Pest Management Professional, May 2017
USFS TERMITICIDE REPORT A new era for termiticide tests In 2016 the USDA Forest Service installed a new test product for review T he number of products installed in the U S Department of Agricultures Forest Service USFS Termiticide Testing Program each year is cyclical In recent years the installation of new products has been reduced We are optimistic that the low point in new installations has passed however and we are beginning to move toward a time of increased installations and thus additional product choices for pest management professionals PMPs Not all of the new product installations will gain registration status and become available for use However increasing the number of products being examined obviously increases the possibility of new choices coming to the market In 2016 the USFS Termiticide Testing Program installed one new product at two sites completing the study started in late 2015 Currently three candidate termiticides are being evaluated in the testing program A BRIEF HISTORY The U S Environmental Protection Agency EPA has handled federal registration of soil applied termiticides in the United States since the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act passed in 1972 The USDA Forest Service Termiticide Testing Program has examined the efficacy of soil applied termiticides since the late 1930s It continues this beneficial program to this day with funding from pest management industry cooperators seeking registration of its products from the EPA and state lead agencies SLAs This report is the formal summary of our annually collected termiticide efficacy data ContInUeD on page 62 Photos UsFs Gary alPert harvard University BUGwood orG By DR THOmAS SHElTOn DOnAlD FYE DR JulIET TAng AnD DR mARk mAnkOwSkI Contributors Above a freshly completed groundboard plot Below Treating a concrete slab plot 60 May 2017 pest Management professional mypmp net
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