ABAMECTIN 18
1. Trade Name 2. Manufacturer3. Formulation
4FARMERS ABAMECTIN 18 EC MITICIDE - INSECTICIDE4 FARMERS PTY LTDEC
AAKOMECTINE MITICIDE/INSECTICIDEAAKO AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITEDEC
ABACHEM MITICIDE/INSECTICIDEIMTRADE AUSTRALIA PTY LTDEC
AGRIMEC MITICIDE/INSECTICIDESYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION PTY LIMITEDEC
AGSPRAY ABAMECTIN MITICIDE/INSECTICIDEAGSPRAY CHEMICAL CO PTY LTDEC
AVID MITICIDE/INSECTICDESYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION PTY LIMITEDEC
BIOMECTIN MITICIDE/INSECTICIDEJUROX PTY LIMITEDEC
COUNTRY ABAMECTIN INSECTICIDEACCENSI PTY LTDEC
CROPRO STEALTH MITICIDE AND INSECTICIDEPCT HOLDINGS PTY LTDEC
ECHEM ABAMECTIN INSECTICIDE/MITICIDEECHEM (AUST) PTY LIMITEDEC
FARMOZ SORCERER 18 MITICIDE/INSECTICIDEFARMOZ PTY LIMITEDEC
FARMOZ WIZARD 18 MITICIDE/INSECTICIDEFARMOZ PTY LIMITEDEC
GENFARM ABA 18 MITICIDE/INSECTICIDEGENFARM CROP PROTECTION PTY LTDEC
GREMLIN MITICIDE AND INSECTICIDESIPCAM PACIFIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTDEC
KILL-A-MITESEVROC PTY LTD - TRUSTEE FOR HYDROLINK COMMODITIES TRUSTEC
NUFARM ABAMECT INSECTICIDENUFARM AUSTRALIA LIMITEDEC
OSPRAY ABAMECTIN 18 MITICIDE/INSECTICIDEOSPRAY PTY LTDEC
ROTAM ROMECTIN MITICIDE-INSECTICIDEROTAM AUSTRALASIA PTY LTDEC
ROTAM ROMITE INSECTICIDE/MITICIDE ECROTAM LIMITEDEC
TRADELANDS ABAMECTIN 18EC INSECTICIDE/MITICIDETRADELANDS PTY LTDEC
VANTAL 18 EC MITICIDE/INSECTICIDEOSPRAY PTY LTDEC
VANTAL 18 EW MITICIDE/INSECTICIDEOSPRAY PTY LTDEW
VERTIMEC MITICIDE/INSECTICIDESYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION PTY LIMITEDEC

4. ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: ABAMECTIN 18g/L

5. COST: $57.64 per L or kg.

6. CHEMICAL GROUP: 6A.

7. RELATED PESTICIDES:

ABAMECTIN 18g/L
Emamectin 44 g/kg


8. GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

An ingested miticide.

9. APPLICATION METHODS AND TIPS:

Thorough coverage is essential for best results. Don't spray in hot (>28C) weather or under poor drying conditions. Use equipment that doesn't leave large droplets on fruit. Don't spray plants in flower while bees are foraging.

Use droppers for cotton. For aerial applications, spray during the cooler parts of the day or night.

10. ADJUVANTS, WETTERS, OILS:

Wetting agent is not needed.

Apply in at least 1000 L/ha water with 5 L/ha summer oil for horticultural applications.

11. EQUIPMENT:

Micronair preferred for aerial applications.

Don't use equipment that leaves large droplets on fruit.

Use inter row droppers in Cotton.

12. SPRAYER WASH OUT AND DECONTAMINATION:

Triple rinse with water and wetting agent.

13. WATER OR CARRIER DATA:

Apply in at least 1000 L/ha water with 5 L/ha summer oil for horticultural applications. Apply in at leas 20 L/ha water for cotton and aerial applications.

14. WEATHER:

Don't apply to fruit when temepratures exceed 28 degrees C within 48 hours of spraying or when slow drying conditions exist.

15. RAINFASTNESS:

<15 minutes

16. SOIL:

17. PLANT HEALTH and OTHER EFFECTS:

May cause slight russeting on some pear varieties such as Anjou. May cause slight temporary blemish on apples

18. WITHHOLDING PERIODS:

Apples: Cutting and grazing 14 days.

Apples: Harvest 14 days.

Capsicums: Cutting and grazing - 3 days.

Capsicums: Harvest - 3 days.

Citrus: Harvest - 7 days.

Cotton: Cutting and grazing - 20 days .

Cotton: Harvest - 20 days .

