Location: Application Technology Research
Project Number: 0500-00007-119-000-D
Project Type: In-House Appropriated
Start Date: Jul 17, 2020
End Date: Jul 16, 2025
Objective:
Obtain performance data and/or residue samples or analyze crop samples to support the registration of minor-use pesticides for food, ornamental and specialty crops. [NP304, C3, PS 3B]
Approach:
The program has four specific goals: 1) Provide growers with safer pesticide chemicals needed to maintain crop quality and productivity; 2) Maintain a viable ARS Minor Use Pesticide Program to cooperate with the IR-4 national program and assist in the registration of new crop protection tools for specialty crops; 3) Generate sufficient, high quality residue data to support tolerances for specialty food crops and expand existing label registrations; and 4) Develop crop safety and efficacy data to add new uses to existing pesticide labels for growers of nursery and floral crops. As a result of these efforts, adequate pest and pathogen control measures will be available for continued growth and marketing of high-quality, high-yielding commodities, as well as plants for landscapes, homes, and gardens. Further, this work will result in an expanded availability of safe, effective pest control materials for conventional and organic, large and small farm and greenhouse production systems, replacing higher risk, less environmentally friendly products. As an added benefit, the expanded technologies will improve resistance management schemes due to reduced reliance on a few pesticides.
