Stone fruit producers have a new tool to help protect their crop from oriental fruit moth, plum curculio and cherry fruit fly: DuPont™ Assail® insecticide.
Assail® has received approval from the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) to expand the product registration to include stone fruit from Crop Group 12. Now peach, nectarine, plum, sweet or tart cherry, plumcot, prune and apricot growers can use Assail® for the control of oriental fruit moth and plum curculio.
Assail® 70 WP is registered for oriental fruit moth control on stone fruit at 120 g/ha to 240 g/ha. It is registered at 240 g /ha for plum curculio and cherry fruit fly. Assail® should be used at the higher rate for heavy infestations or dense foliage.
“This is good news for stone fruit growers,” says Alex Crouse, specialty marketing manager, DuPont. “They now have a new tool in their arsenal for pests like oriental fruit moth, plum curculio and cherry fruit fly.”
DuPont Canada Agricultural Products supplies a full range of crop protection products. For more information about Assail® insecticide or any other DuPont product, contact your local crop protection retailer or DuPont representative, call 1-800-667-3925 or visit the Web site www.dupont.ca/ag.
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For more information, please contact:
Marie Fournier
Marketing Communications Specialist
DuPont Canada, Crop Protection
(905) 821-5816
marie.fournier@can.dupont.com
Andrew Dougals
Senior Public Relations Specialist
McCormick Global Communications
(519) 400-1672
adouglas@mccormickcompany.com
