WESTERN COMMITTEE ON CROP PESTS 48th ANNUAL MEETING Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Tropical Inn Lloydminster, AB Prepared by Julie Soroka 1.0 Welcome and Introductions at 0815 hrs Chair: Scott Hartley; Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Regina, SK Secretary: Julie Soroka, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK - 30 members signed the attendance sheet Ash, Guy Gavloski, John Saunders, Andrea Bessel, Jim Hartley, Scott Soroka, Julie Broatch, Jim Kaminski, Lori-Ann Stanford, Matt Cárcamo, Hector MacDonald, Scott Stewart, Chris Cutts, Mark Martin, Andrea Ulrich, Dan Degenhardt, Rory Matus, Alex Waelchli, Fred DePauw, Lyle Meers, Scott Wagner, Raichelle Dornan, Andrew Miller, Sean Walsh, Peter Esau, Rudy Philip, High Winmill, Doug Flaten, Brent Robinson, Jay Wise, Ian 2.0 Additions to Agenda - none Motion to accept agenda (Philip/Wise) CARRIED 3.0 Review and Approval of Minutes of 2007 WCCP Meeting Minutes distributed by I. Wise to last year’s attendees. Minutes sent by L. Kaminski for posting on Western Forum website. Motion to accept minutes (Philip/Gavloski) CARRIED 4.0 Business Arising from 2007 Meeting – 4.1 Amalgamation of WCCP bank account containing $1746.04 with that of Western Forum - completed by S. Hartley 4.2 Old Resolutions – discussed under item 13.1 at end of meeting. 4.2.1 Improving reliability of diamondback moth detection methods 4.2.2 Wheat midge pheromone and trapping system to be reviewed 4.2.3 Arranging Prairie Pest Monitoring Group meeting 5.0 Appointment of WCCP Resolutions Committee John Gavloski and Hector Cárcamo agreed to comprise the Resolutions Committee. 6.0 Provincial Insect Pest Summaries for 2008 (Appendix I) 6.1 Saskatchewan – Scott Hartley, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and Food; page 5 Scott also supplied the 2008 SK Provincial Apiculturist’s Report page 9 and the 2008 West Nile Virus report for the minutes page 10 6.2 Alberta – Scott Meers, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development page 11 1 6.3 Manitoba – John Gavloski, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives page 14 6.4 British Columbia – Hugh Philip, IPM 2 Go Consulting, Kelowna, BC page 19 6.5 Appointment of summarizers for 2008 – Susanna Acheampong was suggested as the BC summarizer, while all other summarizers agreed to stand for 2009. ACTION – Susanna was contacted, and agreed to stand as BC provincial pest summarizer. 7.0 Provincial Entomology Research Summaries for 2008 (Appendix II) 7.1 Saskatchewan – Chrystel Olivier, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Saskatoon – presented by Julie Soroka. page 20 7.2 Alberta – Hector Cárcamo, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Lethbridge page 27 7.3 Manitoba – Ian Wise, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Winnipeg page 36 7.4 British Columbia – Bob Vernon, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Agassiz - presented by Hugh Philip. page 44 7.5 Appointment of summarizers for 2009 – Matthew Stanford volunteered to compile the Alberta summary, while all other summarizers were reappointed. 8.0 Agency Reports 8.1 CFIA Insect Pest Report – Doug Winmill presented the Canadian Food Inspection Agency report, compiled by Dave Holden (Appendix III). page 54 8.2 PMRA Insecticide Update – Andrea Martin discussed the tables presented in the Pest Management Regulatory Agency report (Appendix IV). page 57 PMRA is redrafting efficacy guidelines in order to streamline requirements for the submission process. 8.3 Industry Reports 8.3.1 Lyle DePauw, Viterra, reported on wheat cultivar HR5602, and the presence of fewer kernels damaged by wheat midge in HR 5602 than in other cultivars. The wheat has no known wheat midge resistant genes present, and the reason for the reduced seed damage is unknown. Contact [email protected] 8.3.2 Andew Dornan, Bayer Crop Science, provided information on MOVENTO, a new insecticide targeted for aphid control. Movento, a broad spectrum insecticide for sucking insect pest control from Bayer Crop Science, was registered in the spring and launched in the summer of 2008. Movento has a new and unique mode of action, Lipid Biosynthesis Inhibition (LBI). The insecticide inhibits lipogenesis, decreasing the lipid content, especially triglycerides and free fatty acids, in treated insects. It is a two-way systemic product that moves up and down the plant after foliar application. The 240 SC formulation requires a non-ionic adjuvant, Agral 90/AgSurf, for optimum performance. It is a Group 23 product, the same as Envidor and Forbid. The product is intended for a broad range of vegetable and fruit crops, including brassica vegetables, cucurbits, fruiting and leafy vegetables, potatoes and other tubers, pome fruits, stone fruits, and grapes, with current minor use labels on onion, sweet