Pesticide
Working Group
BACKGROUND
The Pesticide Working Group (PWG) of the Poplar
Council of Canada (PCC) strives to expand the number of approved
agricultural pesticides for use in ‘short-rotation-intensive-culture’
(SRIC) poplar and willow crops and acts as sponsor of these requests.
Founded in 2003 as the Herbicide Working Group (HWG), its focus
was SRIC poplar, including its hybrids. A few years later it became
apparent that the working group's focus needed to include other
pesticides besides just herbicides and there was a need to include
SRIC willow as a crop to reflect the increasing interest in willow
as a crop; willow was already part of the PCC mandate. The name
of the Working Group changed to Pesticide Working Group (PWG),
even though the main focus is still currently on herbicides.
The objective of the PWG is two-fold: To look
at the range of pesticides currently available that are appropriate
for use on poplars and willows, but not currently registered for
this use, and to get the appropriate pesticides registered for
use in SRIC poplar and willow crops.
The application process is known as User Requested
Minor Use Label Expansion (URMULE) and is administered by the
Pest Management Regulatory Agency - PMRA (Agence de réglementation
de la lutte antiparasitaire - ARLA), operated by Health Canada.
More information on the process can be viewed in the following
'2011 Report of the Pesticide Working
Group (PWG)' under the heading 'URMULE process', or by referring
to the Health Canada website:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pmra-arla/english/appregis/urmule-e.html
2011 Report of the Pesticide Working Group
Disease Working Group
The Disease Working Group is a sub-group of the
Pesticide Working Group. It has 2 primary objectives:
- To establish a network of pathology labs across
Canada able to provide disease identification services to the
exact species level, using DNA technology where required. This
service will be offered on a ‘fee-for-service’ basis
to poplar and willow growers, breeders etc.
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To ensure disease identification methodology for poplar and
willow uses standardized protocols and results meet certain
quality standards.
Report of the 1st
meeting of the Disease Working Group (19 July 2011)(PDF 61
kB)
Cees (‘Case’) van Oosten
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