There are about 250 million residents within the United States who benefit from low-cost, high-quality food. The U.S. agricultural industry, which produces inexpensive food, relies in turn upon the use of safe pesticides to maintain an efficient and productive system. One of the USDA's best kept secrets has been the National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (NAPIAP). For more than 20 years, the role of this program has been to identify the benefits of pesticides essential to agriculture and to use that information to promote informed decisions by regulatory agencies. The NAPIAP program is jointly administered by the USDA and the land-grant universities, with each state having a state liaison representative (SLR) who works to support both local and national issues.

Because its staff makes thousands of regulatory decisions every year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) typically calculates risk based upon an "easy to calculate" default scenario. The default scenario assumes that every pesticide for which a decision is to be made is used the maximum number of times at the maximum rate. Because this results in an overestimation of actual risk, information prepared by NAPIAP SLRs is used to refute those risk estimates and supply more realistic data for risk calculations. To provide this data, SLRs typically work behind the scenes conducting surveys, interviewing specialists, and evaluating research. SLRs may sometimes be cast in a "negative light" for appearing to do little more than refute EPA's risk estimates. Nonetheless, the information they provide is obtained from unbiased sources, and the data have been also used to support the cancellation of pesticides for which excessive risk to applicators or consumers has been indicated.

In 1996, the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) was passed by Congress. This legislation requires the EPA to review all pesticide tolerances within 10 years and to consider the combined risks from pesticides having similar modes of action and from all forms of exposure. The EPA may also implement an additional safety factor (reduce rates, restrict use, or cancel a product) where necessary to further reduce potential risks to infants and children. In the first phase of its evaluations, the EPA is focusing on organophosphate (OPs), carbamate insecticides, and other pesticides classified as either B-1 or B-2 carcinogens. This group of pesticides includes a number of products that are widely used and considered essential to pest management, both nationally and within the state of Illinois. Within the last year, the Illinois Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (PIAP) SLR has been proactive in addressing a number of critical issues.

Livestock insecticides: use and benefits
A major project undertaken by the Illinois Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (PIAP) to address the need for organophosphate and carbamate insecticides is a survey of pesticide use on beef and dairy cattle across the North Central Region. The objectives of this survey are to provide the EPA with information regarding actual pest infestations and the critical need for specific pesticides for their control. By conducting this survey on a regional basis, rather than focusing on a single state, a more complete and consistent picture of critical pesticide needs can be formulated. Although the SLR from the University of Illinois is the lead investigator on this project, individuals from Purdue University and the University of Minnesota have provided advice and expertise. Preliminary results from this survey are expected to be provided to the US EPA by the end of 1998, well before the final decisions on the targeted pesticides are to be made.

Atrazine: Its benefits and potential alternatives for corn growers
A field study was conducted by the Illinois PIAP SLR to determine the relative value of atrazine to Illinois corn growers. Although this study was conducted during a single year only, the results suggest that the value of atrazine is significant to the corn-growing farmer. The three treatments with the highest net returns all have atrazine as a component of the treatment. The results also suggest that crop injury from alternatives can be a factor in reducing yields. In our study, treatments containing dicamba had yields significantly lower than comparable treatments. The treatment containing clopyralid had the lowest yields (as a result of crop injury) and resulted in a net economic loss. It is possible that the herbicide rates used in this study could have been cut and would have given adequate weed control during the cropping season, thus increasing the net return by as much as 30 percent. However, the rates used were within the recommended use range and would be necessary under heavy weed pressure or under less favorable weather conditions.

The Illinois state liaison representative also lends expertise and gives leadership to issues of national concern. One project that has been the focus of much attention by Illinois PIAP personnel has been the development of ARIA, a software package that facilitates the input and analysis of pesticide-use data. More than 20 states have now adopted ARIA as their principal means of submitting pesticide-use data to the EPA. The development of ARIA led to the implementation of national data-submission standards and has done much to promote standardized methods of surveying and reporting pesticide use. The Illinois SLR and staff personnel have provided operational support and on-site training for ARIA users. Within the next year, it is expected that as many as 40 states will use ARIA for pesticide-use data entry and analysis.

