CURRENT PERMITS
Updated 15 March 2024
The following is a list of chemical permits (off-label use) issued by APVMA for the control of major olive pests and diseases. Please check withholding periods before using any chemicals.
Note: The latest list of all olive permits issued by APVMA can be found by clicking the link: https://portal.apvma.gov.au/permits
(Search ‘olive’ and click the animal/crop box)
|
Permit ID |
Description |
Date Issued |
Expiry Date |
Permit holder |
Chemical Group |
MRL |
WHP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PER88358 version 2 |
Mancozeb / Olives / Anthracnose |
2-Jul-20 |
31-May-28 |
Hort Innovation |
Group M3 |
T30 (olives for oil production) |
14 |
|
PER89943 |
Trivor Insecticide (acetamiprid + pyriproxyfen) / Olives / Various pests including; Olive Lace Bug, Scale Insects. |
29-Jan-21 |
30-Nov-25 |
Hort Innovation |
Group 4A / 7C |
Acetamiprid: TBA Pyriproxyfen : 1 (olives) / 3 (olive oil) |
28 |
|
PER14414 Version 2 |
Natrasoap insecticidal soap spray containing 285 g/L potassium salts of fatty acids / Olives / Lace bug |
04-Oct-13 |
31-July-28 |
Hort Innovation |
BFA Registered / but reported as not effective |
NA |
0 |
|
PER13999 Version 8 |
Dimethoate / Olives – for oil production only / Lace Bug / Green Vegetable Bug / Rutherglen Bug |
19-Apr-13 |
31-Jul-26 |
Hort Innovation |
1B Insecticide |
T 0.1 (olive oil) |
42 days |
|
PER85411 |
Paraquat & Diquat (Spray Seed) / Olives / Range of broadleaf & grass weeds (as per label) |
01-Nov-17 |
30-Sep-25 |
AOA |
Group 22 (previously Group L) Herbicide |
Paraquat 1 (olives) / Diquat 0.05 (fruits) |
NA – not applied to trees |
|
PER14575 Version 3 |
Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) / Olives / Ants, African black beetle, light brown apple moth |
23-Dec-13 |
31-Mar-25 |
Hort Innovation |
1B Insecticide |
T 0.05 (olives) |
NA – butt drench only |
|
PER14460 |
Ethephon (Galleon) / Olives / Fruit loosening |
1-Jun-14 |
30-Apr-27 |
Hort Innovation |
Plant Growth Regulator |
7 |
|
|
PER14791 |
Alpha-cypermethrin (Dominex) / Olives / Curculio Beetle / Apple weevil & Cutworms |
6-May-14 |
30-Nov-26 |
Hort Innovation |
3A Insecticide |
T 0.05 (olives) |
NA – butt drench only |
|
PER80718 |
Methyl Bromide / Fruit & Fruiting Vegetables, Food producing plants & ornamentals / Fruit Fly, Silverleaf Whiteflies & Thrips for Biosecurity decontamination (All States) |
12-Apr-15 |
31-Mar-25 |
Biosecurity SA |
8A Insecticide |
T 0.05 (fruits) |
3 |
|
PER87332 |
Pyraclostrobin + Metiram (Aero) / Olives / Anthracnose |
1-Jul-19 |
31-Jul-24 |
Hort Innovation |
11 & M3 Fungicide |
Pyraclostrobin T0.3 (olives for oil production and table olives), / Diothiocarbamates (including Metiram) T30 (olives for oil production) |
21 |
|
PER13859 |
Dimethoate / Orchard cleanup – fruit fly host crops following harvest / Fruit Fly |
9-Feb-15 |
31-Jul-24 |
Growcom |
1B Insecticide |
NA |
NA-Fruit must not be harvested |
|
PER14897 |
Clothianidin (Samurai) / Olives / Olive Lace Bug |
4-Mar-15 |
31-Jan-26 |
Hort Innovation |
4A Insecticide |
T 0.3 (olives) |
56 |
|
53047 |
SUMI-ALPHA FLEX INSECTICIDE / Olives / Olive Lace Bug |
|
30-June-2024 |
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD |
3A |
T1 (olives for oil production) T5 (crude olive oil) |
DO NOT GRAZE OR CUT TREATED AREA FOR STOCK FEED. |
|
PER81870 Version 2 |
Pyganic Organic Insecticide (Pyrethrum) / Olives / Olive Lace Bug |
17-Dec-16 |
31-Oct-24 |
Hort Innovation |
3A Insecticide |
MRL 1 (fruits) |
1 |
Permit Jurisdiction:
ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, NT and WA.
Note: Victoria is not included under jurisdiction, as their Control-of-Use legislation does not require a permit to legalise this off-label use in this state.
