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A nectarine by any other name is ….. NOT a peach!

Historically, the following statement appeared at the beginning of the peach calendar in Publication 360: “All products labeled for use on peach can also be used on nectarine.”  During the summer of 2016, an auditor spotted Decis on the spray record of a nectarine grower and flagged it as unregistered.  After a lot of emails, we received confirmation from PMRA that, indeed, if a product label does not specify nectarine or Crop Group 12-09, it is not legal for use on nectarine.

This prompted a search of all products labeled on peach to see whether nectarine was included.  The following table lists the products that are not labeled on nectarine:

Product name
Registration number
Common name
Decis 5 EC
22478
deltamethrin
Imidan 70-WP Instapak
29064
phosmet
Purespray Green Spray Oil 13 E
27666
mineral oil
Superior 70 Oil
9542, 14981
mineral oil
Guardsman Copper Oxychloride 50
13245
copper oxychloride
Copper Spray
19146
copper oxychloride
Ferbam 76 WDG
20136
ferbam
Funginex DC
27686
triforine
Granuflo T
30548
thiram
Kumulus DF
18836
sulphur
Maestro 80 DF
26408
captan
Microscopic Sulphur WP
14653
sulphur
Microthiol Disperss
29487
sulphur
Rovral WDG
24709
iprodione
Thiram 75 WP
27556
thiram

Also note that Thionex is no longer labeled on peach after Dec. 31, 2016 and Sevin XLR is no longer registered for use on apricot, cherry, grape, peach, pear or plum.  This information will also be provided in the 2017 Supplement to Publication 360.

OMAFRA will be working with the companies and PMRA on label expansions for the most critical uses. For the time being, none of these products are legal to use on nectarine.  As we make progress, further updates will be released.

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