Description:

Imidacloprid 17.8% SL has the active ingredient Imidacloprid along with auxiliaries and inert material. It is applied as a spray to manage sucking and other insects in different crops. It is a member of the Neonicotinoids class of systemic insecticides that efficiently manage sucking insects and termites. It is a very systemic insecticide that is quickly absorbed by plants and possesses high xylem mobility. It may be used at any growth stage of the crop, but leaves must be green and succulent to give full effectiveness. 

Advantages:

It is an antagonist in the insect central nervous system through the binding of postsynaptic nicotinic receptors.

Translaminar insecticide with contact and stomach activity.

Rapidly absorbed by the plant and transported acropetally with good root-systemic activity.

It is used at a lower dosage, so it is safer for the environment.

It is selective and exerts an immediate knock-down effect.

It is compatible with widely used agrochemicals and can be applied as a foliar spray or soil treatment.

It is still an extremely effective insecticide, with no resistance at all developed to date.

Use and crops:

Crops: Aphid, Whitefly, Jassid, Thrips of Cotton, GLH of Paddy, Termite of Sugarcane, Hopper on mango, whitefly of sunflower, thrips of okra, Leaf miner, Psylla of Citrus.

Dose: 100 - 125 ml per Acre