The Hort Innovation Persimmon Fund supports the submission of applications for new and renewed minor use permits for the industry, as well as data generation activities to support chemical permits and registrations, and strategic agrichemical reviews. Together these efforts provide industry access to safe, relevant and effective chemicals for the management of pests, weeds and diseases.
Current minor use permits
Below is a list of minor use permits for the persimmon industry, current as of 21 September 2020.
Hort Innovation updates this table on a quarterly basis for this website. In the meantime, minor use permit updates are circulated in our Growing Innovation e-newsletter, which levy-paying members receive monthly. Not a member? Sign up for free here. Permits are also searchable at any time on the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) website at portal.apvma.gov.au/permits.
Permit ID |
Description |
Date Issued |
Expiry Date |
Permit holder |
PER12591 Version 2 |
Methoxyfenozide (Prodigy) / Persimmon / Leaf roller, yellow peach moth, light brown apple moth and orange fruitborer |
29-Jun-11 |
30-Sep-21 |
Growcom |
PER80374 Version 2 |
Bulldock (beta-cyfluthrin) / Custard apple, lychee, mango, persimmon / Various insect pests |
1-Oct-15 |
31-Aug-22 |
Australian Lychee Growers’ Association |
PER13933 Version 2 |
Petroleum oil / Persimmon / Scale insects |
1-Jan-13 |
30-Nov-22 |
Hort Innovation |
PER14779 Version 2 |
Clothianidin (Samurai) / Persimmon / Mealybug |
13-Jul-14 |
30-Apr-23 |
Hort Innovation |
PER13859 |
Dimethoate / Orchard clean-up - fruit fly host crops following harvest / Fruit Fly |
9-Feb-15 |
31-Jul-24 |
Growcom |
PER85550 (previously PER14901) |
Alpha-cypermethrin / Persimmon / Fruit fly |
14-Jun-18 |
30-Jun-23 |
Hort Innovation |
PER87067 |
Sulfoxaflor (Transform) / Persimmon / Mealybug |
3-Apr-19 |
30-Apr-24 |
Hort Innovation |
PER87599 |
Difenoconazole (Score) / Persimmon / Cercospora leaf spot and leaf spot |
7-Jun-19 |
30-Jun-24 |
Hort Innovation |
PER13932 Version 2 |
Chlorpyrifos / Persimmon / Cluster grub |
01-May-13 |
31-Mar-23 |
Hort Innovation |
PER14547 Version 3 |
Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) / Persimmon / Mealybug |
13-Jul-14 |
31-Oct-21 |
Hort Innovation |
PER13694 Version 2 |
Methidathion / Persimmon / Various insect pests |
01-Oct-12 |
4-Feb-21 |
Hort Innovation |
PER13176 Version 3 |
Shin Etsu MD Carmenta pheromone / Persimmon / Clearwing borer |
30-Nov-12 |
31-Jul-23 |
Hort Innovation |
PER88722 |
Clearwing borer mating disruption agent /Persimmon / Clearwing borer |
28-Mar-20 |
31-Mar-23 |
Insense Pty Ltd |
PER12450 Version 6 |
Trichlorfon / Specified fruit crops / Fruit fly
|
06-Oct-11 |
31-Jan-21 |
Growcom |
PER14743 Version 3 |
Trichlorfon / Custard apple, lychee, mango and persimmon / Flatid planthopper, flower eating caterpillar, looper and yellow peach moth; Suppression only: fruit-spotting bug, banana spotting bug, green vegetable and lychee stink bug
|
1-Jun-14 |
30-Jun-25 |
Hort Innovation |
PER12488 Version 3 |
Mancozeb / Persimmon / Cercospora leaf spot or angular leaf spot
|
27-Oct-10 |
31-Mar-25 |
Hort Innovation |
PER13445 Version 3 |
Chlorothalonil / Persimmon / Cercospora leaf spot
|
22-Aug-12 |
31-Jul-25 |
Hort Innovation |
PER14548 Version 2 |
Methomyl (Lannate-L) / Persimmon / Thrips
|
13-Jul-14 |
31-Jul-23 |
Hort Innovation |
PER89293 |
Methomyl / Persimmon / Fall armyworm |
10-Apr-20 |
30-Apr-23 |
Hort Innovation |
PER89241 |
Spinetoram / Various, including persimmon / Fall armyworm |
6-Mar-20 |
31-Mar-23 |
Hort Innovation |
PER89259 |
Chlorantraniliprole (Coragen, Altacor and Altacor Hort Insecticide) / Pome fruit including persimmon / Fall armyworm |
6-Mar-20 |
31-Mar-23 |
Hort Innovation |
PER89870 |
Spinosad (Entrust Organic) / Various including pome fruit and tropical and sub-tropical fruit crops (inedible peel) / Fall armyworm |
21-Jul-20 |
31-Jul-23 |
Hort Innovation |
PER89215 |
Flonicamid (MainMan) / Japanese persimmon / Mealybugs and suppression of juvenile thrips |
12-Aug-20 |
31-Aug-23 |
Hort Innovation |
