Abamectin 1.8%EC

Overview

Abamectin 1.8%EC is an insecticide from Agritas, built on the Avermectin (Group 6) chemistry. It is used against mites, leaf miner, thrips. Registered use on brinjal, chili, citrus, cotton, melon, 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

Abamectin 1.8%EC

Type

Pesticide · Insecticide

Chemical group

Avermectin (Group 6)

Pack size

1000ML

Controls

Recommended crops

Mode of action

Acts mainly by contact and ingestion and affects the pest’s nervous system.

Dose & application

300 ml per hectare

Apply when pests are first noticed or at the recommended pest stage.
Coverage: Spray thoroughly, especially on the underside of leaves, where mites and many pests hide.
Dosage: (300 ml per hectare) Always use the dose mentioned on the registered product label because concentration and crop recommendations can vary between products.
Repeat spray: Follow the label-recommended interval; avoid unnecessary repeated applications.
Resistance management: Do not repeatedly use abamectin alone. Rotate with insecticides/acaricides having a different mode of action.
Safety: Wear gloves, protective clothing, eye protection and a mask/respirator as required by the label during mixing and spraying.
Avoid contamination: Keep away from food, animal feed, drinking water and children.
Pollinators: Avoid spraying when bees are actively foraging and follow the product label regarding flowering crops.
Harvest safety: Observe the pre-harvest interval (PHI) stated on the product label.
Important: Use only registered products and follow the label for crop, pest, dose, PHI and safety instructions.

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.