The Illinois state liaison representative also maintains a close working relationship with the National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS). Although NASS collects a great amount of pesticide-use information on the major grain, fruit, and vegetable crops in the United States, it does not have the resources to publish many of the critical details that the EPA finds useful. Personnel from the Illinois PIAP, who have expertise with large databases, work closely with NASS to obtain and analyze information on the critical details and to provide a summary report to the EPA and others in "report-format." This information is distributed with ARIA and is used to augment local survey data collected by individual state SLRs. The Illinois PIAP program has published over 300 separate reports for field corn, cotton, soybean, wheat, and potatoes for 1991 through 1995. Reports for both fruits and vegetables from the 1996 and 1997 NASS surveys, which encompass 182 separate reports, are currently being prepared for release.

(David R. Pike, Extension Specialist–Pesticide Impact Assesment Program Coordinator)

In an October 14, 1998, memorandum, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) outlined its plans for deciding when the 10X child-safety factor would be applied to pesticides under the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). Under that act, pesticides in foods that children tend to eat more than do adults will be assigned a tolerance ten times smaller than it would normally receive. The level of a pesticide in a food that children eat more than do adults must be one-tenth of what it would be if adults ate the same amount or ate more of that food than children.

The US EPA has created the 10X Task Force to develop rules for this program's implementation. Within the task force, there are three groups. The toxicology and exposure groups will determine which toxicity tests and exposure data will be considered useful for determining the pesticide risks to infants and children. The integration group will determine how the toxicity and exposure information will be used to decide whether a pesticide use will be assigned a 10X tolerance.

The task force will develop guidelines that will be reviewed by USEPA's Scientific Advisory Panel in December. Interagency review will occur in December and January. This interagency review will likely include the Environmental Heath Policy Council, the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council, and the National Toxicology Program. Public notice and comment will start in January.

On July 29, US EPA published revised developmental and reproductive toxicity test guidelines. These new guidelines include requirements that will make it more likely to detect and identify toxicity after prenatal and/or postnatal pesticide exposure. The developmental neurotoxicity testing guidelines are currently being revised.

As a result of this additional research, information may be obtained that would make it necessary to change regulations for a pesticide when it is used in other situations. There may also develop a need to change other laws and regulations addressing infants and children as a result of the additional information that will be gathered.

FQPA states that safety factors other than 10X may be used if there is information to justify it. Detailed criteria are being developed to determine when a safety factor less than 10X or no additional safety factor is appropriate. Situations for which safety factors are likely to be reduced include those where there is complete, reliable data on prenatal and postnatal effects. Also included are those where data are available from developmental toxicity and reproductive toxicity tests as well as a variety of other toxicological studies. Situations where risk assessments can be based on reliable data or on conservative assumptions that are based on reliable data are also included. This reliable data will include hazard information, dose/response evaluation, and exposure assessment.

- Phil Nixon

The University of Illinois Extension and the Illinois Department of Agriculture released both the commercial and private pesticide applicator training (PAT) schedules during the first week of November. If you're required to retest (remember, everyone must retest every 3 years), you should have recently received a notice letter and training clinic schedule from the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

This season, there are 29 commercial clinics and nearly 100 private clinics statewide. Private applicators, please contact your local U of I Extension office for clinic details. Commercial and public applicators and operators, please call (800)644-2123 or (217)244-2123 to preregister for a clinic and to order study materials. Both clinic schedules (and much more!) can be viewed at our U of I Extension Pesticide Safety Education Website at http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~pse. If you have questions about licensing, contact the Illinois Department of Agriculture at (800)641-3934.

Note: Change for commercial training

The ornamental weeds and calibration training topics have been combined with the turf weeds and calibration topics and will offered during the morning (9:30 to 11:30 a.m.) of the second day. The ornamental disease and insect topics will continue to be covered during the afternoon (3 to 5 p.m.) of the first day.

