Antario is the first BT Bio-pesticide approved in Bangladesh specifically formulated for caterpillar/pest control.
Active Ingredients:
1.4% Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki 32000 IU/mg + 0.1% Abamactin as wettable powder.
Target insects:
- Fall army worm
- Brinjal shoot and fruit borer (BSFB)
- Bean borer (Maruka)
- Tomato leaf miner
- Diamond back moth
- Cutworm
- Cabbage butterfly
- Other lepidopteran caterpillars.
Target Crops:
All kinds of fruits and vegetables.
Functionality:
Antario has Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki and 0.1% abamectin, thereby exhibiting 2 types of efficacy.
- Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki enters the insect’s gut and produces a type of poison (endotoxin) inside the gut, which stops the insect from eating and slowly kills the insect.
- Abamectin acts as a contact and stomach insecticide, killing insects by rapid paralysis and suffocation.
- It is effective on both inner and outer leaf larvae.
- Depletes rapidly in the environment and can be harvested within a short period of time.
- No toxicity to humans and the environment.
Application Level:
- Mix 2 grams/liter of water and spray.
- 1.5-2 kg/ha or 1 kg/acre should be applied