Product Name | Imidacloprid |
Function | Insecticide |
Specification | 98%TC, 20%SL, 25%WP, 35%Sc, 70%WP |
Chemical Name | 1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine |
CAS No. | 138261-41-3 |
Empirical Formula | C9H10ClN5O2 |
Toxicology | Oral: Acute oral LD50 for male and female rats c. 450 mg/kg. Skin and eye: Acute percutaneous LD50 (24h) for rats >5000 mg/kg. Non-irritating to eyes and skin (rabbits). Not a skin sensitiser. Inhalation: LC50 (4h) for rats >5323 mg/m3 dust, 69 mg/m3 air (aerosol). NOEL: (2y) for male rats 100, female rats 300, mice 330 mg/kg diet; (52w) for dogs 500 mg/kg diet. ADI: (JMPR) 0.06 mg/kg b.w. [2001] Other: Not mutagenic or teratogenic. Toxicity class: WHO (a.i.) II |
Applications | Mode of action: Systemic insecticide with translaminar activity and with contact and stomach action. Readily taken up by the plant and further distributed acropetally, with good root-systemic action. Uses: Control of sucking insects, including rice-, leaf- and planthoppers, aphids, thrips and whitefly. Also effective against soil insects, termites and some species of biting insects, such as rice water weevil and Colorado beetle. Has no effect on nematodes and spider mites. Used as a seed dressing, as soil treatment and as foliar treatment in different crops, e.g. rice, cotton, cereals, maize, sugar beet, potatoes, vegetables, citrus fruit, pome fruit and stone fruit. Applied at 25-100 g/ha for foliar application, and 50-175 g/100 kg seed for most seed treatments, and 350-700 g/100 kg cotton seed. Also used to controls fleas in dogs and cats. |
