We cannot imagine an Indian kitchen without tomatoes, an essential ingredient in many recipes. It’s a delicate summer fruit that grows in warm conditions. However, these characteristics of tomato plants also make them pest magnets because insects usually thrive in warm conditions and multiply during the tomato growing season. This article aims to help you choose the best tomato insecticide to protect your plants.
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Common insecticides for tomato
There are various types of insecticides to control insects invading tomatoes. Since we cannot include all of them in this article, we have chosen some of the most efficient and effective insecticides you can use to control pests ravaging your tomato farm. They are listed here:
Abamectin
Abamectin is a very effective tomato insecticide that controls insects and mite pests. Farmers mainly use them to protect tomato, vegetable, and fruit plants from the attack against insects.
Imidacloprid
Imidacloprid is hugely toxic to insects that naturally occur in several plants, including tomatoes. It’s very successful in controlling termites, soil insects, and also fleas that affect pest.
Neonicotinoid and Pyrazole
It’s one of the best insecticides against white Grub and Termite, combining Thiamethoxam 00.90 % and Fipronil 00.20 %. It’s a granular combination of the Neonicotinoid and Pyrazole chemicals that paralyzes insects’ central nervous system. Mankind Agritech, the fastest-growing agrochemical company in India manufactures this insecticide under the brand name THIAKIND-F. The company has a full range of agrochemical products, including the best herbicide in the market.
Indoxacarb
Indoxacarb belongs to the class of Syngenta commercial pesticides, and it differs from other insecticides because it remains active even after digestion.
Chlorpyrifos
It’s a type of contact tomato insecticide that successfully kills many pests. Chlorpyrifos belongs
to the organophosphates class of insecticides and acts by interfering in the activities of the enzyme cholinesterase, which is required for the normal functioning of the nervous system of pests.
It’s available in different forms, such as concentrate, powder, granule, dust, and spray. It’s a broad-spectrum insecticide that destroys whiteflies and many other pests, such as termites, cutworms, flies, corn rootworms, flea beetle and grubs.
Best Organic Tomato Insecticide for Plants
Besides chemical insecticides, you can also use organic insecticides to protect your tomato plant. You can easily eliminate aphids, beetles, mites, flies, and their larvae by dusting your farmland with a non-toxic pesticide such as baking soda, borax, garlic powder, or any spicy pepper powder. These are usually harmless for humans and animals but poisonous to insects.
You can prepare pest-repelling sprays with everyday items like vegetable oils, buttermilk, vinegar, and hydrogen peroxide to easily eliminate pests and avoid potential infestations. Such organic insecticides become more effective by adding garlic or spicy pepper powder. Compost tea or manure tea is also an excellent choice for pest management.
However, for a bumper yield, besides a good quality tomato insecticide, you will also need the best herbicide to control undesirable vegetation. Herbicide application is more suitable for row-crop farming, where we apply these before or during plantation to maximize crop productivity by checking the growth of unnecessary vegetation.