- Bruce Paulsrud

At a news conference October 22, 1998, the Natural Resources Defense Council filed a petition with EPA asking the agency to designate farm children as a "major identifiable subgroup" under the FQPA, "treating them as a population at special risk." Alleging that farm children are "surrounded by a virtual sea of pesticides," NRDC says that EPA should take them into account when determining pesticide tolerances.

The American Crop Protection Association and the pesticide industry, which supports the fundamental goals of the FQPA (especially the additional protection for infants and children), are conducting extensive new studies to determine how all children, not just farm children, may come into contact with pesticides residues on food, in the water and from the surrounding environment. The industry also points out that close to 100 new pesticide safety limits have been established under FQPA since its enactment in August 1996; and, by definition, they are deemed by the EPA to be safe for everyone, including infants and children.

(Phil Nixon and American Crop Protection Association Newsletter)

WPS Inspections Planned

During the 1999 growing season, the Illinois Department of Agriculture will be conducting random, on-site, Worker Protection Standard (WPS) compliance inspections. If the WPS applies to you, are you ready? There are resources out there to help you answer this question. For example:

• Start by getting a copy of The WPS-How to Comply manual. This manual was first printed in 1993, and there have been no revisions. For a free copy, contact the Illinois Department of Agriculture, (217)785-2427. At this number, you also can reach Tom Walker for WPS regulatory interpretation and compliance guidance.

• The US EPA and various educational institutions have developed many training materials (print, video, etc.) for employers to train their own employees in English or other languages. In addition, many vendors sell WPS-compliance materials such as personal protective equipment, signs, decontamination kits, etc. Contact your local University of Illinois Extension office for assistance in locating these materials or vendors.

• If you have access to the World Wide Web, consider pointing to these sites:

– US EPA site: www.epa.gov/oppfod01/work_saf (The WPS-How to Comply)

– University of Illinois Extension site: www.aces.uiuc.edu/~pse (WPS expansion in progress)

Prescription-use pesticides?

The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), an international consortium of 36 scientific and professional societies, recently published an issue paper entitled "Feasibility of Prescription Pesticide Use in the United States." At issue is the feasibility of applying the medical model of prescriptions to high-risk pesticides that are being reassessed following passage by Congress of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) in 1996. Contact the CAST Chair, Harold D. Coble, Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, for IP9, August 1998, 10 pp., $3. To view or print a free copy of this report, point your browser to www.cast-science.org.

- Bruce Paulsrud

AIM (carfentrazone-ethyl), FMC

In the last two issues of Agricultural Chemical Newsletter, this compound was identified with the trade name Affinity. It is being developed in the United States as Aim for use on corn and is being sold in Europe as Affinity for use on cereals.

BALANCE (isoxaflutole), Rhone-Poulenc

Received EPA registration for use on field corn. It will be marketed this next season in AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MO, MT, NE, ND, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, and WY.

CHOPPER (imazapyr), American Cyanamid

Added to their label the control of foxtails and sprangletop. [herbicide]

DISTINCT (diflufenzopyr), BASF

A new herbicide being developed for use on corn to control broadleaf weeds. Applied postemergence, it gives rapid control of emerged weeds.

LIBERTY ATZ (glufosinate-ammonium/atrazine), AgrEvo

Received EPA registration for this premix herbicide to use on Liberty Link corn hybrids.

MERTECT (thiabendazole), Novartis

Due to the high cost of reregistration, they will delete from their label the use on dried beans, soybeans, and rice. Unless withdrawn, this deletion will be effective 1-19-99. (FR, vol. 63, 7-22-98) [fungicide]

The following information provides registration status of particular pesticides and should not be considered as pesticide recommendations by the University of Illinois Extension.

- Bruce Paulsrud

ACTARA (thiamethoxam), Novartis
Being developed to control sucking and chewing insects on cotton, potatoes, cole crops, tobacco, leafy vegetables, cucurbits, pome fruit, citrus, grapes and cereals.