corn, artichoke, and high bush blueberries. Targeted pests include aphids, mealybugs, scale, pear psylla, and phylloxera. Movento represents an excellent rotation partner with currently used products. Biological characteristics of Movento are activity primarily via ingestion, with minimal contact activity, no exhibited antifeeding effects, excellent residual control with reduced fecundity and survival of offspring, and no cross- resistance to insecticides from other chemical classes. There are strong effects on fecundity, fertility, and survivability of progeny. Symptomology of exposure to green peach aphid Myzus persicae include incomplete ecdysis and subsequent death; nymphs that successfully complete ecdysis are subject to rapid dehydration; adult females accumulate nymphs and die. The product is classified as harmless to slightly harmful on 2 predatory bugs (Anthocoris sp, Macrolophus sp and Orius spp), predatory mites (Typhlodromus pyri), ladybird beetles (Coccinella), completely harmless to parasitioids (Trichogramma), and of low risk to honey bees in acute contact and acute oral tests. 8.3.3 Scott Macdonald discussed ALVERDE, a new insecticide from BASF not currently registered in Canada. Metaflumizone is in a new class of chemistry (group 22B, semicarbazone) with a unique binding site that blocks voltage-dependent sodium channels directly without requiring bioactivation. Feeding ceases within several hours and death results from paralysis. There is no known cross-resistance to pyrethroids, oxime carbamates, organophosphates, or benzoylureas such as diflubenzuron. ALVERDE is extremely effective against many pest Lepidopteran and Coleopteran insects such as Colorado potato beetle and European corn borer. The product has been submitted for registration in Canada, USA and other countries for insect control in potato, leafy vegetables, fruiting vegetables and brassicaceous vegetables. ALVERDE has low toxicity to workers, wildlife and beneficial insects. ALVERDE at 110-196 g/ha was evaluated against pirate bugs (Orius), lacewings (Chrysopa), lady beetles (Hippodamia), wasps (Trichogramma), damsel bugs (Nabis), spiders, big-eyed bugs (Geocoris), predatory mites (Amblyseius) and earwigs. It was observed to be significantly less toxic than commercial rates of cyhalothrin, cyfluthrin, thiodicarb, acephate, chlorpyrifos, profenofos, and esfenvalerate, and comparable to spinosad in test results on these beneficial insects and mites. ALVERDE is compatible with IPM and resistance management practices and is an excellent fit in IPM programs. For more information, contact BASF Canada - Scott MacDonald, Specialty Products Manager [email protected] 8.3.4 Jay Robinson of MPT Mustard Products & Technologies gave a presentation on the company’s activities. MPT works to research, develop and manufacture a variety of agricultural products that utilize the unique properties of mustard. All MPT products are entirely bio-degradable and many are organic. MPT is currently working on an array of products ranging from herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, nematicides, soil-fumigants and organic fertilizers. They are testing their products in a variety of areas from professional turf, ornamentals, potatoes, carrots and numerous other agricultural crops. MPT is interested in investigating trials on the potential control of cabbage maggots, along with any other pests of concern that are soil bound and spend substantial parts of their life cycle in the soil or root system. 9.0 Special Reports 9.1 Wheat Midge: 9.1.1 Rory Degenhardt, Dow AgroSciences, presented a report of the 2008 wheat midge outbreak from Dow’s perspective. (Appendix V). page 62 9.1.2 Guy Ash, Canadian Wheat Board, discussed the Canadian Agriculture Weather Network. CWAN is involved in wheat midge model development testing and validation. With 450 weather stations currently operating, the goal is 2000 weather stations across western Canada. Data is updated in the field every 3 seconds, and sent to the control centre every 6 seconds; transmission back to the field can take up to a minute. The Wheat Midge model, developed by Ash and Grenier, is in the public domain and is not for sale. 9.2 Wheat Midge Round Table - items discussed included degree days, data acquisition, needs and requirements of the CWB wheat midge model Meers: model likely wouldn’t work for midge on irrigated wheat south of traditional wheat growing areas of AB 3 Philip: moisture accumulation prior to heading may be critical; higher moisture in spring near Creston, BC – perhaps that’s why midge is a problem there - work by AAFC indicates 20 mm of rain in May is critical to trigger WM development; historic literature reports wheat midge having a 2 or 3 yr life cycle or longer in Europe Wise: in Canada almost all midge emerge in the next season – cold enough