Verticon

Effective against
All soft bodied sucking insect pests like aphids, thrips, mealy, bugs, whitefly, scale insects and all types of mites

Recommended to used in
Fruit crop (Grapes, Pomegranate, Mango, Custard Apple, Sapota, Citrus, Guava, Banana, Coconut}, Oil seed (ground nut, sunflower, cotton), vegetables (Tomato, Chillies, onion, brinjal, potato)

Dose
For foliar application-1 kg of Verticon in 200 lit of water

Mode of action
The spores of Verticillium lecanii gets attached to the cuticle of the insects on contact. The fungus gains entry through the cuticle by enzymes. It infects insects by producing hyphae from germinating spores that penetrate the insect integument. The fungus destroys the internal body contents resulting in the mortality of insects. The fungus eventually grows through the insect cuticle and sporulates on the body of the insects to produce cyclosipeptide toxin called Bassianolide, which kills the insect in 4-6 days. Larve and pupae die before the fungus is visible. Dead larvae and pupae are light to dark yellow, wrinkled and no longer shiny.Under favorable conditions white fungal fluffy mycelium appears on the infected insects.

Special features

• Controls soft bodied and sucking pest
• The organisms grow best at 20-30oC and at a relative humidity above 65%.
• Helps in pollutant degradation
• Compatible with all insecticide. Do not mixed with any fungicide
• Safer to the environment and natural enemies of the pests