Frontier SC
Fipronil 5% SC
FRONTIER SC is a highly active, Broad-Spectrum insecticide from the Phenylphrazole family. It can be used against major Lepidopterous and Orthopterous pests on a wide range of field and horticultural crops and against larvae in the soil. It is also employed for cockroach and control of termite in field Crop. It is used to control the thrips in various crops.
It controls the insects by its contact, stomach and systemic action. 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.
100 ml, 250 ml, 500 ml, 1 L.
CROP | Common name of the pest | Dosage/Hectare | Waiting period in days | ||
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Active Ingredient (g) | Formulation (g/ml) | Water dilution (lt) | |||
Cotton | aphids, jassids, thrips, whiteflies | 75-100g | 1500-2000ml | 500L | 6 |
Sugarcane | Root borer, early shoot borer | 75-100g | 1500-2000ml | 500L | 9 months |
Rice | stem borer, brown plant hopper, green leaf hopper, rice gall midge, leaf folder, whorl maggot, white backed plant hopper | 50-75g | 1000-1500ml | 500L | 32 |
Chilli | thrips, aphids, fruit borer | 40-50g | 800-1000ml | 500L | 7 |