IHARA launches insecticide with innovative formulation against bed bugs in soy, corn

IHARA announced exclusively to AgroPages the launch in Brazil of the insecticide TERMINUS (Acetamiprid + Lambda-cyhalothrin) against bed bugs in soybean and corn crops.

The bed bugs Euschistus heros and Dichelops melacanthus are great destroyers of productivity in these crops.

According to the manufacturer, the product features an ″innovative formulation″ of Oil Dispersion (OD), which ″potentiates the active ingredients and ensures greater shock and residual power on the market.″

According to them, the OD technology ″increases the protection caliber of the molecules, provides greater adherence to the leaves and offers better protection of the drops against the weather, in addition to increasing the speed of penetration of the insecticide into the plant, providing better effectiveness against these pests″.

″In all tests, TERMINUS proved to be far superior to all competitors, both in terms of rapid shock effect (the knockdown) and prolonged or residual action. This gives the producer better performance, always with quality and better development of the crop, contributing to greater productivity and profitability in the field,″ said IHARA Insecticide Product Manager, Marco Antonio Pereira Junior.

Marco Antonio Pereira Junior, IHARA Insecticide Product Manager

He explained that by having a formulation that brings an unprecedented combination of actives, in a perfect and synergistic proportion, developed by the IHARA technology laboratory, the insecticide stands out for its persistence on the leaves over time, regardless of weather conditions:

″It is a product that guarantees important benefits to the crop, both in terms of quantity and quality of production, protecting the crop development potential and planting quality.″

In addition to the population multiplication of bed bugs with each harvest, another problem is that they have become more resistant to the actives available on the market, which are becoming less and less effective.

According to surveys, farmers are increasing the application rate year after year to compensate for the increasingly tricky control. However, the number of applications is also higher.

Until a few years ago, a soybean crop received only one application against bed bugs in addition to fungicides. Today, up to three applications against bed bugs in several regions are already carried out in the summer crop.

″IHARA invested in the development of TERMINUS, a solution capable of protecting the productive potential of crops and the profitability of grain production in the country,″ Marco Antonio explained.

The manufacturer highlighted the fact that TERMINUS has a formulation based on bee-friendly actives. That means they do not harm bees or other pollinating insects. In this way, it can be used by land or aerial application at any time of the crop cycle, including the soybean flowering, eliminating the bed bugs from the beginning of the incidence and without environmental damage to the pollinators.

In addition, TERMINUS also promises sustainability from an economic point of view to the producer, as it promises to be the best cost-benefit on the market.

″We have developed a solution that the farmer will always want to have available because it can be used at any time of the cycle. It has high efficiency, shock, and residual power, better results, and is competitive against the main competitors,″ the Insecticide Product Manager said in conclusion.

The Japanese technology, says IHARA, will be manufactured in Brazil and can be applied at any stage of the soybean cycle, including aerial and terrestrial flowering.

Research shows that just four bedbugs per meter² can reduce soybean production per hectare by up to 60 kg.

With quantity loss, the losses are also in terms of quality since the attack of the suckers results in the production of smaller grains with less market value.

In corn, the damage is even more severe, since by sucking the stalk of the youngest plants, the insect makes the plant unfeasible, which does not even form ears. Thus, without pesticide control, bed bugs would represent a loss of up to 30% in production.

(Editing by Leonardo Gottems, reporter for AgroPages)