Update from the Pesticide Risk Reduction Program of AAFC’s PMC

The Pesticide Risk Reduction Program has posted a wrap-up of the Greenhouse floriculture strategy. All strategies are listed here.

A new crop profile for Field Pea is available free to download from the Government of Canada Publications web site or through the Crop profile webpage. Links to the most up-to-date versions of all available Crop Profiles are provided in the attached reference document, for your convenience.

New information about the following 2 projects is available on the PMC website in the the Pesticide Risk Reduction Approved Projects section: Applying updated bioclimatic information to validate models and refine Integrated Pest Management program recommendations for carrot rust fly and carrot weevil management and Survey of Delia species of maggots affecting onion in Quebec, Ontario and Eastern Provinces.