Reasons for need: |
SEPTORIA STEVIAE; NEEDED TO REDUCE LEAF LESIONS AND YIELD LOSS; SEPTORIA LEAF SPOT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PATHOGENS OF STEVIA IN THE U.S.; STEVIA IS HARVESTED FOR ITS LEAVES AND SEPTORIA LEAF SPOT CAN COMPLETELY DEFOLIATE PLANTS PRIOR TO HARVEST LEADING TO HUGE YIELD LOSSES; THERE ARE NO FUNGICIDES REGISTERED FOR STEVIA AND HAVING PRODUCTS TO MANAGE S. STEVIAE IS CRITICAL TO EXPANDED PRODUCTION OF THIS CROP IN THE U.S.
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Efficacy/Crop Safety (E/CS) Data Required: |
MFG REQUIRES 2 PRODUCT PERFORMANCE TRIALS (BOTH CROP SAFETY AND EFFICACY), WITH MULTIPLE TREATMENTS TO COVER 1X, 2X AND 4X USE RATES:09/18; BASF CONFIRMED THAT SUFFICIENT EFFICACY/CROP SAFETY DATA HAS BEEN PROVIDED, AND NO MORE IS NEEDED:01/08/20
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E/CS Research Comments: |
PER 2019 PERFORMANCE PROTOCOL: TESTING PRIAXOR XEMIUM BRAND FUNGICIDE AT 8, 16 AND 32 FL OZ PRODUCT/A (1X, 2X, 4X) VS THE STANDARD ELATUS (AZOXYSTROBIN + BENZOVINDIFLUPYR), 2 FOLIAR APPLIC AT A 14-DAY INTERVAL STARTING WHEN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS BEGIN FOR SEPTORIA LEAF SPOT, 30-100 GPA; EVALUATE DISEASE INCIDENCE AND SEVERITY ON FOLIAGE AT EACH APPLIC AND AT 2-WK INTERVALS TILL TRIAL CONCLUSION; ASSESS CROP SAFETY (AT 1, 2, 4 WK AFTER 1ST APPLIC AND AT TRIAL CONCLUSION); AND ASSESS YIELD, SIMULATING A STANDARD HARVEST AND A LATE-SEASON HARVEST
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Comments: |
NO EXPORT MARKET NOTED; WOULD LIKELY NEED RESIDUE DATA ON EACH AI:06/18; MFG SUPPORTSEPA GREEN:09/18 THIS USE OF PRIAXOR, RESIDUE AND E/CS (MFG WILL PROVIDE SOME FINANCIAL HELP FOR THE E/CS RESEARCH):09/18; EPA GREEN:09/18; ADDED TO 2019 RESEARCH PLAN VIA AN ACCEPTED SOR REGIONAL UPGRADE:10/18; based on an email from BASF, they have secured EPA approval and have now released product labels into the marketplace for fungicide product PRIAXOR:10/23/sb
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