Technical name: Diafenthiuron 50% WP
Mainstar belongs to the thiourea group. It acts as an insecticide as well as an acaricide.
Mainstar kills larvae, nymphs, and adults by contact and/or stomach action and also shows some ovicidal action.
It has broad spectrum activity allowing simultaneous control of sucking insects and mites. It is an inhibitor of mitochondrial respiration & it exhibits translaminar action with a vapourizing effect for better insect and mite control.
Mainstar is selective to beneficial insects & predatory mites. Being a urea derivative it has add on phytotonic effect on the plant
Dosage:
Cotton - Whiteflies, Aphids, Thrips, Leap hoppers - 240 gm/hectare