Description
CIt exhibits excellent aphicidal activity and also shows good insecticidal activity against other sucking insect pests such as thrips, whiteies, planthoppers, leafhoppers, plant bugs, and mealybugs in fruit trees, cereals, rice, potatoes, cotton, vegetables and ornamentals. Flonicamid soil applications also provide control of the foliar pests.
Mode of action:
Flonicamid rapidly inhibits the feeding behavior of aphids, and has better action through ingestion than by contact. Its mode of action is different from other insecticides such as neonicoti- noids, pymetrozine and pyrifluquinazon.
Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) Classification No. 29
Benefits:
- Targeted mode of action therefore a valuable tool in integrated pest management.
- Safe for beneficial organisms.
Recommendations:
| Crop(s) | Common Name of Pest | Dosage/Acre | Dilution in Water (Litre) | Waiting Period between last spray to harvest (days) | |||
| AI (gm) | Formulation (gm) | ||||||
| Cotton | Aphid, Jassid, Thrips and Whitefly | 75 | 60 | 200 | 25 | ||
| Rice | Brown Plant Hopper (BPH), White Backed Plant Hopper (WPBH), Green Leaf Hopper (GLH) | 75 | 60 | 200 | 36 | ||