LINDANE, Inquinosa
Due to the high cost of re-registration this company has requested EPA to delete from their label the following usages: almonds, alfalfa, apples, asparagus, beans, beets, cantelopes, carrots, cherries, clover, cotton, cucumbers, eggplant, flax, grapes, guave, lentils, mangoes, melons, mint, mushrooms, nectarines, okra, onions, peaches, peas, pecans, pears, peppers, pineapples, plums, prunes, pumpkins, quince, rape, safflower, soybeans, squash, strawberries, sudangrass, sugarbeets, sunflower, tobacco, tomatoes, watermelon, livestock,, ornamental trees and shrubs, turf, non crop areas, commercial transportation facilities and food handling facilities. Unless withdrawn this will be effective on 2-22-99. (FR Vol. 63, 8-26-98) [insecticide]

PRISM (clethodim), Valent
Added to their label the usage on alfalfa, tomatoes, drybeans and peanuts. [herbicide]

PYRIGRO (pyripoxyfen), Whitmire Micro-Gen
A new product being introduced to control whiteflies and gnats in greenhouses.

SPINTOR 2 SC (spinosad), Dow AgroSciences
This new formulation has recently been registered by EPA for usage on fruiting and leafy vegetables, cole crops, apples, citrus and almonds to control armyworms, cabbageworms, loopers, tomato pinworm, tomato fruitworm, leafminers and thrips. Observe a 1 day preharvest interval.

Bruce Paulsrud, unless otherwise noted, adapted from Agricultural Chemical News, 9/19/98, and 10/15/98.

AGREVO
The company has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with the Scotts Co. for them to distribute the following Agr Evo products to the ornamental horticulture market; Turcam (bendiocarb); Delta Gard (deltamethrin); Finale (glufosinate ammonium); Prograss (ethofumesate); Acclaim Extra (fenoxaprop); Illoxan (diclofop); Banol (propamocarb); and Pro Star (flutolanil).

AGREVO
The company has opened a canola research facility located in Saskatoon, Alberta, Canada. It will conduct biotechnology research on this one crop.

BAYER
The company has acquired a 50% interest in the seed treatment company Gustafson of Dallas, Texas. Gustafson is a subsidiary of Uniroyal Chemical Co. who will continue to own the other 50%. The company will continue to operate under the Gustafson name.

BAYER
The company has added a $45 million investment to its manufacturing facility in Kansas City, Missouri, to make Axiom herbicide.

CHEMINOVA
The company, which manufactures glyphosate, in a licensing agreement with Monsanto has been given permission by Monsanto to use its glyphosate (Glyfos) branded products over the top of Roundup Ready Soybeans in the U.S. next year. The company is also planning to double its glyphosate manufacturing capacity to 10,000 metric tons at its plant in Lemvig, Denmark.

DEKALB GENETICS
The company has signed an agreement with Forage Genetics to develop glyphosate tolerant alfalfa. Introduction is expected by 2000.

DEKALB
The company has sold about 1 million acres of Roundup Ready corn in the U.S. this year.

DOW AGROSCIENCES
The company will take a 10% stake in Illinois Foundation Seeds based in Champaign, Illinois, to produce genetically improved plants.

DOW AGROSCIENCES
The company is forming a new company called Advanced Agri Traits LLC. Illinois Foundation Seeds will own 16.4% of this company which will produce and market genetically improved crops. This technology will be based on what was developed from a Dow agreement with BioResource Technologies of Vacaville, CA.

DOW AGROSCIENCES
The company has granted exclusive marketing rights to Riverdale Chemical Co. for their 2,4-D formulation, Formula 40 and Esteron 99 Concentrate.

DOW CHEMICAL
The company has agreed to acquire the 32% stake in Mycogen that it doesn't already own for $322 million.

DUPONT
The company has signed a 7 year agreement with FMC for exclusive marketing of Authority and Canopy XL (both contain sulfentrazone) in the U.S. soybean market. FMC will continue to market the product under the trade name Spartan in the U.S. tobacco market and in Brazil as Boral for use on soybeans and sugarcane.

