Description
Recommendations of Dosage
| Crop | Common name of the disease | Dosage per ha | Waiting period (days) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a.i. (g) | Formulation (g/ml)/% | Dilution in water (L) | |||
| Rice | Stem Borer Leaf Folder | 1gm/litre or 1000 ml/hectare | |||
Introduction: Istoxin SG is an insecticide of Nereis toxin analogue group, which gives effective control of insects through its contact, systemic and stomach action. It is a broad-spectrum insecticide, highly effective against stem borer and leaf folder at almost all the stages of development e.g. eggs, larvae and adults.
Mode of Action : Cartap hydrochloride belongs to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) channel blockers and is a systemic insecticide with stomach and contact action
Benefits:
- Istoxin SG is soluble powder insecticides which contains 50% of Cartap Hydrochloride a.i and balance adjuvant.
- Istoxin SG is an insecticide highly effective for the control of stem borer and leaf folder on rice.
- Istoxin SG has a quite different mode of action from that of other insecticides. It is effective against both chewing and sucking insects and controls insects at low concentration.
- It controls almost all stages of insects, and the efficacy of insects is greatly reduced Istoxin prolongs residual activity. It has no effect against natural enemies of insects, pests and it is practically nontoxic to mammals