Hops: Cutting and grazing - 4 weeks.

Hops: Harvest - 4 weeks.

Ornamentals: Cutting and grazing - Do not cut for stockfeed or graze treated plants .

Ornamentals: Harvest - Not required when used as directed.

Pears: Cutting and grazing 14 days.

Pears: Harvest 14 days.

Strawberries: Cutting and grazing- 3 days.

Strawberries: Harvest - 3 days.

Tomatoes: Cutting and grazing - 3 days.

Tomatoes: Harvest - 3 days.

Apples: Cutting and grazing 14 days.

Apples: Harvest 14 days.

Capsicums: Cutting and grazing - 3 days.

Capsicums: Harvest - 3 days.

Citrus: Harvest - 7 days.

Cotton: Cutting and grazing - 20 days .

Cotton: Harvest - 20 days .

Hops: Cutting and grazing - 4 weeks.

Hops: Harvest - 4 weeks.

Ornamentals: Cutting and grazing - Do not cut for stockfeed or graze treated plants .

Ornamentals: Harvest - Not required when used as directed.

Pears: Cutting and grazing 14 days.

Pears: Harvest 14 days.

Strawberries: Cutting and grazing- 3 days.

Strawberries: Harvest - 3 days.

Tomatoes: Cutting and grazing - 3 days.

Tomatoes: Harvest - 3 days.

19. PLANT BACK PERIODS or RECROPPING INTERVALS:

Nil.

20. MODE OF ACTION:

Non systemic. Moves into leaves where it is residual for several weeks and is taken up by sucking mites.

Maximum action takes about 7 days.

A group 6A, contact and stomach action insecticide.

Chloride channel activator.

21. PESTICIDE RESISTANCE:

Resistance in mites is expected if repeated sprays are made. Alternate with miticides from other chemical groups.

Avoid more than 2 applications per season. Avoid applying on consecutive crops or in consecutive seasons unless an urelated miticide has been used in between.

22. TOXICITY:

Poison schedule - S6

Poison S6.

Poisonous by skin absorption, inhaling mist and swallowing. It will damage eyes and irritate skin. Re-entry period - after the spray has dried in field situations and 24 hours in glasshouse situations.



Summary:

Details:

Poison schedule - S

Mammalian toxicity -

Acute oral LD50 - mg/kg (rats), [For comparison table salt is 3000 mg/kg]

Acute dermal LD50 - > mg/kg (rabbit).

Skin -

Eye -

Vapour inhalation - LC50 - > mg/L air (rat).

Chronic oral toxicity NOEL - ppm for two years.

Not mutagenic or teratogenic (i.e. does not cause cancer or reproductive problems).

Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) -

23. TOXICITY SYMPTOMS:

24. FIRST AID:

Contact a doctor or poison information centre on 008 119 244.

If splashed in eyes, wash out immediately with water. If swallowed and medical help more than 15 minutes away, induce vomiting using IPECAC syrup APF. If on skin then wash immediately with water.

25. PROTECTIVE CLOTHING:

26 RE ENTRY PERIODS and OTHER SAFETY ISSUES:

After spray has dried in field situations.

After 24 hours in glasshouse situations.

27. PROPERTIES:

Product appearance -

Shelf Life -

Half life in water - days at pH5 and 35 C.

Water solubility at 25 C. - ppm at pH

Oil solubility -

Octanol:Water ratio at 25 C. - at pH 5.

Vapour Pressure at 25 C. -

Dissociation constant - pKa.

Melting point - C.

Boiling point -

Molecular weight -

Density -

28. ENVIRONMENTAL FATE:

Chemical that is not absorbed by the leaves is quickly degraded. Dangerous to fish and bees.



Summary -

Birds - toxicity.

Fish - toxicity LC50 > ppm.

Invertebrates - toxicity.

Bees - toxicity.

It has a half life in soil of .

It has an EPA classification for soil mobility that ranges from

Ground water contamination

Accumulation in milk and tissues.

29. COMPATIBILITY:

See HerbiGuide for compatability with other herbicides, insecticides and fungicides.

See HerbiGuide for a full list of pesticide compatabilies.

Compatible most common insecticides and fungicides.

Do not apply with ULV formulations.

30. REGISTERED CROPS, INSECTS and DISEASES.

See Herbiguide Species Solutions Tab for registered uses.

31. GOVERNMENT AND REGULATORY INFORMATION:

Dangerous Goods Class -

Hazchem Code -

Packaging Group -

EPG -

UN Number -

Worksafe Classification -

32. References:

Acknowledgments:

Collated by HerbiGuide. Phone 08 98444064 for more information.