Pest Management Solutions for Specialty Crops and Specialty Uses
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During October, we posted results from the Virtual Food Workshop on its workshop page and provided links to the video recordings. Presentations from the National Education Conference in February 2020 are now posted. In addition, we added a new section to the Workshops and Events page for new GLP training opportunities. Follow the links below to see these updates.

EPA granted residue tolerances for afidopyropen and clofentezine. For environmental horticulture crops, crop safety research summaries were prepared for bentazon, halosulfuron, and prodiamine.

Links to these recent successes for the Food and Environmental Horticulture Programs are below.

IR-4 is seeking an Associate Director of Regulatory Sciences at the IR-4 Headquarters at NC State in Raleigh, NC. The position description is located here.
Website Updates for Training
New Location for GLP Training Notifications!
Workshops and Events

This website is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, US Department of Agriculture, under award numbers 2017-34383-27100, 2019-34383-29973, and 2020-34383-32455 with substantial cooperation and...

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2020 National Education Conference

The IR-4 Education and Training Committee (E&TC) is constructing the agenda for NEC 2020, and the finished product will be available in Feb. before the conference. The following are some highlights of what to expect in San Diego, based on current ...

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Environmental Horticulture Summaries
Bentazon Crop Safety - 2020

Basagran T/O has been registered for a number of years as a directed application and as an over-the-top application on limited plant species. However, growers have expressed the need to have additional plants added for over-the-top applications.

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Halosulfuron Crop Safety - 2020

Since 1995 IR-4 has completed 373 trials with products containing halosulfuron (Sedgehammer, Manage) on 137 crops. The data contained in this report weregenerated to expand the current SedgeHammer label to include both directed and over the top...

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Prodiamine Crop Safety Summary - 2020

Prodiamine has been registered in the United States for many years for uses in and around ornamental plants in production nurseries and in landscapes. There have been several label amendments expanding the list of ornamental plants where...

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New Food Crop Tolerances
Tolerance Success: Afidopyropen 2020

Federal Register Date: October 8, 2020 Active Ingredient: Afidopyropen Trade Name(s): Ventigra Crops/Crop Groups: Strawberry, Fruiting vegetable group 8-10 (addition of greenhouse uses) Disclaimer: The trade names listed here are provided as a...

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Tolerance Success: Clofentezine 2020

Federal Register Date: October 22, 2020 Active Ingredient: Clofentezine Trade Name(s): Apollo Crops/Crop Groups: Hops Disclaimer: The trade names listed here are provided as a means to identify the chemical for which a tolerance has been...

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This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2017-34383-27100 with substantial cooperation and support from the State Agricultural Experiment Stations, USDA-ARS and USDA-FAS. In accordance with Federal Law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.