Company Name: Atharva Agro Chemical Industries

Product Name: SILICON GOLD

Technical Name: Diatomaceous Earth (Silica)

Description:

SILICON GOLD is a silica-based product containing diatomaceous earth, a naturally derived material composed primarily of amorphous silica. It works through physical action rather than conventional neurotoxic insecticidal activity. The fine particles interact with the insect body surface, absorb protective lipids and increase moisture loss, ultimately causing dehydration.

Technical Name:

Diatomaceous Earth (Silica)

Mode of Action:

SILICON GOLD acts through a physical/desiccant mode of action. Its fine silica particles abrade and absorb the waxy/lipid layer of insects, increasing cuticular water loss and causing dehydration and mortality.

Features & Benefits:

• Natural silica-based formulation
• Physical mode of insect control
• Helps reduce insect populations without relying on conventional neurotoxic action
• Works through dehydration of susceptible insects
• Useful as part of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• May help manage certain stored-product insect pests
• Resistance development is generally less of a concern with physical modes of action
• Suitable for use where a non-conventional pest-management approach is preferred

Application Method:

Apply uniformly as a dry dust or according to the product label. For stored grains, mix thoroughly with the grain so that the material comes into adequate contact with insects. Application performance can vary with humidity, temperature, insect species and formulation characteristics.

Dose:

Use only according to the manufacturer's approved label/recommended dose.

For reference, research on diatomaceous-earth formulations for stored-product insects has evaluated rates ranging from approximately 100–1,000 ppm (0.1–1.0 g/kg of grain), but these research rates should not be treated as the commercial label dose for SILICON GOLD.

Pests:

May help manage susceptible insect pests such as:

• Rice weevil
• Granary weevil
• Lesser grain borer
• Red flour beetle
• Confused flour beetle
• Saw-toothed grain beetle
• Other susceptible stored-product insects

Research has demonstrated activity of diatomaceous-earth formulations against several stored-grain beetle species.

Uses:

• Stored grain protection
• Management of stored-product insect pests
• Grain storage and warehouse pest management
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• Agricultural and horticultural pest-management programs, where permitted by the product label

Product Category:

Bio-Insecticide / Natural Mineral-Based Insecticide / Diatomaceous Earth