Generic name: Deltamethrin 5% SC

Active chemical: Deltamethrin

Uses: to control apple and pear suckers, plum fruit moth, caterpillars on brassicas, pea moth, aphids (apples, plums, hops), winter moth (apples and plums), codling and tortrix moths (apples). Also to control  aphids, mealy bugs, scale insects, and whitefly on glasshouse cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, potted plants, and ornamentals. It also controls numerous insect pests of field crops.

Mode of action: Non-systemic insecticide with contact and stomach action, fast-acting.  It prevents the sodium channels from functioning, so that no transmission of nerve impulses can take place.

Application:  used as 250 ml/ha in brassica leafy vegetables, although use patterns up to a maximum of500  ml/ha.

Time of application:  In autumn spraying one week after egg deposition