FORAGE GENETICS
The company has agreed to work with Novartis Seeds to develop and market NK Branded alfalfa varieties with the Roundup Ready gene trait. They should become available around the year 2000.

J. R. SIMPLOT
The company has merged its Jacklin Seed and Best Brand fertilizer business into one division - Simplot Turf and Horticultural Products.

MONSANTO / AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS
The two companies announced October 13th that they have mutually agreed to terminate their $34 billion merger, which was announced on June 1. Many analysts said corporate governance was the major hurdle that stopped the merger. ("Cable News Network, The Financial Network"; http://cnnfn.com)

MONSANTO
The company plans to build a $9 million facility in Ankeny, Iowa, devoted to molecular breeding which will combine the efforts of Monsanto, Asgrow and Holdens breeding programs.

MONSANTO
The company has announced it is lowering the U.S. price on the various Roundup formulation $6-$10/gallon effective immediately. This does not include the lawn and garden formulations. Also, they will increase the technology fee for Roundup Ready Soybeans from $5.00 to $6.50/bag. There will be no change in the technology fee for Roundup Ready Cotton or Corn.

MYCOGEN
This subsidiary of DowAgro Sciences plan a joint venture with Rhone-Poulenc of their biotech technologies to jointly develop and market genetically engineered crops. Initially work will be with cotton and sugarcane for insect and herbicide resistance.

MYCOGEN
The company has amended a licensing agreement with Novartis to let both companies market B.t. corn to their seed companies. In the past, their agreement was limited to marketing the corn seed under either a Mycogen or a Novartis label.

NOVARTIS
The company announced plans to spend $20 million to expand its biotech research facility at Research Triangle Park, NC. It will operate as NABRI (Novartis Agribusiness Biotech Research Inc.) with 320 employees.

PIONEER HI BRED
Under an agreement with Monsanto, the company plans to introduce Roundup Ready canola into the U.S. market in 2000 and into the European market in 2001.

PIONEER HI BRED
The company has purchased land in Hawaii to build a $7.5 million seed corn production facility by June 1999.

WILFARM LLC
The company has purchased the mid-west seed treatment business of WilburEllis, effective August 1. Wilbur-Ellis will continue with its seed treatment business in the Northwest and in the Western U.S and in the cotton growing areas of the Southern U.S.

Bruce Paulsrud, unless otherwise noted, adapted from Agricultural Chemical News, 9/19/98, and 10/15/98.

BASAGRAN (bentazon), BASF

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add to their label the use on holly, marigold, oak, petunia, and yew.

BRAVO (chlorothalonil), Zeneca

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add to their label the use on 13 new ornamental species.

CITATION (cyromazine), Novartis

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add to their label the use on calendula. [insecticide]

CURALAN (vinclozolin), BASF

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add to their label the use on hydrangeas. [fungicide]

DIAZINON, Novartis

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add to their label the use on wax vine, ageratum, gazania, Japanese spurge, scarlet sage, and wax plant.

DIMENSION (dithiopyr), Rohm & Haas

Received an EPA label to use on turf grown for sod production. The sod must be established for at least 6 months before application. [herbicide]

DISTANCE (pyripoxyfen), Valent

Received EPA registration to use on indoor-grown ornamentals, to control whiteflies, fungus gnats, shorefly, leaf miner, and scale.

DUAL (metolachlor), Novartis

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add the use on snapdragon to their label.

DUAL MAGNUM (metolachlor), Novartis

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add the use on bleeding heart, snapdragon, and stonecrop to the label.

FACTOR (prodiamine), Novartis

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add to their label the use on over 80 new ornamental species. [herbicide]

GLIO-GARD (Glioclaidium virens), Thermo Trilogy

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add to their label the usage on balsam, begonia, cockscomb, marigold, petunia, scarlet sage, snapdragon, and zinnia. [fungicide]

GOLDEN EAGLE (myclobutanil), Scotts Co.

This new formulation was introduced recently for use on turf to control various diseases.

KOCIDE (copper hydroxide), Griffin

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can add to their label the use on aglaonema, elm, honey locust, honeysuckle, and iris.

