Author: agnesblumenthal

Health Canada is consulting Canadians on the proposal to continue registration of verbenone and its associated end-use products registered for sale and use in Canada, with proposed label updates. Verbenone is an anti-aggregation pheromone registered as an outdoor insect repellent. Verbenone is a naturally occurring semiochemical produced by yeast in the gut of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae. When used in pest control products, verbenone can protect pine stands and individual pine trees by repelling adult mountain pine beetle, preventing the laying of eggs on the protected trees. Two commercial-class products and one domestic-class product containing verbenone are formulated ... Read more