Agri Shield

Biochemistry:

Activates insect ryanodine receptors, leading to unregulated loss of internal calcium stores. Binding site is distinct from that for ryanodine.

Mode of action:

Uptake is primarily through ingestion, and secondarily by contact, with exposed insects exhibiting general lethargy and muscle paralysis. The insects rapidly stop feeding, and ultimately die.

Uses:

Controls a wide range of chewing pests (primarily Lepidoptera, but also some Coleoptera, Diptera and Isoptera species) in a broad range of crops, including fruit, vegetables, vines, cotton, sugar cane, rice and grass, at 10-100 g/ha.