Description
Fenpropathrin 30% EC is a board spectrum insecticide. It is a contact insecticide which controls numerous pests like aphids, thrips, borer, mites, leaf roller, fruit moths, and diamondback moth etc. in various crops. It also prevents the disease spread by controlling the vectors of those diseases.
Benefits
- Rapid action with quick knockdown effect on pests
- It is effective against different types of sucking and chewing insects in various crops
- Its contact and stomach poisoning action provides better pest control
- Long term effect helps in reducing repeated infestations
- It is highly compatible with integrated pest management for sustainable farming
Mode of action
Fenpropathrin disrupts the nervous system in an insect’s body by keeping their sodium channels open, which leads to over-excitation, paralysis and death of insects. Also, its contact and stomach poison action kills pests when they come into direct contact with the insecticide or when they consume treated plant parts.
| Crops | Common name of pest | Dosage/acre | Dilution in water (Liter) | |
| A.i. (gm) | Formulation (ml) | |||
| Cotton | Pink bollworm, Spotted bollworm, American bollworm, White fly | 75 – 100 | 100-140 | 300 – 400 |
| Chilli | Thrips, Whitefly, Mites | 75 – 100 | 100-140 | 300 – 400 |
| Brinjal | Whitefly, Shoot and Fruit borer, Mites | 75 – 100 | 100-140 | 300 – 400 |
| Okra (Bhindi) | Whitefly, Shoot and Fruit borer, Mites | 75 – 100 | 100-140 | 300 – 400 |
| Tea | Mites | 50 – 60 | 66– 80 | 160 – 200 |
| Paddy (Rice) | Yellow stem borer, Leaf folder | 100 | 130 | 200 |