FMC·Seed Treatments
Systemic imidacloprid (600 g/L) seed treatment protecting cereals, sunflower, maize, soybean and sorghum from soil and emergence insect pests.
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About this product
Picus is a systemic insecticidal seed treatment from FMC based on imidacloprid (600 g/L), formulated as a flowable seed-treatment concentrate. Applied to seed before sowing, it is absorbed during germination and translocated basipetally to roots and shoots, protecting young plants against soil pests such as wireworms and cereal ground beetle and emergence pests including aphids, cereal flies, flea beetles and weevils. Registered on winter wheat, spring barley, sunflower, maize, soybean and sorghum.
At a glance
Chemistry & regulatory profile
Active ingredient
Systemic neonicotinoid; absorbed by the germinating seed and translocated basipetally to roots and shoots, where it acts as an agonist at insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
Resistance group
IRAC 4A
Rotate resistance groups across seasons to slow resistance build-up
Formulation
FS
Physical-chemical form (SL / EC / WG / SC)
Hazard class
2/4
1 = highest risk, 4 = lowest. Follow label PPE regardless
Application
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