Function: Insecticide

Specification: 27% FSC

CAS: 153719-23-4

High effective agrochemical

Oral Acute oral LD50 for rats 1563 mg/kg. Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rats >2000 mg/kg. Non-irritating to skin and
eyes (rabbits); not a skin sensitiser (guinea pigs). Inhalation LC50 (4 h) for rats >3720 mg/m3. Toxicity class WHO (a.i.) III
(company classification)

Biochemistry Agonist of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, affecting the synapses in the insect central nervous system. Mode of
action Insecticide with contact, stomach and systemic activity. Rapidly taken up into the plant and transported acropetally in the
xylem. Uses For control of aphids, whitefly, thrips, ricehoppers, ricebugs, mealybugs, white grubs, Colorado potato beetle, flea
beetles, wireworms, ground beetles, leaf miners and some lepidopterous species, at application rates from 10 to 200 g/ha (R. Senn
et al., loc. cit.). Major crops for foliar and soil treatments are Cole crops, leafy and fruity vegetables, potatoes, rice,
cotton, deciduous fruit, citrus, tobacco and soya beans; for seed treatment use, maize, sorghum, cereals, sugar beet, oilseed
rape, cotton, peas, beans, sunflowers, rice and potatoes. Also, for control of flies in animal and public health, such as Musca
domestica, Fannia canicularis, and Drosophila spp. Formulation types FS; GR; SC; WG; WS. Selected products: 'Actara' (foliar and
soil treatments) (Syngenta); 'Cruiser' (seed treatment) (Syngenta); 'Agita' (animal and public health) (Novartis A H)

2000L