TAPUZ 35 WP

MODE OF ACTION 

ACEPHATE:

Biochemistry Cholinesterase inhibitor. Mode of action Systemic insecticide. Uses Control of a wide range of chewing and sucking insects, e.g. aphids, thrips, lepidopterous larvae, sawflies, leaf miners, leafhoppers, cutworms, etc.,

BUPROFEZIN:

Biochemistry: Chitin synthesis inhibitor, type 1 (Homopteran), with subsequent effects on cuticle deposition. It also has effects on the hormone levels of nymphs associated with moulting and on prostaglandin synthesis.

Mode of action: Persistent insecticide and acaricide with contact and stomach action; not translocated in the plant. Inhibits moulting of nymphs and larvae, leading to death. Also suppresses oviposition by adults; treated insects lay sterile eggs.

Uses: Insecticide with persistent larvicidal action against Homoptera, some Coleoptera and also Acarina.