Toxicity: acute oral LD50 for rats =621-836 mg/Kg
Chemical group: Neonicotinoid
IRAC = 4A
Introduction:
Thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide used on apples and other crops, targets sucking and chewing insects. Its mechanism of action, similar to other neonicotinoids, disrupts the insect’s nervous system by stimulating nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Thiacloprid selectively binds to the postsynaptic nicotinergic receptor, thereby disrupting signal transmission within the insect’s nervous system. This mode of action ensures there is no cross-resistance to conventional insecticides such as organophosphates, carbamates, and pyrethroids.
SPECIFIC USE INSTRUCTIONS:
| crop | pest | Dosage |
| Pistachio | Pistachio psylla (Agonoscena pistaciae) | 300 ml per thousand liters of water |
| chaetoptelius vestitus | 750 ml per thousand liters of water with 2L emulsion oil per thousand liters of water | |
| Pistachio bugs (Acrosternum spp.) | 400 ml per thousand liters of water | |
| Apple | Codling moth (cydia pomonella) | 500 ml per thousand liters of water |
| Canola | Pollen beetle Meligethes aeneus | 300 ml per hectare |
