PLINAZOLIN chemistry and innovative mode of action
- Active ingredient: Isocycloseram 10% DC (isoxazoline class, IRAC Group 30).
- Novel mode of action: Allosteric modulator of GABA-gated chloride channels; binds at a unique receptor site distinct from all older insecticide classes.
- Overcoming resistance: Highly effective against insect strains with documented resistance to diamides, neonicotinoids, and organophosphates.
- Broad developmental efficacy: Controls all active life stages including nymphs, larvae, and adult target pests upon contact and ingestion.
Target insect pests and registered crop portfolio
- Chilli: Unrivalled management of black thrips (Thrips parvispinus), common chilli thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis), and fruit borers.
- Brinjal (Eggplant): Exceptional control of destructive fruit and shoot borer (Leucinodes orbonalis).
- Tomato: Controls fruit borer (Helicoverpa armigera), pinworm (Tuta absoluta), and leaf miners.
- Cabbage and Cauliflower: Controls resistant diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) larvae.
- Cotton: Manages stubborn thrips and bollworm complex.
Application timing, rainfastness, and resistance stewardship
- Application window: Apply at the early economic threshold level of pest presence before severe canopy scarring or tunnel boring occurs.
- Sunlight and rain stability: Demonstrates rapid cuticular absorption, remaining rainfast within one hour and resisting intense sunlight breakdown.
- Water volume: Apply using 150 to 200 litres of water per acre with fine hollow cone nozzles for complete canopy penetration.
- Stewardship: Practice resistance rotation by limiting applications per crop cycle and alternating with distinct IRAC chemical groups.
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Common questions
What is the active chemical in Syngenta Simodis?
Simodis is powered by PLINAZOLIN technology containing Isocycloseram 10% DC.
Does Simodis control the invasive black thrips in chilli?
Yes, Simodis provides excellent efficacy against both invasive black thrips (Thrips parvispinus) and native chilli thrips.
What chemical group does PLINAZOLIN belong to?
It belongs to IRAC Group 30 (GABA-gated chloride channel allosteric modulators).
How quickly does Simodis become rainfast?
It binds rapidly to leaf waxes, achieving rainfastness within one hour of spray application.
General guidance, not personal advice. For your farm, ask your local Krishi Vigyan Kendra or agriculture officer.
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