Progress 09/01/10 to 08/02/15
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Progress Report Objectives (from AD-416): Provide efficacy, phytotoxicity and yield data and residue samples for analyses to support the registration or re-registration of minor use pesticides for the control or modification of behavior of pests through Interregional Project No. 4. Proposed research is relevant to the NP304 Action Plan, Component 2 - Protection of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops; Problem Statement 2b, Control. Relevance to Action Plan: Approach (from AD-416): Determine needs for minor use pesticides by consulting producers, processors, fieldmen, or their associations. Select pesticides for testing based on needs, efficacy, economics, and safety to the crop and its environment. Conduct studies on candidate pesticides in the field, nursery or greenhouse to obtain efficacy, phytotoxicity and yield data, and residue samples for analyses in accordance with protocols, standard operating procedures, and good laboratory practices. This final report summarizes work done during the past 5 years to address the objective of the project plan. Please see the report for the new project, also entitled, "Field Testing of Minor Use Pesticides", 0500- 00007-099-00D for additional information. The Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) is the primary entity in the United States to facilitate registrations of conventional pesticides and biopesticides on specialty food crops and non-food ornamental horticulture crops. During the last 5 years, the IR-4 Project at USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Wapato, Washington, tested candidate pesticides on 134 food crops and ornamental plants, including 60 row crops and 16 tree fruits for residues and efficacy against pests and 58 ornamentals for crop safety (phytotoxicity) evaluation. Information from these field trials will be used to support petitions submitted by the IR-4 Project to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the registration or reregistration of pesticides for use on minor crops and ornamentals. Accomplishments 01 Pesticide residue levels in specialty food crops and ornamental plants. The primary entity in the United States to facilitate registrations of conventional pesticides and biopesticides on specialty food crops (fruits, vegetables, nuts) and non-food ornamental horticulture crops (greenhouse flowers, nursery, landscape plants, and Christmas trees) is the Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4). These registrations are necessary to prevent damage to the crops we eat or the plants that enhance our environment. ARS researchers at Wapato, Washington, in collaboration with IR-4 personnel at Rutgers University in New Jersey, tested candidate pesticides on 134 food crops and ornamental plants, including 60 row crops and 16 tree fruits for residues and efficacy against pests and 58 ornamentals for crop safety. Most pesticide residues on food crops were below the levels established by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicating that these products are safe to use on minor crops. This information will be submitted to EPA by the IR-4 Project to enable registrations of needed pesticides for use on minor food crops and ornamental plants.
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Progress 10/01/13 to 09/30/14
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Progress Report Objectives (from AD-416): Provide efficacy, phytotoxicity and yield data and residue samples for analyses to support the registration or re-registration of minor use pesticides for the control or modification of behavior of pests through Interregional Project No. 4. Proposed research is relevant to the NP304 Action Plan, Component 2 - Protection of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops; Problem Statement 2b, Control. Relevance to Action Plan: Approach (from AD-416): Determine needs for minor use pesticides by consulting producers, processors, fieldmen, or their associations. Select pesticides for testing based on needs, efficacy, economics, and safety to the crop and its environment. Conduct studies on candidate pesticides in the field, nursery or greenhouse to obtain efficacy, phytotoxicity and yield data, and residue samples for analyses in accordance with protocols, standard operating procedures, and good laboratory practices. The Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) is the primary entity in the United States to facilitate registrations of conventional pesticides and biopesticides on specialty food crops and non-food ornamental horticulture crops. The IR-4 Project at USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Wapato, Washington, tested candidate pesticides on 18 food crops for residues and efficacy against pests and on 9 ornamentals for crop safety (phytotoxicity) evaluation. Information from these field trials will be used to support petitions submitted by the IR-4 Project to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the registration or reregistration of pesticides for use on minor crops and ornamentals. Accomplishments 01 Pesticide residue levels in specialty food crops and ornamental plants. The primary entity in the United States to facilitate registrations of conventional pesticides and biopesticides on specialty food crops (fruits, vegetables, nuts) and non-food ornamental horticulture crops (greenhouse flowers, nursery, landscape plants, and Christmas trees) is the Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4). These registrations are necessary to prevent damage to the crops we eat or the plants that enhance our environment. ARS researchers at Wapato, Washington, in collaboration with IR-4 personnel at Rutgers University in New Jersey, tested candidate pesticides on 18 food crops for residues and efficacy against pests and 9 ornamentals for crop safety. Most pesticide residues on food crops were below the levels established by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicating that these products are safe to use on minor crops. This information will be submitted to EPA by the IR-4 Project to enable registrations of needed pesticides for use on minor food crops and ornamental plants.
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Progress 10/01/12 to 09/30/13
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Progress Report Objectives (from AD-416): Provide efficacy, phytotoxicity and yield data and residue samples for analyses to support the registration or re-registration of minor use pesticides for the control or modification of behavior of pests through Interregional Project No. 4. Proposed research is relevant to the NP304 Action Plan, Component 2 - Protection of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops; Problem Statement 2b, Control. Relevance to Action Plan: Approach (from AD-416): Determine needs for minor use pesticides by consulting producers, processors, fieldmen, or their associations. Select pesticides for testing based on needs, efficacy, economics, and safety to the crop and its environment. Conduct studies on candidate pesticides in the field, nursery or greenhouse to obtain efficacy, phytotoxicity and yield data, and residue samples for analyses in accordance with protocols, standard operating procedures, and good laboratory practices. In FY 2013, 11 Good Laboratory Practices food use trials, 4 efficacy crop safety trials, and 9 ornamental of pesticides were completed. In support of petitions submitted by Inter-Regional Project Number 4 to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the registration of pesticides on minor crops, in FY 2013, 15 Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) food use trials and 13 nonfood use trials were completed. All assigned projects were completed and we await the assignment of additional projects in 2014. Accomplishments 01 Minor Use Pesticide Registration on Crops. This research is done in support of petitions by the Inter-Regional Project Number 4 (IR-4) program to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the registration of pesticides on Minor Crops and Ornamentals. IR-4 research at the Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory in Wapato, Washington, includes 85 Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) food use trials on vegetable crops, 17 trials on tree fruit, and 6 on forage crops. Two hundred and seventy-five non-GLP trials were conducted on ornamentals. This program ensures the safety of pesticide used on minor crops and ornamentals for growers and consumers across the United States.
