Acetamiprid 20% SP
Action:
Insecticide
Mode of Action:
Systemic insecticide with translaminar activity, contact and stomach action. Acetamiprid is a neonicotinoid & systemic insecticide to control sucking insects on crops such as leafy vegetables, citrus fruits, pome fruits, grapes, cotton, cole crops and ornamental plants. It is also a key pesticide in commercial cherry farming due to its effectiveness against the larvae of the cherry fruit fly.
Chemical group:
Neunicotinoid
Toxicological information:
Acute oral LD50 for rats= 217 mg/kg.
Biochemistry:
Agonist of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, affecting the synapses in the insect central nervous system
Uses:
| Crop | Pest | Dose |
| Pistachio | Pistachio psylla | 250 gr/1000 liters water |
| Cotton | Whiteflies(Bemisia)
All kind of aphids Green hopper |
250-300 gr/ha |
| Fruit trees | Rounded spot leaf miner
Codling moth |
500 gr/1000 liters water |
