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The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) have this week moved to cancel the product registrations and label approvals of insecticide products containing endosulfan. This cancellation is effective from the 12th of October 2010. The APVMA have however implemented a two-year phase out period, during which existing stocks of endosulfan products will remain available for sale and use. For growers, this means endosulfan can still be purchased and applied in accordance with label instructions until the 12th of October 2012. After this, the possession, sale and use of endosulfan products will become an offence and appropriate compliance action will be enforced by the APVMA.
Endosulfan is an organochlorine compound, and has been the subject of significant controversy in recent years due to its toxicity and potential for bioaccumulation. Worldwide, endosulfan has already been banned in more than 60 countries prior to this decision being made. In Australia, endosulfan has been registered for use against a wide range of pests in numerous crop types. In grain crops, one of the most common uses has been as a bare earth spray for pests including redlegged earth mites.
What is PestFacts?
PestFacts south-eastern keeps growers and advisers informed about invertebrate pests and beneficials in broadacre crops and pastures during the winter-cropping season in Victoria and southern New South Wales.
PestFacts south-eastern is run through IPMforGrains: Best Practice Insect Pest Management, a project delivered by the National Pest Information Network (cesar, DPIRD, QDAF, NSW DPI, and SARDI). This project aims to provide grain growers and advisors with information on invertebrate grain pest occurrence and equip industry with the knowledge needed to implement integrated pest management practices. This initiative is a GRDC investment and includes in-kind contributions from all project partner organisations.
We need your reports
PestFacts is produced on an ʻas-needsʼ basis and relies upon pest observations and field reports from our subscribers. If you have recently observed invertebrate pests (or beneficial species) in broadacre crops, please contact us to report your observations.
Agricultural invertebrate identification
If you are a grower or agronomist in Victoria or NSW working with broadacre crops or pastures, we can assist you with identifying invertebrates found on farms at no cost. Please contact us for identification help.
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PestFacts map is an interactive tool that allows users to search and view historical pest reports across Victoria and NSW. The map is updated with each issue of PestFacts to include new reports.
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With appropriate acknowledgement, cesar grants permission to reproduce information taken directly from PestFacts. To cite PestFacts: “PestFacts south-eastern (<<enter date published>>). cesar pty ltd.”
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