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Imidacloprid is a systemic insecticide belonging to a class of chemicals called the neonicotinoids which act on the central nervous system of insects. The chemical works by interfering with the transmission of stimuli in the insect nervous system.
Imidacloprid is an insecticide that was made to mimic nicotine. Nicotine is naturally found in many plants, including tobacco, and is toxic to insects. Imidacloprid is used to control sucking insects, termites, some soil insects, and fleas on pets.
Imidacloprid is a widely used insecticide available in various forms (e.g., liquid, powder, granules). It’s derived from nicotine and kills insects by causing dysfunction of their nervous systems. Its effects on human, other mammalian, and vertebral nervous systems are much less intense.
Pesticides: Imidacloprid. Chemical Action and Usages: Imidacloprid is a systemic, chloro-nicotinyl insecticide with many soil, seed and foliar uses. The chemical works by disrupting the nervous system of the insect resulting in the insect's paralysis and eventual death.
Imidacloprid is a relatively new, systemic insecticide chemically related to the tobacco toxin nicotine. Like nicotine, it acts on the nervous system. Worldwide, it is considered to be one of the insecticides used in the largest volume. It has a wide diversity of uses: in agriculture, on turf, on pets, and for household pests.
Imidacloprid is used to control sucking insects, some chewing insects including termites, soil insects, and fleas on pets. In addition to its topical use on pets, imidacloprid may be applied to structures, crops, soil, and as a seed treatment. 2,10 Uses for individual products containing imidacloprid vary widely.
What is Imidacloprid? Imidacloprid is a systemic, chloro-nicotinyl insecticide. How does Imidacloprid work? Imidacloprid is a material that is designed to mimic the properties of nicotine, a powerful neurotoxin found naturally in tobacco. The chemical works by interfering with the transmission of stimuli in the insect nervous system.
Imidacloprid is a neurotoxin and a new nicotine insecticide with positive activity against sucking insects and low toxicity to mammals (Luo et al., 2022; Wang et al., 2023b). Imidacloprid is widely used in tree injection, soil injection, and pesticide-coated seed treatment.
Imidacloprid is a systemic insecticide, which means that plants take it up from the soil or through the leaves and it spreads throughout the plant’s stems, leaves, fruit, and flowers.
Imidacloprid is a broad-spectrum neonicotinoid insecticide, with excellent systemic and contact activity that supports its use on many food crops, turf and ornamentals, and for termite and flea control.