CURRENT LABEL REGISTRATIONS
Updated 3 October 2023
The following products are registered by APVMA for ‘on label’ use on olives:
Note: The latest list of all products registered (on-label) for use on olives approved by APVMA can be found by clicking the link: https://portal.apvma.gov.au/pubcris
(Search ‘olive’ and click the animal/crop box)
|
Product No. |
Description |
Expiry Date |
Registrant |
Chemical Group |
MRL |
WHP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Metham- KENSO AGCARE KEN-PAM 423 FUMIGANT / Olives / Phytophthora, Verticillium |
30-June-2024 |
KENSO CORPORATION |
8 |
T30 (olives for oil production) |
N/A Soil application only No field entry for 48 hrs |
|
Pyriproxyfen – Insect Growth Regulator (ADMIRAL, ADMIRAL ADVANCE, LASCAR, PICTUS, AVANTE, SUMILARV) / Olives / Black Olive Scale |
30-June-2024 |
SUMITOMO / ADAMA / CROPCARE / NUFARM |
7C |
1 (olives) / 3 (olive oil) |
7 |
|
|
Copper Oxychloride and Copper Hydroxide (RELYON AIRONE WG FUNGICIDE) / Olives / Leaf Spot / Anthracnose / Olive Knot / Other fruit rot |
30-June-2027 |
AGCHEM |
M1 |
10 (fruits) |
1 | |
|
Copper Oxychloride (ARISTA LIFESCIENCE, CURENOX 500 WP, OSPRAY COPPER OXYCHLORIDE) / Olives / Olive Leaf Spot or Peacock Spot, Grey Leaf Spot, Fruit Round Spot, Anthracnose, Other general fruit rot. |
30-June-2024 |
AGCHEM |
M1 |
10 (fruits) |
1 |
|
|
GREEN GUARD SC PREMIUM BIOLOGICAL INSECTICIDE / Agriculture General / Nymphs of Australian Plague Locust |
30-June-2024 |
AGCHEM |
Biological Organism – fungus (NASAA Registered) |
NA |
NA |
|
|
Paraffinic oils (TRUMP SPRAY OIL / SACOA BIOPEST PARAFFINIC OIL) / Scales (black, soft, brown etc) |
30-June-2024 |
AGCHEM / SACOA |
BFA Registered |
NA |
1 |
|
|
51224 |
Fenoxycarb (Insegar WG Insect Growth Regulator) / Olives / Black Scale (Saissetia oleae) |
30-June-2024 |
SYNGENTA |
7B Insect Growth Regulator |
2 (olives) / 7 (olive oil) |
56 |
|
53568 |
Nufarm Tri-Base Blue Flowable Copper Fungicide / Olives / Various fungal leaf spots, including Peacock spot (Spilocea oleaginea) and various fruit rots, including Anthracnose (Colletotrichum spp.) |
30-June-2024 |
NUFARM |
M1 |
10 (fruits) |
1 |
|
58340, 86978, 85084, 82591,82017,70285,69681, 68733,68703,67956,67483,66821, |
Azoxystrobin (Amistar 250) / Olives / Anthracnose |
30-June-2024 |
Including Amistar 250, Double Alpha Azoxystrobin 250 SC, Sinon A-Star 250 SC, EuroChem Azoxystrobin 250 SC, Accolade 250 SC, Kenso Agcare Avior 250 SC, Apparent, Ozcorp, Wonstar, Genfarm, Surefire Stellar & Mirador |
11 Fungicide |
T 2 (olives) |
21 |
|
84727 |
Sivanto Prime 200 SL Insecticide / Olives / Olive Lace Bug, Black Scale |
30-June-2026 |
BAYER CROPSCIENCE PTY LTD |
4D |
Not yet published in Schedule 20 |
14 |
|
87841 |
(Tebuconazole + Fluopyram) LUNA EXPERIENCE FUNGICIDE / Olives / Anthracnose (Colletotrichum spp.) |
30-June-2026 |
BAYER CROPSCIENCE PTY LTD |
3 + 7 |
Not yet published in Schedule 20 |
14 |
Jurisdiction:
All States and Territories.
Organic Certified Products:
AOA is currently researching organic certified products that may be suitable for application to olive groves.
We would be pleased to receive any recommendations and advice on these products – contact the OliveCare® Administrator olivecare@australianolives.
Note: The following herbicides are currently registered for use in olive groves:
- GLYPHOSATE (Roundup) – Group 9 (previously Group M) Herbicide – Non-selective herbicide for the control of many annual and perennial weeds – MRL=0.1
- GLUFOSINATE (Basta) – Group 10 (previously Group N) Herbicide– Non-Residual control of broadleaf and grass weeds in various situations – MRL=0.1
- PENDIMETHALIN (Stomp) – Group 3 (previously Group D) Herbicide– for the control of wireweed, annual grasses (including annual ryegrass) and certain broadleaf weeds – MRL=0.05
- OXYFLUORFEN (Goal) – Group 14 (previously Group G) Herbicide – For the selective control of certain broadleaf and grass weeds – MRL=1
- CARFENTRAZONE-ETHYL (Spotlight) – Group 14 (previously Group G) Herbicide– for de-suckering olives – MRL=0.05
- ORYZALIN (Sharp Shooter) – Group 3 (previously Group D) Herbicide – pre-emergent control in non-bearing orchards – MRL=0.1
- FLUMIOXAZIN (Chateau) – Group 14 (previously Group G) Herbicide – Control of grass & broadleaf weeds – MRL=0.02
- PARAQUAT (Gramoxone) – Group 22 (previously Group L) Herbicide – Control of annual grass and broadleaf weeds – MRL=1
For a full listing of Herbicide Mode of Action (MoA) Classification see: https://www.croplife.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/A2-poster_03_FINAL.pdf
Note: The product labels will specify the appropriate withholding period.
Jurisdiction:
All States and Territories.
Note: We have not included a large number of bait sprays that may be applicable to olive groves and are not applied directly to a crop.