Kasumin Granted Section 18 For Fire Blight

The EPA has granted a Section 18 Specific Exemption for the use of Kasumin 2L (kasugamycin, Arysta LifeScience) for the control of the blossom blight phase of fire blight in select counties in Michigan in 2012. This use is for orchards where streptomycin-resistant fire blight bacteria are present. The Section 18 is applicable to Berrien, Cass, Grand Traverse, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Newaygo, Oceana, Ottawa, and Van Buren counties.

This Section 18 exemption only applies to counties where streptomycin-resistant isolates of the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora have been detected.

For more detailed information on what this exemption means, go to http://news.msue.msu.edu/news/article/kasumin_has_been_granted_a_section_18_specific_exemption_for_fire_blight_co