Pesticide Links

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Pesticide Labels

Crop Data Management Systems, Inc. (CDMS)--Pesticide labels and material safety data sheets are available for downloading. A free service.

Greenbook--Pesticide labels and material safety data sheets are available for downloading. Registration is required, but downloads are free.

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Virginia Pesticide-Related Links

Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE)--Publications on pesticides and related information. See the Virginia Pest Management Guides: Field Crops, Homegrounds and Animals, and Horticultural and Forest Crops.

Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) - Office of Pesticide Services--Information on pesticide certification, licensing, registration. Info for users of pesticides in the production of agricultural plants on farms, in forests, nurseries and greenhouses Worker Protection Standard requirements and info on reducing the risk of pesticide-related injury. Enforcement and Compliance assistance. Also see the Registration of Pesticide Products for information on Section 18 and 24(c) registrations in Virginia and to search for new or renewed products in Virginia.

The Virginia IR-4 Project--Virginia The IR-4 Minor Use Pest Control Clearance Program was established in 1963 by the state land-grant university agricultural experiment stations. IR-4 is a partnership between agricultural producers, land-grant universities, government, and chemical manufacturers. Today, IR-4 conducts research on chemical and biological pest controls. The purpose of IR-4 is to establish pest controls for minor use crops (commodities with low acreages nationally, i.e., fruits, vegetables, and other specialty uses). IR-4 is important to Virginia's agricultural industry because ours is one of the more diverse industries in the United States.

Virginia Pesticide Safety Education Program--Pesticide Safety Education (PSE) in Virginia is a statewide educational program with an overall goal to protect the environment and the public health from improper pesticide use through applicator and public education.

Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs (VTPP)--Information on pesticides, pesticide safety, educational opportunities, and related services. Pesticide applicator certification and pesticide licensing information. Also see the Virginia Pest Management Information Program at VTPP ...the Virginia component of the Southern IPM Center. For Virginia Crop Profiles and Pest Management Strategic Plans. Virginia and other states are developing crop profiles and pest management strategic plans to help the USDA and the EPA maintain important pest management tools as their registrations are challenged by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). There is a lot of other very useful information here.

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National Pesticide-Related Links

Biological Control Working Group. 1998. Alternative paradigms for commercializing biological control : Workshop whitepaper. Online. Rutgers Workshop Organizing Committee and Experimental Station Committee on Policy.

Biopesticide Industry Alliance (BIA)--To develop and promote industry standards for biopesticides. To communicate the benefits of biopesticide technologies as effective products. To continue to develop a strong working relationship with the authorities entrusted to regulate pesticides and expand our position as a dependable resource to the regulatory authorities. To become a leading source of reliable information for biopesticides and to improve product stewardship, performance and factual promotion.

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology --CAST. View the individual presentations from the 2003 symposium Management of Pest Resistance: Strategies Using Crop Management, Biotechnology and Pesticides.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)--Information on regulation, stewardship program, controlling pests, health, safety and environmental issues. Also see Regulating Biopesticides at the EPA website.

European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EMPPO)-- OEPP/EPPO bulletin 29 . See Appendix II, Specific details on different types of plant protection products (i.e. fungicides, herbicides, insecticides/acaricides) [pp. 86 through 89].

EXTOXNET--Pesticide Information Profiles (PIPs), a cooperative effort of University of California-Davis, Oregon State University, Michigan State University, Cornell University, and the University of Idaho.

Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC)--Useful information in the ‘Working Group’ section on high risk fungicide groups. In the ‘Publications’ section find articles on risk management issues and the FRAC Fungicide List, which lists fungicide by their target, chemical group and resistance risk.

Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC)--See the Classification of Herbicides by Mode of Action. This site offers a lot of practical information on herbicide resistance issues.

Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC)--Lots of practical information. See the IRAC Mode of Action Scheme and the General Principles of Insecticide Resistance Management.

The IR-4 Project provides safe and effective pest management solutions for specialty crop growers. IR-4 works continually with growers, scientists and commodity organizations to identify minor crop pest control needs. Anyone can submit a research request by filling out the Project Clearance Request (PCR) form on this web site. The requests are prioritized yearly and research assignments are made. In response to the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), reduced risk and safer chemistry projects now account for 80% of IR-4's research.

McSpadden Gardener, B. B., and Fravel, D. R. 2002. Biological control of plant pathogens: Research, commercialization, and application in the USA . Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2002-0510-01-RV.

National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)--General pesticide info, along with regulatory, technical, manufacturer and emergency information.

PAN Pesticides Database --This database has a diverse array of information on pesticides from many different sources, including human toxicity, ecotoxicity, ecotoxicity and regulatory information on approximately 6,400 active ingredients and their transformation products, as well as adjuvants and solvents. This database is integrated with the EPA's product databases.

Pesticides and their Non-target Impacts: Sources of Data and Information. Dr. Lois Levitan, Environmental Risk Analysis Program, Cornell University--This "guided tour" of pesticide data/information sources is intended to help in navigating through the array of available materials on the worldwide web.

Vincelli, P. 2002. QoI (Strobilurin) Fungicides: Benefits and Risks . The Plant Health Instructor. DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2002-0809-02. Comprehensive article from the American Phytopathological Society on the Strobilurin fungicides. This article outlines many significant issues related to their use.

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E. Bush, last updated 1/5/06

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