Pesticides Alternatives

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It is part of FSC’s Pest Management Policy to support derogation holders to phase out the use of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs). To do so, FSC has implemented a database in which interested stakeholders will find alternative strategies/practices/products that have previously been implemented by forest managers. These alternatives have been selected following the 3R principle: Reduction, Replacement, Removal with the ultimate objective of abandoning the use of HHPs.

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    Pesticides alternative strategy for Reduction of Weed (Perennial herbaceous weeds, woody brush and tree species associated with Boreal Forestry use)
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    Subject Keywords: Pesticides Chemicals
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    Alternative Strategy: Study the regeneration of Ontario Boreal Mixedwoods: Effects of Herbaceous Vegetation Control and Aspen Stem Density on Boreal Mixedwood Stand Development
    Alternative Method: Reduction
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    Alternative Type: Ongoing research
    Pest Type: Weed
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    Pesticides alternative strategy for Reduction of Weed (Perennial herbaceous weeds, woody brush and tree species associated with Boreal Forestry use)
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    Alternative Strategy: Improved targetting of herbicide when applied with aircraft in a forestry application for conifer release and chemical site preparation
    Alternative Method: Reduction
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    Alternative Type: Good management practice
    Pest Type: Weed
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    Pesticides alternative strategy for Removal of Weed (Pueraria montana, Kudzu)
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    Alternative Strategy: Boyette et al. (2001,2002) tested Myrothecium verrucaria, as a biological control agent for kudzu. The USDA-ARS biological control team showed that M. verrucaria applied at a high spore rate of 2x108 conidia/ml caused greater than 90% mortality of both young and old kudzu seedlings. They also determined that the disease severity increased with an increase in temperature to 30-40°C, suggesting that this mycoherbicide could be very active in the summer in the southern USA. The virulence of M. verrucaria against kudzu was increased in formulation with an organosilicon surfactant to cause 100% mortality of kudzu in the greenhouse and in the field 2 weeks after spraying at a rate of 2x107. As fungal activity requires the surfactant, the risk of the fungus spreading beyond the sprayed field is minimal.
    Alternative Method: Removal
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    Alternative Type: Specific strategy - Biocontrol
    Pest Type: Weed
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    Pesticides alternative strategy for Reduction of Weed (Perennial herbaceous weeds, woody brush and tree species associated with Boreal Forestry use)
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    Alternative Strategy: Study how large quick growing conifer planting stock will naturally compete with onsite vegetation without herbicides
    Alternative Method: Reduction
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    Alternative Type: Specific strategy
    Pest Type: Weed
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    Pesticides alternative strategy for Reduction of Weed (Perennial herbaceous weeds, woody brush and tree species associated with Boreal Forestry use)
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    Alternative Strategy: Study the effects of early herbaceous and woody vegetation control on Eastern White Pine
    Alternative Method: Reduction
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    Alternative Type: Good management practice
    Pest Type: Weed
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    Pesticides alternative strategy for Reduction of Weed (Perennial herbaceous weeds, woody brush and tree species associated with Boreal Forestry use)
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    Alternative Strategy: Spray Safe Application Trial - An internationally collaborative program of field research to validate an advanced decision support system for use in aerial herbicide application program planning and post-treatment assessment
    Alternative Method: Reduction
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    Alternative Type: Good management practice
    Pest Type: Weed
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    Pesticides alternative strategy for Removal of Weed (Persicaria perfoliata, Mile a minute weed )
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    Alternative Strategy: A stem-boring weevil, Rhinoncomimus latipes was determined to be host-specific to mile-a-minute weed and its host specificity was later validated in a field test with closely related members of the Polygonaceae, in field cages, weevils were shown to delay seed production, stunt plants by causing loss of apical dominance, and cause mortality of P. perfoliata in the presence of competing vegetation
    Alternative Method: Removal
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    Alternative Type: Specific strategy
    Pest Type: Weed
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    Pesticides alternative strategy for Removal of Fungus (Cronartium flaccidum, Scots pine blister rust)
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    Alternative Strategy: The hyperparasite Cladosporium tenuissimum is proposed by Moricca et al. (2001) as a possible means of control for stem rust. The aeciospores are directly penetrated and parasitized by the conidial fungus. Tests on two-year-old pine seedlings in the greenhouse showed that treatment with the parasite prevented new rust infections by an average of 42%.
    Alternative Method: Removal
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    Alternative Type: Specific strategy - Biocontrol
    Pest Type: Fungus
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    Pesticides alternative strategy for Reduction of Weed (Perennial herbaceous weeds, woody brush and tree species associated with Boreal Forestry use)
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    Alternative Strategy: NEBIE Trials - study the effects of different silvicultural intensities
    Alternative Method: Reduction
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    Alternative Trial: No
    Alternative Type: Ongoing research
    Pest Type: Weed
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    Pesticides alternative strategy for Reduction of Weed (Perennial herbaceous weeds, woody brush and tree species associated with Boreal Forestry use)
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    Alternative Strategy: Study the effects of underplanting conifer seedlings within a commercially thinned forest without herbicide use
    Alternative Method: Reduction
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    Alternative Type: Specific strategy
    Pest Type: Weed
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