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Cosmetic Use Pesticides

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Cosmetic Use PesticidesResearch and Innovation

These projects were funded in part through TheCosmetic Use Pesticides Research and Innovation

Program, which is funded by the Governmentof Ontario, and administered by the AgriculturalAdaptation Council.

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An Introduction to CUPRI

Fighting common turf grass bugs the

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A Message from the Ontario Minister of the EnvironmentI am pleased to note the work that has been

undertaken and accomplished by the Agricultural

Adaptation Council (AAC) to promote research into

greener alternatives for Ontarios landscape and

lawn care industry.

The Ministry of the Environment has provided

funding to the AAC to establish the Cosmetic Use

Pesticides Research and Innovation (CUPRI) pro-

gram. This program is integral to fostering new tools

and approaches to managing lawns and gardens. Myministry is encouraged by the program results we

have seen, particularly the progress in the develop-

ment of new grasses for sport fields and promising

approaches for the control of insect lawn pests.

My ministry will continue to work closely with our

partners in the landscape and lawn care industry to

investigate new tools for landscaping and lawn care.

Building on the success of the CUPRI program will

help ensure enhanced environmental per formance

for the sector.

I commend the members of the AAC for their good

work in support of protecting our environment and

human health.

Yours sincerely,

Jim Bradley

Minister


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An Introduction to CUPRIThe introduction of the cosmetic pesticides ban in

2009 brought with it the need to develop alternatives

to the use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes in the

lawn care, landscaping, park maintenance and turf

management sectors.

These alternatives were researched and tested

through the Cosmetic Use Pesticides Research and

Innovation (CUPRI) Program administered by the

Agricultural Adaptation Council (AAC). The Ministry

of the Environment made available over $450,000to 9 projects that created and evaluated greener

options to pesticides for landscaping purposes

including lawns, gardens, parks and turf grass.

Project proposals were first reviewed by a dedicated

program committee of individuals representing

the horticulture and lawn care sector as well as

government representatives. Successful proposals

were then recommended to the AAC board of

directors for funding. The AAC board is comprised

of individuals elected by their peers to serve the

organization. Their in-depth knowledge of Ontarios

agricultural, agri-food and agri-products sector and

its needs helps ensure that projects and funds are

allocated where they are needed, without

duplicating other efforts .

Projects supported through CUPRI:

Encouraged the development of biopesticidesand lower risk pesticides for managing lawn and

garden pests;

Assessed the feasibility of commercialization

of biopesticides and lower risk pesticides for

maintaining lawns and gardens;

Promoted innovation of alternatives to the use of

pesticides for lawn and garden care; and

Supported the growth of green industries and

greener approaches to maintaining landscapes.

The CUPRI program was extremely successful

and provided crucial funding to research

alternative products and processes to help the

lawn care, landscaping, park maintenance and turf

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Fighting common turf grass bugs the natural wayWhen Ontarios cosmetic pesticides ban came into

effect in 2009, the lawn care industry needed to find

new pest management tools. Through a three year

project initiated by Landscape Ontario, researchers at

the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (VRIC)

and turf specialists at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture

and Food (OMAF) set out to identify and evaluate

biological control products for two of the most common

turf grass pests, European Chafer and Hairy Chinch Bug.

There is a real need in the lawn care industry for pest

management tools that are sustainable as well as

being efficacious, says Dr. Michael Brownbridge from

VRIC. European Chafer more commonly known as

grubs and Hairy Chinch Bug are two of the most

widely distributed turf pests in the urban and residential

environment.

Brownbridge and OMAFs Pam Charbonneau selected

various nematodes tiny parasitic worms that kill pests

and fungi used in other jurisdictions. They looked

at different methods of application and formulation

to determine whether these biopesticides would be

effective in Ontarios climate and conditions. They also

evaluated the influence time of application has on

product effectiveness.

With bio-based products, you have to use them under

conditions where theyll be most effective. For example,

if the outside temperature is too high, it kills them and

if its too low, it makes them in active, he explains.

