THIAFOS 500EC

Active Ingredient: Fosthiazate 50%
– Pesticide type: Insecticide, Nematicide. Organophosphate
– Description:
A soil applied nematicide and insecticide used to control nematodes, sucking / chewing
ground insect and foliar insect pests such as: aphids, mites, thrips, whiteflies, bugs and beetles.
– Example pests controlled:
1- Cyst Nematode; (Globodera rostochiensis, Globodera pallida). And affecting crops as: potatoes, tomatoes, various types of vegetables and bananas.
– Nematodes; Are the most important stable endoparasites that attack various plant species, which can
survive inside cyst.
It also can survive in soil for many years, from 10 to 20 years, depending on the climate.
Adult nematodes are visible to the naked eye as small balls on plant roots.
Their color starts from pale yellow, then yellow, then white, and turns brown.

2- Free-living Nematode; (FLN)live within the soil profile and are responsible for transmitting Tobacco Rattle Virus (TRV) which causes brown internal cork-like effects called Spraing in potatoes tubers.
3- Root-Knot Nematode; pathogen: Meloidogyne haple. Lesion Nematode.
The root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) is one of the three most dangerous types of plant- parasitic nematodes. Where the economic damage to fruit crops and ornamental plants and vegetables such as: tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, and melon, Pepper, eggplant, and others.
4- Wireworm.

Example applications: Potatoes; Tomatoes; Banana; Vegetables.
– Mode of action: Systemic. Cholinesterase inhibitor.
Acts against motile larval stages of nematodes in the soil and prevents their invasion
to roots of crops.
– The control activities of THIAFOS 500 EC: Remain unaffected by the soil types, soil pH, soil temperature and moisture.
– INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT:
THIAFOS 500EC; Is recommended for use as part of Integrated pest Management (IPM).
– Application time: 3-6 days before sowing or transplanting the seedlings.
– Application thru: Irrigation system.
– Rate of use: From 2-5 liters / hectare.
– THIAFOS 500EC; Is watered on the soil which ready for planting and plowed well to
maintain its porosity to get the highest penetration of the pesticide to the maximum depth
that can be reached is approximately 15 cm, whether the planting lines are inside or outside
the greenhouse, plastic house, open areas, and center pivots.
– Note: The field is not cultivated after treatment with THIAFOS 500 EC,
Only planting after 3-6 days, for cucumber crops, it is preferable to plant after ten days.

– For the plastic house, at a rate of 0.5 liters per house.
– For open fields, at a rate of 1.0 liters per donum (Small spaces).
– For center pivots, at a rate of 2- 5 liters / hectare (treated through center pivots or
boom spray), but deep irrigation should be done immediately after application without
stopping the pivot device after injecting the pesticide.
– Maximum number of treatments: One per crop.
– PHI: for Vegetables 50 days.
Targeted crops:
1- Vegetables, for example:
Potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplant, radishes, melons, and sweet potatoes.
2- Fruit: Banana, avocado, and mango.
3- Cut flowers: rose and carnation.
– Use only for crops mentioned please.

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