MORTAR
insecticide
Fipronil 0.6% GR
MORTAR
MORTAR is a systemic insecticide with highly effective broad spectrum action against a wide variety of insects. It has plant growth enhancement effects also. Mortar primarily acts as an ingestion toxicant with some complimentary contact action and acts by interfering in nerve impulse transmission. It interferes with the passage of chloride ions through the Gamma Amino Butyric Acid (GABA) regulated chloride channel, thereby disrupting CNS activity and at sufficient doses, causing insect death
Technical name: Fipronil 0.6% GR
Mode of action: Contact and ingestion activity. immediate response, such as cessation of feeding, may be noted soon after treatment which provides instant protection of crop from pests.
Features and Benefits:
- Mortar is a broad-spectrum, contact and ingestion insecticide.
- Effectively controls stem borer.
- Easy to use: because of its granular formulation, it can be easily broadcasted on the standing crop.
- Safe for beneficial insects like earthworms.
Suggestion
| Crop | Pest | Dose/acre (Kg) | |
| Paddy, Sugarcane, Wheat | Stem borer, Brown plant hopper, Green leaf hopper Rice leafhopper, Rice gall midge, Whorl maggot, White backed plant hopper, Early shoot borer, Root borer, Termites | 6.5 Kg – 13.5 Kg |
