Maine Apple IPM Prgram

 Pesticide information  

Letter to EPA on proposed Imidan label changes - July 25, 2006

Apple Spray Cost per Dose
requires free Acrobat reader

Recently introduced apple insecticides and miticides - 220K PDF file.  Will take about a minute to download with a dial-up modem, but worth the wait.  This is an excellent detailed review from Washington State University.
 

Pesticide and growth regulator labels and MSDS.  These sites require downloading free Adobe Acrobat reader to view (and print if you wish) product labels and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).  Two of the best web label sources are:
Crop Data Management Systems and 
Crop Protection Reference

Insecticide Resistance Groups - List by IRAC (Insecticide Resistance Action Committee) that shows which insecticides and miticides share mode of action and thus resistance risk.

Fungicide Resistance Groups - List by FRAC (Fungicide Resistance Action Committee) that shows which fungicides and bactericides share mode of action and thus resistance risk.

Apple Pesticide Regulations
Pesticide Applicator License certification requirements and training opportunities

Maine Board of Pesticides Control regulates pesticide use in Maine, provides safety information and issues applicator licenses.

Apple Pesticides and the Community Right to Know Act 

Organic Apple certification
   For growers with over $5000 annual sales, products can only be called "organic" if they have been USDA organically certified.  Essentially (with only rare exceptions) only products that either
   1)  have organic approval statement on their EPA label
   2)  appear on either the OMRI organic spray materials list  (Organic Materials Review Institute)
   3) or appear on the Washington State organic materials list  are allowed to be applied to crops if they are going to be labeled organic. 
  The registered certifying agency in Maine is MOFGA Certification Services.  Certifying agents from other states can also be used in Maine.

Pesticide Information Profiles describe toxicological, environmental and physical properties. 
The master list is at EXTOXNET Global Search.  
Virginia Tech maintains a subset list of apple pesticide profiles.

Pesticide recordkeeping software. Links to the following products is not an endorsement by Cooperative Extension, and is not meant to discriminate against competing products.
 
Pesticide record workbook for Excel.  Brief description with screen shots for a recordkeeping program designed by an apple grower for apple growers.  (You must have Excel version 5.0 or later to run the program).

Trac-Apple pesticide recordkeeping software for Excel.  Developed by Cornell Fruit IPM Program