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04-12-2007
Special Onion Pesticide Registration Offered for Public Comment
Contact: Jane Larson
608-224-5005
MADISON--Wisconsin's onion growers will have better control of damaging insects because of a special pesticide registration proposed by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Onion thrips adults and larvae feed on onion leaves and can reduce yields by as much as 30 to 50 percent. During periods of hot and dry weather conditions, onion thrips can reproduce into four generations in a season. The insects have become resistant to insecticides currently available. This registration will allow for use of Vydate L, in rotation with other available products, to control onion thrips. A five-year special registration was issued for this use in 2001 (Wisconsin registration WI-010007). This registration expired in 2006.
Through the special pesticide registration process, DATCP has been authorized by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register pesticide products without prior federal approval, in order to meet special local pesticide needs such as to control a pest outbreak in the state.
The active ingredient in Vydate L is Oxymyl. The preliminary environmental assessment indicates the proposed registration will not require a full environmental impact statement.
For a copy of the environmental assessment, contact Patricia Kandziora, P.O. Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708-8911, (608) 224-4542 or review the assessment at the department, Mon.-Fri., 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 2811 Agriculture Dr., Madison, 2nd floor. Comments received on or before 4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 19 will become part of the preliminary environmental assessment record. Send comments to Pat by mail at the above address or fax to (608) 224-4656 or send an email.
Wisconsin is ranked 13th in the nation in onion production, producing 660,000 hundredweight of onions from 2,000 acres in 2005.
04-12-2007
Special Onion Pesticide Registration Offered for Public Comment
Contact: Jane Larson
608-224-5005
MADISON--Wisconsin's onion growers will have better control of damaging insects because of a special pesticide registration proposed by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Onion thrips adults and larvae feed on onion leaves and can reduce yields by as much as 30 to 50 percent. During periods of hot and dry weather conditions, onion thrips can reproduce into four generations in a season. The insects have become resistant to insecticides currently available. This registration will allow for use of Vydate L, in rotation with other available products, to control onion thrips. A five-year special registration was issued for this use in 2001 (Wisconsin registration WI-010007). This registration expired in 2006.
Through the special pesticide registration process, DATCP has been authorized by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register pesticide products without prior federal approval, in order to meet special local pesticide needs such as to control a pest outbreak in the state.
The active ingredient in Vydate L is Oxymyl. The preliminary environmental assessment indicates the proposed registration will not require a full environmental impact statement.
For a copy of the environmental assessment, contact Patricia Kandziora, P.O. Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708-8911, (608) 224-4542 or review the assessment at the department, Mon.-Fri., 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 2811 Agriculture Dr., Madison, 2nd floor. Comments received on or before 4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 19 will become part of the preliminary environmental assessment record. Send comments to Pat by mail at the above address or fax to (608) 224-4656 or send an email.
Wisconsin is ranked 13th in the nation in onion production, producing 660,000 hundredweight of onions from 2,000 acres in 2005.