Application also has to tie in to the biology of the

pest. With the Chafer, the older the larvae are, the less

susceptible they will be to the control product. So timing

is absolutely critical.

The most effective nematodes against European Chafer

were Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and Steinernema

glaseri, which are registered under a variety of trade

names. Even so, the best control using optimal timing

and targeting the most susceptible stage of the grub

resulted in a kill of only about half of the population.

Brownbridge says this shows the need for additional

work to determine treatment thresholds and highlights

the importance of taking an integrated management

approach to maintain healthy lawn turf.

Researchers also found that treatments applied in the

spring and fall when conventional lawn products

had traditionally been used provided different levels

of grub control. Those applied in the spring, when soil

temperatures were less than ideal for the nematodes

and the larvae were too old, were largely ineffective.

The fall treatments, which targeted younger larvae


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and soil temperatures were higher, provided about

50 per cent control. Interestingly, adds Brownbridge,

when experiments included a chemical treatment as a

comparison, not once did the chemical controls show

better results than the biological ones.

The nematode Steinernema carpocapsae, rosemary oil

and a sprayable formulation of the fungus Metarhizium

anisopliae were found to be very effective against

Chinch Bug in trials completed in 2010 and 2011. In

2012, researchers evaluated various non-biologicalproducts, including various soaps and oils, none of

which were successful. These all work by contact with

the pest and Brownbridge wonders how much the

years hot, dry conditions contributed to the failure by

altering the insects natural behaviour.

Based on two years of data, we have several products

that are great candidates. Now we need to look at

what we should do in hot, dry years, he says. The

essential foundation for any of these controls, though, is

a healthy lawn that is well-managed and has great root

development so it can tolerate damage.

As a result of this project, researchers are now looking

at some new, more resilient varieties of grasses that can

be used in lawn seed mixes. The long-term goal, says

Brownbridge, is to determine how these new varieties

can work together with biopesticide products to control

pests sustainably and effectively.

For more information, visit www.landscapeontario.ca.

This project was funded in part through the Cosmetic

Use Pesticides Research and Innovation (CUPRI)

program. CUPRI is funded by the government of Ontario

and administered by the Agricultural Adaptation Council.

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Project ListingFunctional Biopesticides for the Lawn Care Industry

Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association

This project will identify and develop new biocontrol strategies toaddress the problem of white grubs in lawn tur f.

Determining the Efficacy of the Mustard Bio-Product CA-1

as a Bio-Herbicide

Ontario Turfgrass Research Foundation

Determining the Efficacy of the Mustard Bio-product CA-1as a Bio-herbicide.

Commercialization and Scale-up of Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten Meal

Environmental Factor Inc.

The ultimate aim of this project is to provide end users with a naturalreplacement product for chemicals. This product is to be hydrolyzedliquid corn gluten.

Evaluation of Steam and Solarization as Alternatives to Herbicides

in Ornamental and Turf Plantings

Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association

This project seeks to determine the effectiveness of steam andsolarization treatments for weed control in ornamental gardens, andsteam as an alternative to glyphosate for turf kill when overseeding orrejuvenating lawns.

Efficacy of Bioherbicides and Lower-risk Herbicides for WeedManagement in Lawns and Fruit and Vegetable Gardens

University of Guelph

This project will evaluate alternatives to cosmetic pesticides to manageweeds in lawns, and fruit and vegetable gardens.

Biological Control of Crabgrass

6310907 Canada Inc.

The purpose of this project is to develop a fungus called Curvulariaintoan effective and selective bioherbicide for crabgrass.

Field Evaluation of Biocontrols for Leatherjackets (Tiphula

paludosa)


This is a project to test the field efficacy of various biocontrol agents onearly stages of leatherjackets applied in the fall.

Efficacy Evaluation of All-Natural Corn Gluten Blends in Turf for

the Control of White Grubs


This is a project to evaluate the efficacy of corn gluten-basedformulation supplemented with neem of the control of white grub in turf.

Poa supinaon pesticide free athletic fields and home lawns


This is a project to analyze the effectiveness of Poa Supinaas aspecies for pesticide free home lawns and athletic fields.


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