To Everyone in the Vancouver area Landscape Horticulture, Arboriculture, Urban Agriculture and Function Horticulture Sectors Including Landscapers, Professional Gardeners, Arborists, Golf Courses, Sportsfields, Sod Farms, Parks, etc.
Read more: Japanese Beetle Alert for Landscape/Horticulture/Turf Industry
The active ingredient, Carbaryl, used in an insecticide commonly sold as ‘Sevin’ has been de-registered by Health Canada.
Read more: Another One Bites the Dust - Carbaryl De-registered for Turf Uses
Invasive Japanese Beetle Lands in Vancouver; City Parks to be Sprayed. Province orders city to spray 19.3 hectares of public land with larvacide in attempt to eradicate beetle before it spreads.
Jessica Kerr / Vancouver Courier
MAY 24, 2018 03:19 PM
In November, 2016, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency announced their proposed re-evaluation decision (PVRD) for Imidacloprid, the active ingredient in Merit®, an insecticide registered for control of European chafer, Japaneese beetle, Black Turfgrass Ataenuis and European crane fly larvae on turf.
Read more: About Face - PMRA Changes Their Mind About Imidacloprid
courtesy Turfgrass Producers Institute
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