What's amitraz? 

Amitraz is an organic compound with a molecular formula of C19H23N3. It is a colorless needle-like crystal. Insoluble in water, soluble in acetone and xylene. It has a touch and fumigation effect on harmful mites, and is effective on eggs, nymphs and adult mites. It is used as an acaricide for agriculture and livestock. The preparations include emulsifiable concentrates, wettable powders, and pour-on agents.

Application & Function of amitraz

1. Amitraz is a broad-spectrum acaricide. It is mainly contact-killing, and has gastric toxicity, fumigation, antifeedant and repellent effects. It has a certain osmotic systemic property to plants, and it is resistant to young nymphs, adult mites and mites. The eggs are effective, and it is effective against the harmful mites that are resistant to some other acaricides, with good quick-acting and strong lasting effect. Mainly used to control cotton red spiders and cotton bollworms, red bollworms, apple and hawthorn red spiders, citrus spider mites, psyllids, rust ticks, cows, sheep, pigs, ticks, scabies and tsutsugamushi, tea tree Tarsus mites, beans, eggplant red spiders, etc.

2. Amitraz is a broad-spectrum acaricide. Mainly used for fruit trees, flowers, strawberries and other agricultural and horticultural crops. Prevent mites, especially for citrus mites. It is also used to control cotton bollworm and red bollworm; control ticks, mites and scabies of domestic animal parasites. Amitraz is a kind of acaricide with better efficacy in Chinese medicine.

3. Amitraz is also mainly used for the prevention and control of mites in crops such as fruit trees, cotton, vegetables, etc. It can also be used for the prevention and control of mites in cattle, sheep and other livestock.