Re: biological control of Phytophthora infestans

Cameron Laing (claing@PMRA.HWC.CA)
Thu, 05 Mar 1998 09:29:41 -0500

The Pest Management Regulatory Agency, in partnership with the Canadian Horticultural Council and Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada, has completed a project to promote the use of Integrated Pest Management for controlling late blight
as part of the Agency's commitment to fostering sustainable pest management practices.

An Overview Document and Fact Sheet on integrated management strategies for late blight were prepared with
participation of representatives of the Federal and provincial governments, national associations, growers and pesticide
manufacturers, the US Environmental Protection Agency and US National Potato Council.

Although biological control options were not identified during this project, the project does promote the use of integrated
pest management, leading to more effective and sustainable management of this disease, reduced need for emergency
registrations of pesticides, reduced spread of pesticide resistance, and more judicious and targeted use of pesticides in
concert with other techniques.

More than 5000 copies of the Fact Sheet alone have been requested by project participants for distribution to growers
and others across Canada and in the United States, and the Fact Sheet has been incorporated into some provincial
grower guides.

A description of the project and copies of the document are available on the Web at:

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pmra/adblight.html

The documents are also available from:

Publications Coordinator
Pest Management Regulatory Agency
Health Canada
2250 Riverside Drive
A.L. 6606D1
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0K9
Telephone: (613) 736-3592
Facsimile: (613) 736-3666
Information Service: 1-800-267-6315 (In Canada only)

>>> "E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor" <aclark@crop.uoguelph.ca> 03/04/98 04:17pm >>>
Folks: can someone direct me to possible biological control options
for late blight of potato, caused by Phytophthora infestans? I'd be
interested in learning about on-farm as well as regional control
measures that might have been tried. Thanks in advance. Ann

ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca
Dr. E. Ann Clark
Associate Professor
Crop Science
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
Phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 2508
FAX: 519 763-8933
http://www.oac.uoguelph.ca/www/CRSC/faculty/eac.htm

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