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Common Name: Imidacloprid
Chemical Name: 1-(6-chloro-3-pyridylmethyl)- N -nitroimidazolidin-2-ylideneamine
Formulation: 25%WP, 70%WP, 70%WS, 70%WDG, 20%AS, 35%SC
Molecular formula: C9H10ClN5O2
Molecular weight: 335.5
Specification: Form Colourless crystals, with a weak characteristic odour. M.p. 144 癈 V.p. 4 ?10-7 mPa (20 癈); 9 ?10-7 mPa (25 癈) KOW logP = 0.57 (21 篊) Henry 2 ?10-10 Pa m3 mol-1 (20 癈, calc.) S.g./density 1.54 (23 篊) Solubility In water 0.61 g/l (20 篊). In dichloromethane 55, isopropanol 1.2, toluene 0.68, n-hexane <0.1 (all in g/l, 20 篊)
Toxicity: (Rat): Oral LD50 >450mg/kg; Birds Acute oral LD50 for Japanese quail 31, bobwhite quail 152 mg/kg. Dietary LC50 (5 d) for bobwhite quail 2225, mallard ducks >5000 mg/kg. Fish LC50 (96 h) for golden orfe 237, rainbow trout 211 mg/l.
Usage: Control of sucking insects, including rice-, leaf- and planthoppers, aphids, thrips and whitefly. Also effective against soil insects, termites and some species of biting insects, such as rice water weevil and Colorado beetle. Has no effect on nematodes and spider mites. Used as a seed dressing, as soil treatment and as foliar treatment in different crops, e.g. rice, cotton, cereals, maize, sugar beet, potatoes, vegetables, citrus fruit, pome fruit and stone fruit.
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