Active ingredient

Lambda-cyhalothrin 8%+ Alpha-cypermethrin 5%WP

Classification

Pesticide / Agrochemical

Biochemistry

Lambda-cyhalothrin: Acts on the nervous system of insects, disturbs the function of neurons by interaction with the sodium channel.

Alpha-cypermethrin: Acts by preventing transmission of impulses along nerves, brought about by blocking the passage of sodium ions through sodium channels in nerve membranes thus preventing action potentials passing down axons. Typically this intoxication  results in a rapid "knockdown" and resultant mortality

Usage

Lambda-cyhalothrin : Control of a wide spectrum of insect pests, e.g. aphids, Colorado beetles, thrips, Lepidoptera larvae, Coleoptera larvae and adults, etc., in cereals, hops, ornamentals, potatoes, vegetables, cotton, and other crops. Provides good  control of insect-borne plant viruses, at 2-5 g/ha. Also used for control of insect pests in public health.

Alpha-cypermethrin: Control of a wide range of chewing and sucking insects (particularly Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Hemiptera)  in fruit (including citrus), vegetables, vines, cereals, maize, beet, oilseed rape, potatoes, cotton, rice, soya beans, forestry,  and other crops; applied at 10-15 g/ha. Control of cockroaches, mosquitoes, flies, and other insect pests in public health; and  flies in animal houses. Also used as an animal ectoparasiticide.