Group
agricultural pesticide
Application and Uses of Sharkothoate EC (agricultural insecticide dimethoate 40%)
Sharkothoate EC (agricultural insecticide dimethoate 40%) is a general insecticide, of organic phosphorous compounds, systemic and in contact, used to eliminate sucking and piercing insects (aphids, thrips, and whiteflies) and scale insects on fruit trees, vines, olives, vegetables, cotton, poplar trees, field, and ornamental crops.
Usage rate for Sharkothoate EC (agricultural insecticide dimethoate 40%)
It is recommended to carry out spraying operations when the infestation appears and with good coverage of the treated crop. Pre-harvest period: - 21 days for olives - 7 days for fruit trees and crops Usage rate: Fruit trees, apples, pears, vines, peaches, cherries: fruit worms, fruit flies, mealybugs, spiders, aphids, cotton aphids, psella, thrips, hoppers, tunnel borers. 100 - 150 cm3 of Sharkothoate EC (agricultural insecticide dimethoate 40%) /100 liters of water Olives: olive fly, olive moth, scale insects, olive psyllid, thrips 100 - 150 cm3/100 liters of water Poplar: from poplar tuber, Monostera weaving bugs: 1 liter/hectare Cotton: aphids, hoppers, thrips, legos bugs, worms, whitefly: 50 - 100 cm3 of Sharkothoate EC (agricultural insecticide dimethoate 40%) /100 liters of water Potatoes: aphids, hoppers, thrips, legos bugs, worms 50-100 cm3/100 liters of water beet sugar beet leaf borers, picumia, aphid, aphid, beet beetle, beet fly: 100 cm3/100 liters of water Vegetables: Aphids, whitefly, thrips, worms, leaf borers, bugs, hoppers, onion fly: 50-100 cm3/100 liters of water A diffuser or adhesive can be added when spraying onions, garlic, and cauliflower
Mixing
Sharkothoate EC (agricultural insecticide dimethoate 40%) is mixable with most fungicides and insecticides except alkaline and sulfur-based.
Toxicity
LD50. To a rat, oral 550 mg/kg. Percutaneous rat LD50 of more than 2000 mg/kg. Toxicity to fish, bees, and birds: Toxic to fish, toxic to bees, and birds, avoid spraying when bees shed, and avoid spraying crops in the flowering stage
Notes
Sharkothoate EC (agricultural insecticide dimethoate 40%) is a cholinesterase inhibitor that affects the central nervous system and leads to respiratory arrest.
