Mode of action Systemic insecticide with stomach and contact action. Insects discontinue feeding, and die of starvation.
Uses Cartap hydrochloride is used, at c. 0.4–1.0 kg/ha, for control of chewing and sucking insects (particularly Lepidoptera and Coleoptera), at almost all stages of development, on many crops, including rice (Chilo suppressalis, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus and rice-leaf beetle), potatoes, cabbage and other vegetables (Agromyzidae, Leptinotarsa decemlineata and Plutella xylostella); also on soya beans, peanuts, sunflowers, maize, sugar beet, wheat, pearl barley, pome fruit, stone fruit, citrus fruit, vines, chestnuts, ginger, tea, cotton, and sugar cane.
Phytotoxicity May be phytotoxic to cotton, tobacco, and apples, under certain soil and climatic conditions.
Compatibility Not compatible with pesticides which are alkaline.