Description
| DESCRIPTION | |||||||
| It is a systemic insecticide containing imidacloprid active ingredient, balance auxillaries and inert material. It is a low toxicity, systematically acting insecticide with a broad spectrum of activity for controlling sucking insects usch as Aphids, Jassid, Whitefly, Thrips in cotton, okra, sunflower, Soyabean and Shoot fly in Maize. When handled properly according to good agricultural practices it is suitable for use in Integrated Pest Management. | |||||||
| Mode of action | |||||||
| Imidacloprid is a systemic insecticide with translaminar activity and with contact and stomach action. Readily taken up by the plant and further distributed acropetally, with good root-systemic action. | |||||||
| Applications
It is a systemic insecticide used for control of sucking insects, including rice, leaf and plant hoppers, aphids, thrips and whiteflies. It is effective against soil insects, termites and some species of biting insects, such as rice water weevil and Colorado beetle. It has no effect on nematodes and spider mites. It is used as a seed dressing, as soil treatment and as foliar treatment in different crops e.g. rice, cotton, cereals, maize, sugar beet, potatoes, vegetables, citrus fruit, pome fruit and stone fruit. It is also used to control fleas in dogs and cats. |
| Crop | Common name of the pest | Dosage/acre(ml) | Dilution in Water (Liter) | Waiting Period
(days |
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| Cotton
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Aphids, whitefly, jassids, thrips | 0.50-0.90 | 0 | – | |||
| Okra
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Jassid, aphid | 0.50-0.90 | 0 | – | |||
| Sunflower
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Jassid, whitefly | 0.50-0.90 | 0 | – | |||
| Sorghum
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Shoot fly | 1.200 | 0 | – | |||
| Pearl millet
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Shoot fly & termites | 0 | |||||
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