phosphorus-containing insecticide-acaricide with broad spectrum of action. Effective against many types of chewing and sucking insects
Formulations: concentrate emulsion
Active ingredient: chlorpyrifos (480 g/l)
MANUFACTURER: "Macteshim-Agan Industries, Ltd.", Israel
PACKAGING: 10 L canister; 5 L canister
ADVANTAGES OF THE PREPARATION:
Effective against a wide range of pests on many crops
Rapid contact action (from several seconds to minutes)
High lethal effect on insects when feeding on treated plants
Effective against pest populations resistant to synthetic pyrethroids (e.g., longhorn beetles)
Exhibits acaricidal activity
Used for controlling grasshoppers
Mechanism of action:
Contact insecticide with partial systemic action. Also exhibits fumigant effect. The preparation is an inhibitor of cholinesterase synthesis. Acts on the nervous system of pests, causing paralysis, which leads to their death.
APPLICATION SPECTRUM:
PIRINEX has a wide range of applications against families of beetles, moths, longhorn beetles, and leaf beetles on various agricultural crops.
Application rate of working solution:
For spraying field crops — 200-300 l/ha, fruit crops — 800-1000 l/ha
APPLICATION NOTES:
Spraying is conducted at wind speed not exceeding 5 m/s, avoiding drift of the aerosol onto adjacent crops
Compatible with many pesticides, except those based on copper
PIRINEX is a persistent organophosphorus compound and may remain in soil for 30-60 days, however, during the first month of application it degrades by almost 80%
At the rate of 5.0 l/ha (working solution application rate of 400 l/ha) is used to combat wireworms and May beetle
TOXICITY:
PIRINEX 48, EC, — highly toxic compound, classified as second class of toxicity. Toxic to bees, therefore application during plant flowering is prohibited. Harmful to fish
WORLD EXPERIENCE OF USE:
Worldwide, PIRINEX is used to combat a wide range of pests on such crops as sugar beet, potato, hops, tobacco, lucerne, apple, peach, against fruit borers and moths; aphids and mites; cutworms; flies; longhorn beetles and other beetles; fleas, bed bugs
For example, in Russia, chlorpyrifos is used on such crops against pests.
