Clothianidin is the second generation of neonicotinoid insecticide developed after imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. Compared with the first generation, it has a wider insecticide range, higher activity, better safety, longer lasting effect, and greatly reduced toxicity. It is widely used in foliar spraying, soil treatment, seed treatment, and fertilizer, etc.
1. About Clothianidin
Clothianidin belongs to the broad-spectrum neonicotinoid insecticide. It is a new type of insecticide with high efficiency, safety and high selectivity. It has contact, stomach poison and systemic activity. Like other nicotinoid insecticides, it acts on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of insect postsynapses. It is mainly used on rice, vegetables, fruit trees and other crops to control aphids, leafhoppers, thrips, planthoppers, blind bugs, cabbage loopers and other Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera and some Lepidoptera pests. It has the characteristics of high efficiency, broad spectrum, low dosage, low toxicity, long-lasting efficacy, no damage to crops, safe use, and no cross-resistance with conventional pesticides.
Up to now, a total of 261 registrations related to clothianidin have been found, including 11 technical registrations; 105 single-dose registrations, mainly granules with effective contents of 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.5%, 1%, and 5%, suspensions of 10%, 20%, 30%, and 48%, water-dispersible granules of 30%, and 50%, and seed treatment agents of 8%, 10%, 18%, and 48%; and 145 mixed preparations have been registered.
2. Product Features
(1) Broad insecticide spectrum. Clothianidin is widely used in rice, wheat, corn, peanuts, cotton, sugarcane, Chinese cabbage, kale, tomato, cucumber, eggplant, potato, citrus, apple, pear, watermelon, wolfberry, tea and ornamental plants. It can be used to control various underground pests such as garlic maggots, leek maggots, root maggots, cutworms, wireworms, white grubs and various piercing-sucking pests such as rice planthoppers, aphids, sugarcane borers, yellow-striped flea beetles, whiteflies, whiteflies, psyllids, leafhoppers, thrips and so on.
(2) It can be used in a variety of ways and has a long lasting effect. Clothianidin has strong permeability and systemic conductivity, and mainly acts as a contact and stomach poison. It can be used not only for spraying, but also for seed dressing, soil treatment, root irrigation, root dipping, root soaking, fertilizer, etc. Clothianidin is not easily leached and decomposed in the soil, and its effective period is longer than that of thiamethoxam and imidacloprid. The effective period for foliar spraying can reach 30 days, and the effective period for soil treatment can reach 6 months.
(3) High activity and safe for crops and the environment. Clothianidin mainly acts on the acetylcholine receptors in insects. Its affinity and insecticidal activity for insect acetylcholine receptors are higher than those of imidacloprid. Its activity is also higher than that of thiamethoxam and imidacloprid, and it also has a certain effect on chewing pests. Clothianidin has greatly reduced toxicity to environmental insects, is safer for crops, and can be used more assuredly. It can be used on rice, vegetables, fruit trees and other crops.
(4) Good compatibility. Clothianidin can be compounded with dozens of insecticides and fungicides. The more common ones on the market include: bifenthrin·clothianidin, which targets cabbage yellow-striped flea beetles as the main target, pymetrozine·clothianidin, which targets rice planthoppers as the main target, cyfluthrin·clothianidin, which targets underground pests such as leek maggots, aphids, and white grubs as the main target, and cyfluthrin·clothianidin, which targets leek maggots and onion thrips as the main target. In addition to the above compound products, clothianidin can also be mixed with pyridaben, avermectin, flonicamid, chlorantraniliprole, and insecticide monochlorvos.
3. Usage
(1) Stem and leaf spray. Clothianidin can be used on rice, vegetables, fruit trees and other crops to control Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera and some Lepidoptera pests, such as rice planthoppers, citrus psyllids, vegetable aphids, thrips, flea beetles, etc.
(2) Seed treatment. Clothianidin can be used for seed treatment of crops such as peanuts, wheat, and corn. It is mainly used to control underground pests such as white grubs and wireworms. It is also effective against aphids and leafhoppers on the ground.
(3) Control of underground pests. Clothianidin is not inferior to phoxim in controlling underground pests. It can not only control underground pests such as white grubs and wireworms, but also has a good control effect on garlic maggots, leek maggots, root maggots, and ground maggots. It is mainly used in economic crops such as leek and garlic. It can be combined with chlorfenapyr for better control effect.
(4) Fertilizer. Clothianidin fertilizer products are mainly used for crops such as rice, wheat, sugarcane, and peanuts. Due to its good systemic absorption, permeability, and long-lasting effect, it can not only control underground pests, but also play a role in above-ground pests in the seedling stage of crops. At the same time, it can provide nutrients for crops as a fertilizer, which can achieve three goals at one stroke.
Precautions
(1) Clothianidin should not be mixed with alkaline pesticides or substances.
(2) Since the residual effect of clothianidin is long, the safe interval should be strictly enforced.
(3) Clothianidin is highly toxic to bees, silkworms, etc., so it is not suitable for use near bee farms, mulberry trees and nectar-producing crops.