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Progress 10/01/11 to 09/30/12
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Progress Report Objectives (from AD-416): Provide efficacy, phytotoxicity and yield data and residue samples for analyses to support the registration or re-registration of minor use pesticides for the control or modification of behavior of pests through Interregional Project No. 4. Proposed research is relevant to the NP304 Action Plan, Component 2 - Protection of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops; Problem Statement 2b, Control. Relevance to Action Plan: Approach (from AD-416): Determine needs for minor use pesticides by consulting producers, processors, fieldmen, or their associations. Select pesticides for testing based on needs, efficacy, economics, and safety to the crop and its environment. Conduct studies on candidate pesticides in the field, nursery or greenhouse to obtain efficacy, phytotoxicity and yield data, and residue samples for analyses in accordance with protocols, standard operating procedures, and good laboratory practices. This project relates to NP 304 2B, Protection of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops, Biology and Ecology of Pests and Natural Enemies, because the work facilitates the registration of pesticides for use to control pests on minor crops. In FY2012, 15 GLP food use trials and 9 non-food use trials of pesticide were completed. In support of petitions submitted by IR-4 to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the registration of pesticides on minor crops, in FY 2012, 15 Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) food use trials and 12 non-food use trials were completed. Accomplishments 01 Minor use pesticide registration on crops. This research was done in support of petitions by the Insect Resistance (IR-4) Program to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the registration of pesticides on minor crops and ornamentals. IR-4 researchers at the USDA-ARS Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory in Wapato, WA, conducted 73 Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) food use trials on vegetable crops, 14 trials on tree fruit crops, and 5 trials on forage crops. Non-GLP research consisted of 265 trials on ornamentals. This program ensures the safety pesticides used on minor crops and ornamentals for growers and consumers across the United States.
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Progress 10/01/10 to 09/30/11
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Progress Report Objectives (from AD-416) Provide efficacy, phytotoxicity and yield data and residue samples for analyses to support the registration or re-registration of minor use pesticides for the control or modification of behavior of pests through Interregional Project No. 4. Proposed research is relevant to the NP304 Action Plan, Component 2 - Protection of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops; Problem Statement 2b, Control. Relevance to Action Plan: Approach (from AD-416) Determine needs for minor use pesticides by consulting producers, processors, fieldmen, or their associations. Select pesticides for testing based on needs, efficacy, economics, and safety to the crop and its environment. Conduct studies on candidate pesticides in the field, nursery or greenhouse to obtain efficacy, phytotoxicity and yield data, and residue samples for analyses in accordance with protocols, standard operating procedures, and good laboratory practices. This project relates to NP 304 2B, Protection of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops, Biology and Ecology of Pests and Natural Enemies, because the work facilitates the registration of pesticides for use to control pests on minor crops. In FY2011, 12 GLP food use trials and 14 non-food use trials of pesticide were completed. In support of petitions submitted by IR-4 to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the registration of pesticides on minor crops, in FY 2011, 12 Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) food use trials and 14 non-food use trials were completed. Accomplishments 01 The research was done to support the petitions submitted by IR-4 to EPA for the registration of pesticides on minor crops. Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) 76 field trials were conducted in the Fruit and Vegetabl Insect Research unit at Wapato, WA. On 5 Mint, 6 Pea (dry), 4 Pea succulent, 8 Potato, 4 Dill, 5 Onion, 4 Bean (dry), 6 Bean (snap), 7 carrot, 4 Pear, 4 Apple, 2 Canola, 4 Cherry, 1 Radish, 1 Barley, 2 Squas (summer), 2 Grass (seed), 4 Asparagus, 1 Plum, 1 Alfalfa and Chicory a Carrot Performance trial. Results were submitted to IR-4 Headquarters. Results led to the completion of one hundred and sixty non-GLP Ornamenta trials which include2 Chrysanthemum, 1 Dogwood, 1 English Ivy, 2 Day lil 6 Hydrangea, 3 Lily turf, 5 Rosa, 1 Butterfly Bush, 2 Tick seed, 1 Sunflower, 4 Cotoneaster, 6 Phlox, 4 Firethorn, 3 Coneflower, 9 Pine, 6 lilac, 7 Juniper, 4 Arborvitae, 4 Fir, 6 Maple, 1 Impatiens, 1 Clematis, Begonia, 1 Coleus, 1 Alumroot, 2 Geranium, 1 Calibrchoa, 1Camellin, 1 Petunia, 2 Yew, 1 Arrow-wood, 1 Periwinkle, 1 Artemisia, 5 Oak, 3 Spruc 2 Hosta, 2 Flag, 2 Feather reed grass, 2 Pincushion, 2 Verbena, 2 Bridal wreath, 2 Petunia,1 Barberry, 1 Eupatorium, 3 Polemonium, 1 Scabiosa, 2 Bergheim, 2 Centranthus, 2 Gazania, 3 Gerbera, 3 Gomphrena, 3 Helianthus Primula, 3 Solidago, 2 Digitalis 2 Eupatorium and 1 Iberis. The Researc will result in new registration of Pesticides to be available for use in food and ornamental crops.
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