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JIRP.E/0218/071
Molluscicides
Trade Name:
SIPUTOX®
Active Ingredient:
Metaldehyde 5% w/w
Formulation:
Granule
Available Packing:
500 g, 2 kg, 4 kg, 5 kg, 25 kg
Registration No.:
LRMP.R1/0002
Description:
SIPUTOX® is a stomach poison molluscicide for the control of slugs and snails which are always found attacking the household plants, vegetables, orchards, and estate crops as tabulated below.
Recommended Usage
Crop |
Mit |
Dosage |
Method |
|
1 Plant |
Per Hectare |
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| Vegetables, Estate Crops Nurseries | Slug (Mariaella dussumieri) Garden Snail (Achatina fulica) |
4 g | 25 kg | Apply at late afternoon, especially on wet ground, after watering, rain or irrigation. |
| Fruit Trees | 10 g | Spread around the tree and planting area to prevent pests from entering the planting are. |
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| Paddy | Golden Apple Snail (Pomacea canaliculata) |
– | 6 kg | Apply when population of adult snails exceeds 8/m2. |
| 4.5 kg | Apply when populations of adult snails is low, i.e.less than 8/m2. | |||