Important: All efforts have been made to provide the most current, complete and accurate information on these permits, however you should always confirm all details on the APVMA website at portal.apvma.gov.au/permits. Details of the conditions of use associated with these permits can also be found on the APVMA site.
Why minor use permits?
Even as pest management practices and the crop protection marketplace change – being influenced by a range of factors, from environmental considerations to consumer demands – growers of horticultural crops require access to safe and effective chemicals for strategic use. But sometimes a lack of access to registered crop protection products can be encountered.
The problem may be that while a relatively small crop area is valuable in an agricultural sense, it may not be of sufficient size for agrichemical companies to justify the expense of registering a product use on that crop. Alternately, the disease, pest, or weed problem may be regional or spasmodic, meaning agrichemical companies are less inclined to bear the initial high cost of registering a suitable chemical product.
Enter minor use permits. The APVMA’s national permit system adds some flexibility to the approval process and provides a legal framework to allow growers access to products for ‘minor use’ purposes.
The Persimmon Fund project Persimmon industry minor use permit program (PR16000) facilitates the submission of renewals and applications for these minor use permits as required.
What about pesticide data generation?
The generation of pesticide residue, efficacy and crop safety data is required to support label registration and minor use permit applications that are made to the APVMA. Hort Innovation’s data generation work is supported by assistance grants, which Hort Innovation seeks on behalf of industry through the Australian Government’s Access to Industry Uses of Agricultural and Veterinary (AgVet) Chemicals program.
Details on data generation investments relevant to the persimmon industry can be found in the Your investments section of this website, or by using the ‘Related projects’ section of this page.
Related information and resources
Ag Chemical Updates
Hort Innovation distributes Ag Chemical Updates for the Australian horticulture industry, as part of the project Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT17019) . These updates provide information on any developments in regulatory oversight of relevant chemicals, and are an opportunity for industry to consider and develop responses to issues arising from actions proposed that may impact on grower ability to access and use needed products. Ag Chemical Updates can be accessed from their dedicated page here.
Non-performance reporting form
You can access the Non-Performance Reporting Form for Horticultural Pesticides here. This form should be completed when an adverse experience occurs as a result of using a minor use permit. A 'non-performance' is an unintended or unexpected effect on plants, plant products, animals, human beings or the environment, including injury, sensitivity reactions or lack of efficacy associated with the use of an agricultural chemical product(s) when used according to permit or label directions.
Permits, maximum residue limits and the food standards code
Users are advised that while a product can be applied legally under an APVMA minor use permit, there can be a significant delay until the maximum residue limit (MRL) gazetted by the APVMA is adopted in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. Until this occurs, the MRL may not be recognised and a zero tolerance may be imposed for residues of the pesticide resulting from its use according to the APVMA permit.
Please be aware that in the absence of an MRL in the Food Standards Code, the use of the pesticide according to the permit may result in the suspension of the produce in the marketplace. Please check the FSANZ website or the Australian Government ComLaw website to confirm if there are MRLs established by the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)
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