Pesticide Federal Register Items for the Week of July 12-16, 2010
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>Methyl Parathion: Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide
>Registrations Date of publication: July 16, 2010
>Citation: Volume 75, Number 136, Page 41482-41483
>http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-17404.htm
>Purpose: This notice announces EPA’s order for the cancellations,
>voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of
>products containing methyl parathion, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of
>the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as
>amended. This cancellation order follows an April 28, 2010 Federal
>Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in
>Table 2 of Unit II. to voluntarily cancel all these product
>registrations. These are the last products containing this pesticide
>registered for use in the United States. In the April 28, 2010 notice,
>EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the
>cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments within
>the 30 day comment period that would merit its further review of these
>requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The
>Agency received comments on the notice but none merited its further
>review of the requests. Further, the registrants did not withdraw
>their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a
>cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. Any
>distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation
>order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order,
>including any existing stocks provisions.
>Chemical(s): Methyl Parathion**
>Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
>identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0332. The cancellations are
>effective July 16, 2010.
>Contact: Kelly Ballard, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P),
>Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone number: (703) 305-8126; fax
>number: (703) 305-5290; e-mail address: ballard.kelly@epa.gov.
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>Methyl Parathion; Registration Review Proposed Decision; Notice of
>Availability Date of publication: July 16, 2010
>Citation: Volume 75, Number 136, Page 41484-41485
>http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-17403.htm
>Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA’s proposed
>registration review decision for the pesticide methyl parathion and
>opens a public comment period on the proposed decision.
>Registration review is EPA’s periodic review of pesticide registrations
>to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory
>standard for registration, that is, that the pesticide can perform its
>intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human health
>or the environment. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each
>pesticide’s registration is based on current scientific and other
>knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment.
>Chemical(s): Methyl Parathion
>Comments: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
>number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0332. Comments must be received on or before
>September 14, 2010.
>Contact: Kelly Ballard, Chemical Review Manager, Pesticide
>Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone
>number: (703) 305-8126; fax number: (703) 305-5290; e-mail address:
>ballard.kelly@epa.gov.
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>Mailing address for all listed staff: Office of Pesticide Programs,
>Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,
>Washington, DC 20460

This week the corn ear worm flight seems to have spread throughout both counties with all trap locations showing increased activity. This week also showed a jump in beet armyworm catches at both the Eastville and Painter locations while cornborer activity has shown a significant decrease. Click more to view a spreadsheet of pheromone trap catch and blacklight trap catch from various locations on the Eastern Shore. Additional information: es-insect-trap-counts-7-16-10-7-23-10-5-xls

Mr. Kyle Sturgis and Bill Shockley have embarked on a more extensive insect pest trapping effort on the Eastern Shore. Click more to view a spreadsheet of pheromone trap catch and blacklight trap catch from various locations on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. This same spreadsheet will include other locations and will add new catch numbers on a weekly basis. We are getting organized to deliver a more comprehensive picture of the activity of major agricultural pest insects on the Eastern Shore.

In summary the spreadsheet shows the first real rise in counts of both corn earworm and European corn borer in the Mappsville and Assawoman areas of the Eastern Shore. Activity in Eastville appears to be low. There have been no catches of either beet armyworm or fall armyworm so far. It is early for those pests, although a fall armyworm infestation in late planted corn was seen in Northampton County this week.
Additional information: es-insect-trap-counts-7-16-10-7-23-10-xls

Blacklight trap catch in Painter this week again yielded very little activty from the major moth pest species. Weekly counts were as follows: 0 European corn borer, 0 armyworm moths, 2 corn earworm, 6 hornworm moths (increasing), 42 green stink bugs (increasing), 3 brown stink bugs (decreasing). We are still not seeing the main flight of corn earworm. Spider mites remain an important pest concern particularly in areas that have missed the rain, or commercial tomatoes. An outbreak of fall armyworm in late-planted corn was also reported this week. Coragen insecticide is a new option for fall armyworm control in early whorl stage corn. It has shown very good efficacy, with a long residual, and it is a safe chemical to apply.

Click more to find the pheromone trap counts and blacklight trap counts for corn earworm moths, beet armyworm moths and some other pests in Virginia Beach. In 2010 we initiated a monitoring program for these pests at the Hampton Roads AREC and on three commercial farms near Pungo, VA. These data will be posted weekly so that you can monitor the flights of these key insect pests of vegetables and field crops.

In summary corn earworm moths have been flying in the Pungo, VA area since June, but we’ve probably not seen the huge migratory flight that occurs each year around mid July. Beet armyworm moths have yet to appear in traps. Additional information: vabeach-pheromone-trapping-2010-xls

Insect counts this week from the Blacklight trap in Painter, VA were as follows:
No corn earworms or armyworms; 4 European corn borer moths; 3 tobacco hornworm moths; 81 brown stink bugs; 8 green stink bugs. Thus, pest moth activity is low right now for all species; but brown stink bugs are quite active at present; probably flying out of wheat fields. These insects can cause serious damage to tomatoes, cotton, beans, sweet corn, and other crops. They move from crop to crop as fruit or pods form. Pyrethroid insecticides are often the cheapest and most effective control for these pests.

Thrips have been very active on crops with tobacco thrips feeding on the leaves of tomatoes and newly emerged beans; and flower thrips infesting the flowers of various crops. Some commercial tomato fields have experienced up to 5 thrips per bloom, which is very high. Some identifications of thrips samples brought to my lab have revealed that up to 50% of the flower thrips may be Western Flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, which has been shown to flare up after repeated sprays from pyrethroid insecticides. Some other options for thrips control include Orthene on some crops like green beans, Radiant on most vegetables, Lannate, and most of the neonicotinoid insecticides (Provado, Actara, Venom, Assail, Belay, and Scorpion).

Valent USA announces the new Belay insecticide label on vegetables and other crops. Belay includes the neonicotinoid insecticide clothianidin, which has been used widely in the seed treatment Poncho. Our insecticide research trial results in Virginia have shown Belay to be as effective as other neonicotinoid insecticides for sucking pests and beetles on vegetables. Click More News to download a copy of the new label. Additional information: belaylabel-2010various-crops-pdf