From Mike Helms (PMEP) via Extension berry specialist Cathy Heidenreich:
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently approved the following 2(ee) recommendations for the control of the unlabeled pest spotted wing drosophila:
- Assail 30SG Insecticide (EPA Reg. No. 8033-36-70506) – for use on strawberries and other low growing berries, blueberries and other bush and cane berries and grapes and other vine small fruit crops;
- Mustang Max Insecticide (EPA Reg. No. 279-3249) – for use on blackberries, loganberries, red and black raspberries, blueberries, currants, elderberries, gooseberries, huckleberries, and grapes;
- Drexel Malathion 5 EC Insecticide/Miticide (EPA Reg. No. 19713-217) – for use on blueberries, blackberries, boysenberries, dewberries, gooseberries, loganberries, raspberries, strawberries, and grapes;
- Malthion 5 EC (EPA Reg. No. 66330-220) – for use on blueberries, blackberries, boysenberries, currant dewberries, loganberries, raspberries, strawberries, and grapes;
- Malathion 57% (EPA Reg. No. 67760-40-53883) – for use on blueberries, blackberries, boysenberries, dewberries, gooseberries, loganberries, raspberries, strawberries, and grapes.
Users must have a copy of the appropriate 2(ee) recommendation in their possession at the time of use. Copies of the above 2(ee) recommendations are posted to the “NYS 2(ee) Recommendations and Categories” section of our web site. (Direct link to find the recommendations: http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/regulation/2ee/unlabeled_pest/index.html.) The recommendations should also be available on PIMS (http://pims.psur.cornell.edu) shortly.
When using a 2(ee) recommendation, remember to follow any applicable directions, restrictions, and precautions on the primary product label.