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we a
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w
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active ing
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em f
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omdeveloping
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e
b
est wa
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s of
p
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a
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otectant fungicide.” he suggested, fo
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example, t
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at if
t
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y
want
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b
ust sca
b
cont
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ol g
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s could use a tankmix of
bellis andSe
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cadis.
The copper situation –abig issue
T
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e a
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ese two new c
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otection solutions
h
as
pe
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aps cus
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ioned t
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e
b
low fo
r
t
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e top f
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ry
, w
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ic
h
t
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is
y
ea
r
faces a couple of new
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est
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ictions to its c
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op
p
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otection a
r
mou
ry
. Simon
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eminded g
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owe
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s t
h
at t
h
e dose of
Dit
h
ianon, and t
h
e num
b
e
r
of times it can applied,
h
as
b
een
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est
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icted. “Effectivel
y
it’s a tankmix pa
r
tne
r
now. but don’t
despai
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–we’ve got DelanP
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o – it’s ou
r
wa
y
of keeping
Dit
h
ianon
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egiste
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ed. It contains two active ing
r
edients,
Dit
h
ianon andKhP.”
rest
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ictions
h
ave also
b
een placedon two coppe
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-
b
ased
p
r
oducts – amove t
h
at Ag
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ovista’sheadof F
r
uit Paul bennett
desc
r
i
b
ed as “a
b
ig issue fo
r
conventional g
r
owe
r
s and o
r
ganic
g
r
owe
r
s”. he noted t
h
at coppe
r
is pa
r
ticula
r
l
y
h
and
y
as it is
used as an ea
r
l
y
t
r
eatment fo
r
sca
bby
apple andpea
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g
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owe
r
s
and gives some p
r
otection against
b
acte
r
ial canke
r
on stone
f
r
uit c
r
ops. howeve
r
, t
h
e onl
y
f
r
uit c
r
op t
h
at t
h
e coppe
r
-
b
ased
p
r
otectant fungicideCup
r
ok
y
lt now
h
as app
r
oval fo
r
is
g
r
apevines. Paul said: “T
h
e
r
e’s no app
r
oval fo
r
apples, pea
r
s,
plums, c
h
e
rr
ies, o
r
an
y
ot
h
e
r
f
r
uit c
r
op.” Simila
r
l
y
, t
h
e coppe
r
-
b
asedp
r
oduct headlandCoppe
r
, used
by
top f
r
uit g
r
owe
r
s as
a “good option fo
r
sca
b
”, “does not
h
ave a pesticide la
b
el at
all,” saidPaul. “It’s nowpu
r
el
y
fo
r
use as a folia
r
feed.” he
added: “Stone f
r
uit g
r
owe
r
s use coppe
r
r
outinel
y
at ce
r
tain
times of t
h
e
y
ea
r
top
r
event canke
r
infection so it’s a
b
ig issue
fo
r
o
r
ganic and conventional g
r
owe
r
s.”
Fo
r
tunatel
y
,
h
ope could
b
e on t
h
e
h
o
r
izon as Ag
r
ovista
h
as
spoken to t
h
eAhDb’s senio
r
c
r
opp
r
otection scientist Viv
Powell, w
h
o is pu
r
suing gettingmutual
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ecognition fo
r
some of
t
h
e coppe
r
p
r
oducts t
h
at
h
ave app
r
oval fo
r
use in va
r
ious
Eu
r
opean count
r
ies. “Somet
h
ing is
b
eingdone,” saidPaul,
“ot
h
e
r
wise it’s going to
b
e ve
ry
difficult tog
r
ow o
r
ganic f
r
uit
andp
r
o
b
a
b
l
y
some stone f
r
uit aswell.”
he also info
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medg
r
owe
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s of a
h
andful of ot
h
e
r
p
r
oducts
w
h
ose la
b
els
h
ave c
h
anged. T
h
ese include:
–S
y
st
h
ane 20EW – g
r
owe
r
s can use t
h
is p
r
oduct until 31
Septem
b
e
r
2017
–S
y
llit 400FC (Dodine), t
h
at was going todisappea
r b
ut
w
h
ic
h
g
r
owe
r
s can now use fo
r
at least t
h
e next 12
mont
h
s
–Apollo 50SC (Clofentazine) T
h
e newon-la
b
el use fo
r
f
r
uit is
going to
b
e
r
est
r
icted to apples andpea
r
swit
h
no on-la
b
el
app
r
oval fo
r
c
h
e
rr
ies andplums. bennett said: “M
y
info
r
mation f
r
om t
h
emanufactu
r
e
r
is sa
y
ing t
h
at t
h
e soft
f
r
uit EAMUs a
r
e going to
b
e
r
edone
b
ut not t
h
e c
h
e
rry
and
plumEAMUs.”
–Deacon (Te
b
uconazole) T
h
e new la
b
els fo
r
Te
b
uconazole
p
r
oductswill no longe
r
h
ave f
r
uit on t
h
e la
b
el. howeve
r
,
t
h
e existingp
r
oductswit
h
t
h
e existing la
b
el can
b
e used
until 30Ap
r
il 2018.
– Folicu
r
–G
r
owe
r
s a
r
e nowonl
y
allowedone application
du
r
ing t
h
e season o
r
one post-
h
a
r
vest.
Mycorrhizal fungi
As t
h
e
h
o
r
ticultu
r
e indust
ry
’s
r
ange of conventional c
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op
p
r
otection c
h
emicals continues todiminis
h
, t
h
e top f
r
uit secto
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