for this disease. In cooperation with the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), a template was developed in 2003 to facilitate submissions
of Section 18 emergency use application labels for each
soybean-producing state. In Canada, a similar process of emergency
use registrations was established by the Pest Management Regulatory
Agency (14). Fungicides selected for Section 18 applications
were based in part on product performance in fungicide efficacy
trials conducted in Africa and South America (39,43–46). As a result,
eight fungicides received EPA Section 18 emergency registration in
the United States, and four fungicides were labeled in Canada