Request for Information from Western Region on PCNB Use on Ornamentals

Date: Feb. 7, 2005

To: Stephen N. Wegulo
Plant Pathology
UC Riverside

From:
Rick Melnicoe
Director, Western Integrated Pest Management Center
Director, Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination (UC Statewide
Pesticide Coordinator)
University of California
Davis, CA 95616-8588

I received the following request from USDA. Can you answer these questions on ornamentals for me and reply back to me? The 2003 Pesticide Use Report from DPR shows some use on ornamentals (see attached spreadsheet). Does this seem correct?

Thanks.

Rick Melnicoe
Director, Western Integrated Pest Management Center
Director, Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination (UC Statewide
Pesticide Coordinator)
University of California
Davis, CA 95616-8588
Phone: (530) 754-8378
Fax: (530) 754-8379
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