New Draft Regulations on Organic Production (October 2001)

ANNEXURE III:  Substances for plant pest and disease control, weed management and growth regulation

SUBSTANCE

DESCRIPTION;  COMPOSITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; CONDITIONS FOR USE

I.             Plant and Animal

Preparations on basis of pyrethrums extracted from Chrysanthemum cineraria folium, containing possibly a synergist.

Insecticide

 

Preparations of Rotenone from Derris spp, Lonchocarpus, Thephrosia spp.

Need recognized by certifying organization.

Insecticide

Preparations from Quassia amara

Insecticide, repellent

Preparations of Neem tree (Azadirachtin) from Azadirachta indica

Need recognized by the certifying organization.

Insecticide

Plant oils (e.g. mint oil, pine oil, caraway oil)

Insecticide, acaricide, fungicide and sprout inhibitor

Gelatine

Insecticide

Lecithin

Fungicide

Extract (aqueous solution) from Nicotiana tabacum

 

Insecticide

Only against aphids in subtropical fruit trees (e.g. oranges, lemons) and tropical crops (e.g. bananas); use only at the start of the vegetation period

Need recognized by certifying organization

Bees wax

Pruning agent

II.            Mineral

Copper salts (copper hydroxide, copper oxychloride, (tribasic copper sulphate, cuprous oxide

Need recognized by certifying organization.

Fungicide

Lime sulphur (calcium polysulphide)

Need recognised by certifying organization.

Fungicide, insecticide, acaricide

Sulphur

Fungicide, acaricide, repellent

Potassium permanganate

Fungicide, bactericide

Only in fruit trees, olive trees, vines

Paraffin oil

Insecticide, acaricide

Mineral oils

Insecticide, fungicide

Only in fruit trees, vines, olive trees and tropical crops (e.g. bananas)

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

III.          Micro organisms used for biological pest controls

Micro-organisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi) e.g. Bacillus thuringiensis, Granulosis virus, etc.

Need recognized by certifying organization.

IV.          Other

Potassium soap (soft soap)

Insecticide

V.            Traps

Pheromone preparations

Insecticide attractant

Only in traps and dispensers

Preparations on the basis of metaldehyde

Containing a repellent to higher animals species and as far as applied in traps.

Molluscicide

Pyrethroids (only deltamethrin or lambdacyhalothrin)

Insecticide

Only in traps with specific attractants

Only against Batrocera oleae and Ceratitis capitata wied

Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority

Diammonium phosphate

Attractant.  Only in traps.