Managing mealybugs and scale insects presents unique challenges. Products with contact modes of action must be applied at specific timings in order to reach the most susceptible crawler stages
Author: IR-4 Generic
SP2478 Crop Safety – 2023
SP2478 is a new fungicide being developed by SePro for the control of diseases on environmental horticulture crops such as powdery mildew and other diseases. The IR-4 Project completed
Tolerance Success: Trinexapac-ethyl
Trinexapac-ethyl was registered for use on clover grown for seed.
Tolerance Success: Mandestrobin
Mandestrobin was registered for use on tuberous and corm vegetables, except potato (subgroup 1D).
IR-4 Aids in Expanded Fungicide Label for Ginseng Growers
Isofetamid is now an option for rusty root disease management on ginseng. Learn about IR-4’s work securing this new use through EPA.
EPA and FDA Consider Change in Pest Management Product Oversight
Learn IR-4’s perspective on a potential change in honey bee product regulation.
Tolerance Success: Penthiopyrad
Penthiopyrad was registered for use on banana.
Tolerance Success: Pydiflumetofen
Pydiflumetofen was registered for us on the caneberry subgroup, greenhouse pepper, and greenhouse lettuce.
Tolerance Success: Fluopyram
Fluopyram was registered for use on a wide range of herbs, spices, leafy greens, peas and pulses.
Isoxaben + Dithiopyr Crop Safety – 2023
Fortress (isoxaben + dithiopyr) was registered in 2018 for environmental horticulture crop uses. Between 2018 and 2020, IR-4 examined 17 crop species / genera to expand this label to