Means "Confidor" describes the instructions for use as a systemic and contact action insecticide . The active substance present in the composition of this drug is absorbed directly through the vegetative organs and root system of the plant. All this eliminates the likelihood of the development of resistance in harmful insects. In this case, the Confidor product (the instructions confirm this) is effective for acute gastric and contact poisoning, and in the so-called gas phase. The basis of this chemical drug is blocking the transmission of nerve impulses that occurs at the level of the acetylcholine receptor of the membrane. Given this mechanism of action, this agent is used mainly against pest populations resistant to traditional insecticides. The main analogue of this drug today are granules "Confidor Maxi".
Features of the composition
Available in the form of a 20% water-soluble concentrate. The composition of this insecticide as an active ingredient includes a substance such as imidacloprid. It practically does not dissolve in water, but it dissolves quite quickly in many organic type solvents. In addition, it is worth noting that imidacloprid is moderately toxic for all warm-blooded animals. In this case, no data on teratogenic or embryotoxic effect was found.
Area of use
The Confidor chemical preparation recommends using the chemical preparation Confidor as a complex remedy, promising even for closed ground, for example, against such an insect as the greenhouse whitefly. After treating the plants with this insecticide, after one and a half to two hours, pest deaths are observed. At the same time, pronounced toxicity of imidacloprid relative to whiteflies and insects of another species is observed for three weeks.
As for, for example, the Colorado potato beetle against which Confidor also recommends using the instructions for use, as a rule, the death of adults is recorded twenty to thirty minutes after treatment of the plants. The larvae of this insect are destroyed after ninety - one hundred twenty minutes. Complete dying is noted, as a rule, after three to four hours. Among other things, it should be mentioned that the Confidor product (instructions for use also attests to this) is capable of effectively destroying gnawing and sucking insects that live openly.
Key Benefits
Among the other advantages of this insecticide, one can distinguish such characteristics as ease of use, complete, effective and quick exposure and the possibility of simultaneous use with drip irrigation. In addition, the low consumption of this chemical preparation, its resistance to washing off by precipitation, and independence from ambient air temperature should be indicated.