Products for Plant Pest and Disease Control

Certain products are allowed for use in organic agriculture for the control of pest and diseases in plant production. Many of these products are restricted for use in organic production. Such products should only be used when absolutely necessary and should be chosen taking the environmental impact into consideration. In this schedule “restricted”, means that the conditions and the procedure for use shall be set by the inspection and Certification Agency.

Substances from Plant and Animal Origin

Azardiracta indica(neem preparations) neem oil	Restricted
Preparation of rotenone from Derris elliptica	Restricted
Gelatin	Permitted
Propolis	Restricted
Plant based extracts(ex: neem, garlic, pongamia, etc)	Permitted
Preparations on basis of pyrethrins extracted from	Permitted
Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, containing possibly	Restricted
Release of parasite predators of insects pests	Restricted
Preparation from Ryania species	Restricted
Tobacco tea	Not Allowed
Lecithin	Restricted
Casein	Permitted
Sea weeds, sea weed meal, sea weed extracts	Restricted
Extract from mushroom(Shitake fungus)	Permitted
Extract from Chlorella	Permitted
Fermented products from Aspergillus	Restricted
Natural acids (vinegar)	Restricted

Minerals

Chloride of lime/soda	Restricted
Diatomaceous earth	Restricted
Clay (ex: bentonite, perlite, vermiculite, zeolite)	Permitted
Copper salts/ inorganic salts (Bordeaux mix, copper hydroxide, Inspection and certification Agency used as a fungicide, maximum 8 kg per year depending upon the crop and under the supervision of Inspection and Certification Agency)
Mineral powders (stone meal, silicates)	Not Allowed
Light mineral oils	Restricted
Permanganate of Potash	Restricted
Lime sulphur (calcium polysulphaide)	Restricted
Silicates (sodium silicate, quartz)	Restricted
Sodium bicarbonate	Restricted
Sulphur	Restricted

Microorganisms/ Biocontrol agents

Vital preparations	Permitted
Fungal preparations (e.g., Trichoderma species etc.)	Permitted
Bacterial preparations (e.g. Bacillus species etc.)	Permitted
Parasites, predators and sterilized insects	Permitted

Others

Carbon dioxide and nitrogen gas	Restricted
Soil soap (Potassium soap)	Permitted
Ethyl alcohol	Not Allowed
Homeopathic and Ayurvedic preparations	Permitted
Herbal and bio-dynamic preparations	Permitted

Traps

Physical methods (e.g. chromatic traps, mechanical traps, light traps, sticky traps and pheromones)	Permitted
Mulches, nets	Permitted
4, 4?-Bis (2-benzoxazoly) stilbene	Restricted
9, 9-Bis (methoxymethyl) fluorine	Restricted
Carbonic acid, copper salt	Restricted
Diethylene glycol	Restricted
2- (4,-Diphenyl-1, 3, 5-triazin-2-yl) phenol	Restricted
Ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid, copper salt	Restricted
2- (Hydroxy-3, 5-di-tert-butyl-phenyl-5	Restricted
2- Methyl- 4- isothiazolin- 3- one	Restricted
Phosphoric acid, trichlorocthyl ester	Restricted
Polysters of 1,2 propanidiol and /or 1,3-and 1,	Restricted
Butanediol and /or polypropyleneglycol with adipicacid, also end-capped with acetic acid or fatty acids C10-C18 or n-octano and /or n-decanol
1, 1, 1-Trymethylopropane	Restricted
3- hydroxybutonoic acid 3-hydro xypentanoic acid,	Restricted