MANKOCIDE (copper hydroxide/mancozeb), Griffin

Added to their label the usage on turf.

MORESTAN (oxythioquinox), Bayer

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add to their label the use on Japanese spurge. [insecticide]

OFTANOL (isofenphos), Bayer

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add to their label the use on Christmas trees and Japanese holly. [insecticide]

PENSTAR FLO (PCNB), Scotts Co.

A new flowable formulation recently introduced for use on turf. [fungicide]

PERMETHRIN, FMC/Zeneca

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add the use of 25 new ornamental species to their label. [insecticide]

POAST (sethoxydim), BASF

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add the use on English ivy to their label.

SIMAZINE, Novartis

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add to their label the use on dogwood, holly, honey locust, and varnish tree.

TEMPO (cyfluthrin), Bayer

As a result of the IR-4 Project, they can now add to their label the use on balsam, CHEMINOVA

The company, which manufactures glyphosate, in a licensing agreement with Monsanto has been given permission by Monsanto to use its glyphosate (Glyfos) branded products over the top of Roundup Ready Soybeans in the United States next year. The company also is planning to double its glyphosate-manufacturing capacity to 10,000 metric tons at its plant in Lemvig, Denmark.

DEKALB GENETICS

The company has signed an agreement with Forage Genetics to develop glyphosate tolerant alfalfa. Introduction is expected by 2000.

DEKALB

The company has sold about 1 million acres of Roundup Ready corn in the United States this year.

DOW AGROSCIENCES

The company will take a 10 percent stake in Illinois Foundation Seeds, based in Champaign, Illinois, to produce genetically improved plants.

DOW AGROSCIENCES

The company is forming a new company called Advanced Agri Traits LLC. Illinois Foundation Seeds will own 16.4 percent of this company that will produce and market genetically improved crops. This technology will be based on what was developed from a Dow agreement with BioResource Technologies of Vacaville, CA.

DOW AGROSCIENCES

The company has granted exclusive marketing rights to Riverdale Chemical Co. for their 2,4-D formulation, Formula 40, and Esteron 99 Concentrate.

DOW CHEMICAL

The company has agreed to acquire for $322 million the 32 percent stake in Mycogen that it doesn't already own.

DUPONT

The company has signed a 7-year agreement with FMC for exclusive marketing of Authority and Canopy XL (both contain sulfentrazone) in the U.S. soybean market. FMC will continue to market the product under the trade names Spartan in the U.S. tobacco market and Boral in Brazil as for use on soybeans and sugarcane.

FORAGE GENETICS

The company has agreed to work with Novartis Seeds to develop and market NK Branded alfalfa varieties with the Roundup Ready gene trait. They should become available around the year 2000.

J. R. SIMPLOT

The company has merged its Jacklin Seed and Best Brand fertilizer business into one division: Simplot Turf and Horticultural Products.

MONSANTO/AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS

The two companies announced October 13 that they have mutually agreed to terminate their $34-billion merger, which was announced on June 1. Many analysts said corporate governance was the major hurdle that stopped the merger. (Cable News Network, The Financial Network; http://cnnfn.com)

MONSANTO

The company plans to build in Ankeny, Iowa, a $9-million facility devoted to molecular breeding. It will combine the efforts of Monsanto, Asgrow, and Holdens breeding programs.

MONSANTO

The company has announced it is lowering the U.S. price on the various Roundup formulation $6 to $10/gallon effective immediately. This does not include the lawn and garden formulations. Also, it will increase the technology fee for Roundup Ready Soybeans from $5.00 to $6.50/bag. There will be no change in the technology fee for Roundup Ready Cotton or Corn.

MYCOGEN

This subsidiary of DowAgro Sciences plan a joint venture with Rhone-Poulenc of their biotech technologies to develop and market genetically engineered crops. Initially, work will be with cotton and sugarcane for insect and herbicide resistance.

