scholarly journals The Role of the IR-4 Project in the Registration of Plant Growth Regulators in Horticultural Crops

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-63
Author(s):  
Jerry J. Baron ◽  
Robert E. Holm ◽  
J. Ray Frank
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Plant Growth Regulators ◽  
Growth Regulators ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Commercial Development ◽  
Specialty Crops ◽  
Minor Crops

The pest management industry does not have adequate financial incentives to develop the required data to register pest management tools with government authorities on fruit, vegetables, herbs, spices, nursery crops, landscape plants, flowers, turfgrass, and other specialty crops. Growers of these crops, collectively called minor crops, need pest control tools to be able to sustain production. The Interregional Research Project Number Four (IR-4) was established in 1963 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assist growers of minor crops by providing a mechanism to allow growers of these crops to have access to safe and effective pest management tools. Working with research, industrial and extension personnel at the state land-grant institutions and researchers at USDA, Agricultural Research Service, IR-4 develops the appropriate data to support registration of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and plant growth regulators. Many of the uses of plant growth regulators in current use were developed with oversight provided by IR-4. There are many promising new plant growth regulators and/or uses in the commercial development pipeline and it is anticipated that assistance from IR-4 will be needed to support registration of these new materials on minor crops.

scholarly journals Regulation of Biochemical Plant Growth Regulators at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie K. Lake ◽  
Warren E. Shafer ◽  
Sheryl K. Reilly ◽  
Russell S. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Plant Growth Regulators ◽  
Growth Regulators ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Pollution Prevention ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
Commercial Development ◽  
The U.S

Plant growth regulators (PGRs) are often used in crop production for specific niche market needs. PGRs are frequently viewed as secondary business opportunities by the private sector, especially when compared to herbicide, insecticide, and/or fungicide markets. Nonetheless, PGRs are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the additional cost of regulatory compliance as part of commercial development is significant. Of the two broad classes of pesticides regulated by the USEPA, conventional chemicals and biological pesticides (or biopesticides), many PGRs belong to the biopesticide class, specifically the biochemical category. Because of USEPA's responsibility to assure that any pesticide used in commerce will not result in unreasonable adverse effects to humans or the environment, specific data requirements have been established for product registration. Registrants must address each requirement, either by submitting relevant data or a request to waive the requirement, prior to receiving a federal registration. For biochemical PGRs, the acceptability of data or waiver requests, as well as any proposed label uses, are reviewed by the Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD). The BPPD was formed in 1994 to facilitate the development of biopesticide products. Given the time and expense associated with PGR product development and commercialization, registrants should work closely with the USEPA and other stakeholders to help ensure successful product development.

scholarly journals 2022 Florida Blueberry Integrated Pest Management Guide

EDIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Harmon ◽  
Oscar Liburd ◽  
Peter Dittmar ◽  
Jeffrey Williamson ◽  
Doug Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Plant Growth Regulators ◽  
Growth Regulators ◽  
Plant Disease ◽  
Commercial Production ◽  
Hydrogen Cyanamide ◽  
Major Revision

This 32-page publication is a blueberry integrated pest management guide for the commercial production of blueberries in Florida, including information on plant disease, insect and mite pests, weed control, hydrogen cyanamide, and plant growth regulators. Major revision for 2022 by Philip F. Harmon, Oscar E. Liburd, Peter Dittmar, Jeffrey G. Williamson, and Doug Phillips; published by the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs380

scholarly journals Effect of selectivity of herbicides and plant growth regulators used in sugarcane crops on immature stages of Trichogramma galloi (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.N. Oliveira ◽  
M.R. Antigo ◽  
G.A. Carvalho ◽  
D.F. Glaeser
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Plant Growth Regulators ◽  
Growth Regulators ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Parasitoid Species ◽  
Beneficial Insects ◽  
Selective Pesticides

Herbicides and plant growth regulators are often used in sugarcane management. However, the use of non-selective pesticides can cause adverse effects on the efficiency of beneficial insects in integrated pest management. Within this context, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of such products on the immature stages of the parasitoid Trichogramma galloi. Eggs of Diatraea saccharalis containing the parasitoid at the egg-larva stage and at the prepupal and pupal stages were immersed in test solutions of the following pesticides (maximum recommended doses for sugarcane): herbicides clomazone and diuron + hexazinone, and plant growth regulators trinexapac-ethyl and sulfometuron-methyl. The biological properties evaluated were emergence (F1 and F2) and number of eggs parasitized by T. galloi (F1). The products were classified according to percentage of reduction in emergence and parasitism: harmless (<30%), slightly harmful (30-79%), moderately harmful (80-99%) and harmful (>99%). The pesticides evaluated were considered to be harmless or slightly harmful to immature T. galloi and, thus, their use should be preferred for preserving this parasitoid species in sugarcane management programs.

Wheat regenerants in the system of rapid assessment of the effect of 24-epibrassinolide

Biomics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 394-397
Author(s):  
Seldimirova O.A. ◽  
M.V. Bezrukova ◽  
N.N. Кruglova ◽  
F.М. Shakirova
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Experimental Model ◽  
Plant Growth Regulators ◽  
Growth Regulators ◽  
Drought Resistance ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Immature Embryo ◽  
Model System ◽  
Wheat Cultivars ◽  
Experimental Model System

The influence of 24-epibrassinolide on the efficiency of regenerants obtained from embryonic calli formation was studied in wheat cultivars contrast for drought resistance. The possibility of using the experimental model system «immature embryo – embryonic callus – regenerant» in the rapid assessment of the effect of antistress plant growth regulators is shown.

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