1.Pesticide & insecticide 2.Mode of action :systemic
insecticide with translaminar activity and with contact and stomach
action Common name acetamiprid Biochemistry Acetamiprid is an
agonist of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, affecting the
synapses in the insect central nervous system. Mode of action Acetamiprid is a
systemic insecticide with translaminar activity and with contact
and stomach action.
Toxicity Oral Acute oral LD*0 for male rats
**7, female rats **6, male mice **8, female mice **4
mg/kg. Skin and eye Acute percutaneous
LD*0 for male and female rats >***0 mg/kg. Non-irritating to
skin and eyes (rabbits); not a skin sensitiser (Guinea pigs).
Inhalation LC*0 (4 h) for male and female rats >0.*9
mg/l. NOEL (2 y) for rats 7.1 mg/kg b.w.;
(*8 mo) for mice *0.3 mg/kg b.w.; (1 y) for dogs *0 mg/kg b.w. ADI
0.**6 mg/kg (Japan) Other Negative in the Ames test. Uses: Systemic insecticide with
translaminar activity and with contact and stomach
action. Control of Hemiptera, especially
aphids, Thysanoptera and Lepidoptera, by soil and foliar
application, on a wide range of crops, especially vegetables, fruit
and tea. Applied at *****0 g/ha on
vegetables, ******0 g/ha in orchards.
Uses: Systemic insecticide with
translaminar activity and with contact and stomach
action. Control of Hemiptera, especially
aphids, Thysanoptera and Lepidoptera, by soil and foliar
application, on a wide range of crops, especially vegetables, fruit
and tea. Applied at *****0 g/ha on
vegetables, ******0 g/ha in
orchards.