e.g. Latron B-1956, Latron CS-7) is recommended • PHI: 0 days

  7. Adament 50 WG (Bayer) • For control of a range of fungal diseases on peach, nectarine, and cherry • Excellent control of brown rot (blossom blight and fruit rot) and scab • Good to excellent control of rusty spot • Group 3 (sterol inhibitor) + Group 11 (QoI/strobilurin): no more than 4 applications (32 oz/ac) per season • PHI: 1 day

  8. 2008 Spray Bulletin Update Chris Bergh Winter Fruit Schools February 18-22, 2008

  9. Guthion Update • 6 lb formulated per season in apples and pears • 3 lb formulated per season in cherries • 14 day PHI in apple and pear • 15 day PHI in cherries • 14 day REI

  10. New Products • Delegate 25WG • Beleaf 50SG • Mustang Max 0.8EC

  11. Generics • Tombstone 2EC • Lambda-Cy 1EC • Perm-UP 3.2EC • Perm-UP 25WP

  12. Delegate 25WG (spinetoram) • Registered for all pome and stone fruit • Excellent for CM, OFM, leafrollers, leafminers, thrips and pear psylla • Activity via contact and ingestion • Adjuvant improves activity against thrips, leafminers and psylla • 4.5 – 7.0 oz/A, not to exceed 28 oz/A/season • 4-hour REI • PHI: 7 day on apple, pear, cherry, plum 14 day onpeach and apricot 1 day on nectarine • Suggested use: on 1st brood CM

  13. Beleaf 50SG (flonicamid) • Registered on all pome and stone fruit • Excellent against aphids, good against tarnished plant bug and stink bugs • Activity via contact and ingestion, causing feeding cessation • 2.0 – 2.8 oz/A, seasonal maximum 8.4 oz/A • 12-hour REI • PHI: 21-day on pome fruit 14-day on stone fruit

  14. Mustang Max 0.8EC(zeta-cypermethrin) • Registered on all pome and stone fruit • Same rating as for all pyrethroids • 1.28 – 4.0 fl oz/A, seasonal maximum of 24 fl oz/A • 12-hour REI • 14-day PHI

  15. Tombstone 2EC(cyfluthrin) • Generic of Baythroid (beta-cyfluthrin) • Registered for use on all pome and stone fruit • Rated the same as for all pyrethroids • 1.4-2.8 fl oz/A, seasonal max of 2.8 fl oz/A pome fruit and 5.6 fl oz/A on stone fruit • Minimum 100 gpa in pome fruit and 50 gpa on stone fruit • 12-hour REI • 7-day PHI

  16. Lambda-Cy 1EC(lambda-cyhalothrin) • Generic of Warrior • Registered on all pome and stone fruit • Same rating as for all pyrethroids • 2.56 – 5.12 fl oz/A, seasonal maximum of 1.6 pts/A • 24-hour REI • 21-day PHI on pome fruit • 14-day PHI on pome fruit

  17. Perm-UP 3.2 EC and 25WP(permethrin) • Generic of Ambush and Pounce • Registered on pome and stone fruit • Applications limited to pre-bloom in pear and through petal-fall in apple • G-E aphids, E leafrollers, plant bugs, leafminers, Japanese beetles • 2.56 – 5.12 fl oz/A, seasonal maximum of 1.6 pts/A • 12-hour REI • 3-day PHI on cherry • 14-day PHI on peach and nectarine

  18. Label Changes • Pyrellin no longer available • Guthion seasonal maximum • Fujimite now called Portal • Intrepid now labeled for peach • Avaunt now labeled for peach • Acramite now labeled for cherries

  19. Heads Up • Onager EC miticide will be sold in the east for use on pome and stone fruit • State registrations pending, expect product availability in 2008 • “…offers growers one-for-one performance on an AI basis with Savey, an easier to measure formulation and a more economical price.” • Savey rated E for ERM and TSSM • 12-14 oz/A, one application per year

  20. Heads Up • Launch of Altacor 35WG (rynaxypr) expected in 2008 • New chemical class with excellent activity against lepidopteran larvae (OFM, CM, leafrollers, leafminers) • New mode of action provides excellent resistance management opportunities • Suggested use: in August against overlapping 3rd brood CM, 3rd-4th brood OFM, and 2nd brood TAB

  21. Heads Up • Launch of Belt 480SC (flubendiamide) expected in 2008 • Same class as Altacor • Excellent activity against lepidopteran larvae • Will need to be careful about using Altacor and Belt consecutively, or perhaps in the same season

  22. Heads Up • Launch of Movento 240SC (spirotetramat) expected in 2008 • Federal tolerances expected April-May • pome and stone fruit • two-way systemic activity against sucking insects (aphids, scale)

  23. Heads Up • EPA is conducting a risk assessment of endosulfan (Thionex) and assumes there is some occupational risk associated with its use in apple • Apple industry could lose this product if EPA concludes that the benefits from its use are low • USApple has solicited feedback and will respond to EPA

  24. Important Reminder • Imidan is very susceptible to degradation in alkaline water • Ensure that spray water is at PH 6.5 or lower • Vinegar can be used to buffer water, but effect is temporary

  25. Anne DeMarsay, Ph.D. Regional Specialist, Fruit Pathology Maryland Cooperative Extension 2005 Largo Road Upper Marlboro, MD 20774-8508 Phone: (301) 627-8440 Fax:     (301) 627-3273 Email:  fruitdr@umd.edu

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