Natural Pesticide
AZADIRACHTIN AS A NATURAL PESTICIDE & INSECTICIDE IN ORGANIC FARMING AND GARDENING
Azadirachtin is considered to be the safest pesticide and is non toxic. Azadirachtin
works almost on 500 pests. Azadirachtin has no resistance to the pests. The pest
hormone structure is disturbed by Azadirachtin and the pest dies. Azadirachtin is
good in early stages of the life cycle of the pest, particularly Eggary and 1st larva.
Azadirachtin affects the pests in the following manner:
- Disrupts the metamorphosis of insect larvae, thus inhibiting its molting, they
die without producing a new generation.
- Repugnant to insects such that they would starve to death rather than eat
leaves even with traces of Aza
- In general, the whole physiology of the insect gets affected
- In certain plants, neem compounds act as systemic agent, the plant
becoming protected from within
- Affects about 500 insect species including many that are resistant to or
inherently difficult to control with conventional pesticides.
Azadirachtin is extracted from the Neem kernel. The percentage of Azadirachtin
content varies from 0.2 to 0.5 in the seed. Azadirachtin is extracted by solvent
methodology and in different procedures / processes by individual companies as
patented by them.
Azadirachtin based pesticides are versatile, easily biodegradable, leaving no toxic
residues and thereby keeping the environment clean and safe.
Since Azadirachtin targets the molting process, it takes four to ten days to kill an
insect, depending on the life cycle.
Azadirachtin should be applied in time as soon as the pests are observed. First
application as soon as egg laying is observed followed by second on egg hatching.
Further application at 7-15 day interval. and there is no restriction of re-entry
problem. Azadirachtin can be used on various crops like straw berry, apple, banana,
mango, paddy, cotton, chilly etc.