Product Name |
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Thiamethoxam
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Type of pesticide |
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Insecticide
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Chemical name |
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3-[(2-chloro-5-thiazolyl)methyl]tetrahydro-5-methyl-N-nitro-4H-1,3,5-oxadiazin-4-imine
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Empirical Formula
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C8H10ClN5O3S |
CAS No.
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[153719-23-4]
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UN No
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3082
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Packing group
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III
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IMDG
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Class:9 [ Environmentally Hazardous Substance, Liquid, N.O.S. (Thiamethoxam)]
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Shelf-life
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Two years under normal storage conditions.
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DESCRIPTION
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Thiamethoxam is agonist of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor,affecting the synapses in the insect central nervous system.
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Mode of action
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Insecticide with contact,stomach and systemic activity.
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Applications
It is a systemic seed treatment insecticide.
It protects against target pests by interfering with receptors that transmit the message to continue feeding.
It acts on different sites of action in the insect.
It provides control of a wide range of early season sucking and chewing, leaf-feeding and soil-dwelling insect pests, such as aphids, wireworms, flea beetles, and leaf miners.
It is used to treat the seeds of corn, cotton, sugar beets, oil seed rape, canola, wheat, barley, soybeans, sorghum and other field crops.
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Structure Formula
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Physical Properties
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Appearance
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Crystalline powder
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Thiamethoxam content, percent by mass
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97.00 % min.
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Moisture Content % by mass
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1.0% Max.
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Melting point
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139.1ºC
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Compatibility
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Compatible with most Insecticides.
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TOXICITY DATA
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Mammalian Toxicity
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WHO (a.i.) III; Slightly hazardous
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Environmental Toxicity
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Thiamethoxam is quickly and completely absorbed, rapidly distributed in the body and rapidly eliminated. Degradation/metabolism has been studies in 6 different crops with soil, foliar and seed treatment application.
It is slightly toxic for bobwhite quail and mallard ducks.it is highly toxic for honeybees. It is slightly toxic for bluegill sunfish, ship fish, warms. Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects.
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Formulation
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30% FS
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Trade name
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TAMMA
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Packing detail
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25ml, 50ml, 100ml, 250ml, 500ml
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Recommendations
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Crop
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Common name of the Pest
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Formulation
(ml per kg seed)
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Cotton
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Aphid,whiteflies, Jassids
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10.0
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Sorghum
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Shootfly
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10.0
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Wheat
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Termites
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3.3
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Soybean
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Shoot fly
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10.0
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Chilli
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Thrips
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7.0
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Okra
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Jassids
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5.7
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Maize
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Stem Fly
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8.0
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Sunflower
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Jassids, Thrips
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10.0
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