12.2 Pear and nashi spray options Reference: Infopest online. For extra options for use of pesticides, refer to Section 3.7, page 10. ‘low risk’ Shaded boxes for they are acceptable for organic agriculture. ‘Active ingredients’ indicates WHP Spray timing Pest or Active ingredient Chemical Common trade names Comments (days) disease class Dormant Snails copper sulphate unspecified Bluestone N/A Soil and butt spray only. copper molluscicide Escar-Go 1 Go to DAFWA website: and slug ‘Snail iron-EDTA Multiguard Snail and control’. complex Slug Killer Eradicate metaldehyde Various 7 Apply to ground only, place bait close to tree trunk. methiocarb 1A Mesurol Snail and Slug Bait silicate salts + unspecified Socusil Snail Repellant N/A copper Late San Jose paraffinic / insecticide, Various 1 Rigorous agitation is required to dormancy to scale petroleum oil spray adjuvant maintain oil in suspension. Oil can be green tip (continues combined with a listed insecticide to chlorpyrifos 1B Various 14 next page) improve control. Do not apply oil or insecticide if any part of the tree is more advanced than tight cluster because insecticide is toxic to bees and in combination with oil is phytotoxic to flowers. For dormant spray 23% winter oil may be added. diazinon Diazinon Diazinon 800 Diazol 800 methidathion Ridacide 400 EC Add 3 L winter oil /100 L spray mix. Suprathion 400EC
12.2 Pear and nashi spray options Reference: Infopest online. For extra ‘low risk’ options for use of pesticides, refer to Section 3.7, page 10. Shaded boxes for ‘Active ingredients’ indicates they are acceptable for organic agriculture. Spray timing Pest or disease Active ingredient Chemical class Common trade names WHP (days) Comments Dormant Snails copper sulphate unspecified Bluestone N/A Soil and butt spray only. copper molluscicide Escar-Go 1 Go to DAFWA website: ‘Snail and slug control’. iron-EDTA complex Multiguard Snail and Slug Killer Eradicate metaldehyde Various 7 Apply to ground only, place bait close to tree trunk. methiocarb 1A Mesurol Snail and Slug Bait silicate salts + copper unspecified Socusil Snail Repellant N/A Late dormancy to green tip San Jose scale (continues next page) paraffinic / petroleum oil insecticide, spray adjuvant Various 1 Rigorous agitation is required to maintain oil in suspension. Oil can be combined with a listed insecticide to improve control. Do not apply oil or insecticide if any part of the tree is more advanced than tight cluster because insecticide is toxic to bees and in combination with oil is phytotoxic to flowers. For dormant spray 23% winter oil may be added. chlorpyrifos 1B Various 14 diazinon Diazinon Diazinon 800 Diazol 800 methidathion Ridacide 400 EC Suprathion 400EC Add 3 L winter oil /100 L spray mix.
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