Cartap hydrochloride 98%Tech 50%sp 98%sp 4%gr insecticide

Active ingredient

Cartap hydrochloride

Classification

Insecticide / Agrochemical

Formulation

98% Tech, 98%SP, 50%SP, 4%GR

Biochemistry

Analogue or propesticide of the natural toxin nereistoxin. Nicotinergic acetylcholine blocker, causing paralysis by blocking
cholinergic transmissions in the central nervous systems of insects.

Mode of action

Systemic insecticide with stomach and contact action. Insects discontinue feeding, and die of starvation.

Usage

Cartap hydrochloride is used, at c. 0.4-1.0 kg/ha, for control of chewing and sucking insects (particularly Lepidoptera and
Coleoptera), at almost all stages of development, on many crops, including rice (Chilo suppressalis, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis,
Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus and rice-leaf beetle), potatoes, cabbage and other vegetables (Agromyzidae, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
and Plutella xylostella); also on soya beans, peanuts, sunflowers, maize, sugar beet, wheat, pearl barley, pome fruit, stone
fruit, citrus fruit, vines, chestnuts, ginger, tea, cotton, and sugar cane.

Phytotoxicity

May be phytotoxic to cotton, tobacco, and apples, under certain soil and climatic conditions.

Mammalian toxicology

Oral: Acute oral LD50 for male rats 345, female rats 325, male mice 150, female mice 154 mg/kg.
Skin and eye: Acute percutaneous LD50 for mice >1000 mg/kg; no irritation to skin or eyes in rabbits.
Inhalation: LC50 (6 h) for rats >0.54 mg/l.