Section 18 Issued for Folicur to control Fusarium Head Blight

On 27 May 2005, the EPA granted a Section 18 specific exemption for the use of Folicur (Bayer CropScience) on wheat and barley in Minnesota and North Dakota to control Fusarium head blight.  The agency’s decision came four months after the application was submitted for review.  At issue was a special local needs label allowing application of Tilt (Syngenta) at heading (Feekes 10.5).  Agency officials determined that a comparison of the two products (Tilt vs. Folicur) did not result in significant or economic differences in disease control.  Additional data and information was submitted to the Agency by Minnesota and North Dakota extension plant pathologists and the U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative immediately prior to the EPA’s decision to grant the Section 18.
 
Recommended application timing to control Fusarium head blight is at the early-flowering growth stage (Feekes 10.51) for wheat and at early heading (Feekes 10.5) for barley.

The Folicur Section 18 label is posted at:

http://nwroc.umn.edu

http://www.smallgrains.org

Charla Hollingsworth
Extension Plant Pathologist

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Section 18 Issued for Reflex herbicide for Dry edible beans

Reflex (fomesafen) herbicide has received a section 18 clearance for use on dry beans in Minnesota (except in Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Koochiching, Itasca, St Louis and Cook counties). The special label allows one application of up to 0.75 pt/acre during the season by either ground or air application. Reflex should provide dry bean producers with improved control of common ragweed and ALS tolerant black nightshade.

To obtain a copy of the Section 18 label, follow the following link:

http://www.mda.state.mn.us/appd/pesticides/labels/reflex-drybeans.pdf

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Supplemental Label for Blanket in Sunflower, Dry field pea, and Chickpea

A new supplemental label for the use of Blanket (sulfentrazone) herbicide, distributed by Tenkoz, allows application on sunflower, dry field pea and chickpea. Blanket can be applied early preplant, PPI and preemergence.