MYCOGEN

The company has amended a licensing agreement with Novartis to let both companies market Bt corn to their seed companies. In the past, their agreement was limited to marketing the corn seed under either a Mycogen or a Novartis label.

novartis

The company announced plans to spend $20 million to expand its biotech research facility at Research Triangle Park, NC. It will operate as NABRI (Novartis Agribusiness Biotech Research Inc.), with 320 employees.

PIONEER HI BRED

Under an agreement with Monsanto, the company plans to introduce Roundup Ready canola into the U.S. market in 2000 and into the European market in 2001.

The following information provides registration status of particular pesticides and should not be considered as pesticide recommendations by the University of Illinois Extension.

- Bruce Paulsrud

AGRYGENT (gentamicin sulfate), Quimica Agronomica

This new antibiotic is in the final process of being registered by EPA to control fire blight in apples and pears. Quimica Agronomics is a Mexican company, and the product is already registered in Central and South America.

BSP SULFORIX (lime sulfur), Ag Formulators

Added to their label the control of rust on peaches and prunes.

CURZATE 6ODF (cymoxanil), DuPont

EPA approved an application to register this new active ingredient conditionally for use on potatoes to control late blight. (FR, vol. 63, 9-18-98)

DISYSTON (disulfoton), Bayer

Due to the high cost of reregistration, they will delete from their label the use on lettuce. Unless withdrawn, this deletion will be effective 2-1-99. (FR, vol. 63, 8-5-98)

EKS PURGE (potassium dihydrogen phosphate), Lido Chem

EPA has approved the registration of this new active ingredient to be used to control powdery mildew on apples, cherries, cucumbers, grapes, mangoes, melons, nectarines, peaches, peppers, plums, squash, tomatoes, watermelons, and roses. (FR, vol. 63, 9-16-98)

FULFILL (pymetrozine), Novartis

Registration on fruiting vegetables, cucurbits, tobacco, potatoes, and cotton to control whiteflies and leafhopper is expected in 1999, with registration on cole crops, leafy vegetables, and hops expected in 2000.

LORSBAN (chlorpyrifos), Dow Agro Sciences

Due to the high cost of reregistration, the company has requested the deletion from the label the use on popcorn and carrots. (FR, vol. 63, 8-5-98)

PROCLAIM (emamectin benzoate), Novartis

Registration is expected on broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, lettuce, celery, and spinach in late 1998. Registration on tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant is expected next year. [insecticide]

SULFORIX (lime sulfur), Ag Formulators

Added to their label the control of phomopsis on grapes.

The following information provides registration status of particular pesticides and should not be considered as pesticide recommendations by the University of Illinois Extension.

- Bruce Paulsrud

ALERT (chlorfenapyr), American Cyanamid
Being developed to control termites in structures. Also to control urban insect pests such as ants and cockroaches.

FENOXYCARB, Novartis
Due to the high cost of re-registration, they will delete from the label the indoor usages (food serving areas to food and feed handling establishments, application to pests and to premises indoors except for greenhouses, hot houses, lath and shade houses). Unless withdrawn, this will be effective on 2-1-99. (FR Vol. 63, 8-5-98)

MULTICIDE ROACH SPRAY 27341 (imiprothrin), MGK
EPA approved an application to register this new active ingredient for indoor usage on ants, roaches, crickets and other pests. (FR Vol.63.,9-23-98)

PYRETHRINS/PIPERONYL-BUTOXIDE, Agr Evo/Prentiss
Due to the high cost of reregistration, they will delete from their label the usage on pets. Unless withdrawn this will be effective on 2-1-99. (FR Vol. 63, 89-5-98)

RAID ANT & ROACH 17 (imiprothrin), S.C. Johnson
EPA approved an application to register this new active ingredient for household usage.

SPB- 1382 (resmethrin), AgrEvo
Due to the high cost of re-registration they have requested to delete from their label the usage on dogs and cats. Unless withdrawn this will be effective on 2-22-99. (FR Vol. 63, 8-26-98) [insecticide]

Bruce Paulsrud, unless otherwise noted, adapted from Agricultural Chemical News, 9/19/98, and 10/15/98.