Coupraze™

Overview

Coupraze is an insecticide from Agritas, built on the Neonicotinoid (Group 4A) chemistry. It is used against whitefly, aphid, jassid, thrips. Registered use on brinjal, chili, citrus, cotton, maize, okra. 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

Thiamethoxam 25% WG

Type

Pesticide · Insecticide

Chemical group

Neonicotinoid (Group 4A)

Pack size

24 gm

Controls

Recommended crops

Mode of action

Coupraze™ controls target pests by interfering with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in their nervous systems. After insects contact the insecticide, feeding stops within a few hours and death generally occurs within 24 to 48 hours.

Dose & application

40 g per acre

Coupraze™ helps in controlling Stem borer, gall midge, leaf folder, brown plant hopper, White Blacked Plant hopper (WBPH), Green Leaf hopper (GLH), Thrips, etc. in rice. It is also very effective in controlling Aphids, Jassids, Thrips & White Flies in cotton.

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.