Hubroot™

Overview

Hubroot is an insecticide from Agritas, built on the Phenylpyrazole (Group 2B) chemistry. It is used against stem borer, termite, root grub, soil insects. Registered use on brinjal, chili, cotton, maize, rice, sugarcane. Agritas supplies it through the Haryali Markaz network, where the staff know which pests and diseases are moving in your district this week and can tell you whether this is the right product for what you are actually seeing in the field.

Composition

Fipronil 5%SC

Type

Pesticide · Insecticide

Chemical group

Phenylpyrazole (Group 2B)

Pack size

6 kg, 480 ml

Controls

Recommended crops

Mode of action

Hubroot™ blocks GABAA-gated chloride channels in the central nervous system. Disruption of the GABAA receptors by fipronil prevents the uptake of chloride ions resulting in excess neuronal stimulation and death of the target insect.
Hubroot is a broad-spectrum insecticide with different mode of action, effective against wide range of insect pests.
Contact & Stomach action
Disrupts the insects central nervous system by blocking the passage of chloride ions.

Dose & application

Apply product as Foliar spray when insect population reaches ETL.
Use good quality sprayer & hollow cone nozzles and ensure thorough coverage of the crop.

Why it pays

A pest caught at threshold costs one spray. The same pest left for another fortnight costs three sprays and a share of the crop, because by then it is feeding inside the stem or the boll where nothing reaches it. The value of this product is mostly in the timing, and the timing is free.

Field tips

Cover the underside of the leaf. Most sucking pests sit there, and a spray aimed at the top of the canopy never touches them.

Do not raise the rate because the last spray disappointed. A poor result is far more often bad coverage, the wrong growth stage, or rain within two hours than it is a rate that was too low. Raising the rate mostly builds resistance.

Change chemical group between sprays rather than repeating the same one. A pest sprayed with the same molecule three times in a season is being trained to survive it.

Safety

Wear gloves, a mask and full sleeves. Spray in the cool morning or evening, never into the wind, and wash thoroughly afterwards. Keep children and livestock out of a sprayed field until the spray has dried. Most insecticides kill bees, so do not spray a flowering crop during the day. Never re-use an empty container.