Teppeki® – Ein neues Insektizid im Ackerbau (Kartoffeln und Weizen)

Teppeki^®, a new insecticide with the active ingredient flonicamid (500?g/kg), is available for the German market since May 2007 in top fruits and arable crops. Flonicamid belongs to a new chemical class, called pyridinecarboxamides. For that, it could be used as an important tool in insecticide resistant management (IRM). The product works systemic and has a long lasting efficacy against all important aphid species. Registration is available with application rates between 140 and 160?g/ha for winter wheat and potatoes. It will be expanded to the use against virus vectors in seed potatoes soon. The following article shows for those indications trial data from the years 2000–2005, which prove the efficacy of the product.