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Common name: thiamethoxam (BSI, pa ISO)
CAS RN: [153719-23-4]
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Mol. wt.: 291.7
M.f.: C8H10ClN5O3S
Form: Crystalline powder.
M.p.: 139.1 °C
V.p.: 6.6 ?10-6 mPa (25 °C)
KOW logP = -0.13 (25 °C)
Henry: 4.70 ?10-10 Pa m3 mol-1 (calc.)
Solubility In water: 4.1 g/l (25 °C).
APPLICATIONS
Mode of action: Insecticide with contact, stomach and
systemic activity. Rapidly taken up into the plant and transported
acropetally in the xylem.
Uses: Under develoment for control of aphids, whitefly,
thrips, ricehoppers, ricebugs, mealybugs, white grubs, Colorado
potato beetle, flea beetles, wireworms, ground beetles, leaf miners
and some lepidopterous species, at application rates from 10 to 200
g/ha (R. Senn et al., loc. cit.). Major crops for foliar and soil
treatments are cole crops, leafy and fruity vegetables, potatoes,
rice, cotton, deciduous fruit, citrus, tobacco and soya beans; for
seed treatment use, maize, sorghum, cereals, sugar beet, oilseed
rape, cotton, peas, beans, sunflowers, rice and potatoes.
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