Once the lawn (for instance) is treated with Merit, the insecticide is not as exposed to sunlight and rainfall as regular bug sprays. Systemic insecticides give a longer residual than other insecticides used to treat lawns, which is very important when timing an application to control white grubs in lawns.
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Merit Systemic insecticides have broad labels that cover a wide variety of lawn and ornamental pests and are most widely used in the control of White Grubs and their most notorious adult counterparts: Japanese Beetles. ... Merit 75% Systemic Insecticide Concentrate ; Order Merit 75% Wettable Powder ... Borate Insecticides...
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The active ingredient in Merit® is imidacloprid, a systemic, chloro-nicotinyl compound which was developed in 1989 by Bayer A.G. and has since become the No. 1 active ingredient in insecticides around the world. Recently Bayer and Pursell Industries, Inc.
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Bayer product available that contains both a systemic and contact insect killer that possibly can be used on orchids. The label on Bayer Rose and Flower Insect Killer indicates that it contains the systemic acting imidacloprid (Merit) and contact acting insecticide cyfluthrin.
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Merit 0.5 G insecticide attacks the nervous system in insects and prevents normal transmission of nerve impulses. This mode of action results in disruption of normal behavior; treated insects stop feeding, do not reproduce ... For Use in and around: For systemic insect control in turfgrass and landscape ornamentals.
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Merit 2.5 G is a systemic product and will be taken up by the roots and translocated upward within the plant system. Therefore watering after the application makes the product available for uptake.
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Merit insecticides have a systemic action that provides superior control of grubs, white grubs in lawns. Timing of insecticide applications for grubs in lawns has always been the most complicated and delicate aspect of the job.
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Five systemic insecticides including Disyston (AI: Disulfoton), Merit (AI: Imidacloprid), Metasystox-R (AI: Oxydemeton-methyl), Monitor (AI: Methamidophose), and Othene (AI; Acephate) were tested in filed through soil injection, trunk injection and trunk implanting at two sites in Gansu province of China.
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imidacloprid--Merit 75 WSP. These are contact insecticides and will kill the adults present. Since these insects are sucking insects the systemic insecticides will get into the plant juices and as the whiteflies suck the juices they will get the insecticide.
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  Systemic insecticides can be incorporated into the soil around ornamentals or bedding plants.   ... Merit 0.5 G is a systemic granular product that contains more imidacloprid than standard store brand granules.  Merit systemic granules give long term control of lawn pests such as white grubs, but the timing of...
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