Cypermethrin 40% EC
Action:
Insecticide, Non-systemic Insecticide with Contact & Stomach Action
Mode of Action:
None- systemic insecticide with contact, stomach action, also exhibit anti-feeding action. Good residual activity on treated plants. Cypermethrin is a synthetic pyrethroid used as an insecticide in large-scale commercial agricultural applications as well as in consumer products for domestic purposes. It is easily degraded on soil and plants but can be effective for weeks when applied to indoor inert surfaces. Cypermethrin acts as a stomach and contact insecticide. It has wide uses in cotton, cereals, vegetables and fruit, for food storage, in public health and in animal husbandry.
Chemical group:
Pyerthroid
Toxicological information:
Acute oral LD50 for rats: 250-4150 mg/kg.
Biochemistry:
Act on the nervous system of the insect, and disturbs the function of neuron by interaction with the sodium channel.
Uses:
| Crop | Pest | Doses |
| Apple | Leaf borer, Chewing insects | 75 cc /1000 L |
| Cotton | Leaf borer, Chewing insects | 175 cc/ha |
| Sugar beet | Caradrina
Flea Lita butterfly |
200-300 cc/ha |
| Soybean | Flea
weevil |
200-300 cc/ha |
| Potato | Colorado beetle | 200-300 cc/ha |
Action:
Insecticide, Non-systemic Insecticide with Contact & Stomach Action
Mode of Action:
None- systemic insecticide with contact, stomach action, also exhibit anti-feeding action. Good residual activity on treated plants. Cypermethrin is a synthetic pyrethroid used as an insecticide in large-scale commercial agricultural applications as well as in consumer products for domestic purposes. It is easily degraded on soil and plants but can be effective for weeks when applied to indoor inert surfaces. Cypermethrin acts as a stomach and contact insecticide. It has wide uses in cotton, cereals, vegetables and fruit, for food storage, in public health and in animal husbandry.
Chemical group:
Pyerthroid
Toxicological information:
Acute oral LD50 for rats: 250-4150 mg/kg.
Biochemistry:
Act on the nervous system of the insect, and disturbs the function of neuron by interaction with the sodium channel.
Uses:
| Crop | Pest | Doses |
| Apple | Leaf borer, Chewing insects | 75 cc /1000 L |
| Cotton | Leaf borer, Chewing insects | 175 cc/ha |
| Sugar beet | Caradrina
Flea Lita butterfly |
200-300 cc/ha |
| Soybean | Flea
weevil |
200-300 cc/ha |
| Potato | Colorado beetle | 200-300 cc/ha |
