SUBSTANCE

DESCRIPTION;  COMPOSITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; CONDITIONS FOR USE

I.          Plant and Animal

Preparations on basis of pyrethrums extracted from Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium.

Need recognised by Ecocert-Afrisco.
Insecticide.
The synergist Piperonyl butoxide is prohibited.

Preparations of Rotenone from Derris spp, Lonchocarpus, Thephrosia spp.

Need recognised by Ecocert-Afrisco.
Insecticide.

Preparations from Quassia amara

Insecticide, repellent.

Azadirachtin extracted from Azadirachta indica (Neem tree)

Need recognised by Ecocert-Afrisco.
Insecticide.

Plant oils (e.g. mint oil, pine oil, caraway oil)

Insecticide, acaricide, fungicide and sprout inhibitor.

Gelatine

Insecticide.

Lecithin

Fungicide.

Extract (aqueous solution) from Nicotiana tabacum

Insecticide.
Only against aphids in subtropical fruit trees (e.g. oranges, lemons) and tropical crops (e.g. bananas); use only at the start of the vegetation period.
Need recognised by Ecocert-Afrisco.

Bees wax

Pruning agent.

II.         Mineral

Copper salts (copper hydroxide, copper oxychlo­ride, tribasic copper sulphate, cuprous oxide)

Need recognised by Ecocert-Afrisco.
Fungicide.
Shall not exceed 6kg copper/ha or 38kg copper/ha for perennial crops.

Lime sulphur (calcium polysulphide)

Need recognised by Ecocert-Afrisco.
Fungicide, insecticide, acaricide.

Sulphur

Fungicide, acaricide, repellent.

Potassium permanganate

Fungicide, bactericide.
Only in fruit trees, olive trees, vines.

Paraffin oil

Insecticide, acaricide.

Mineral oils

Insecticide, fungicide.
Only in fruit trees, vines, olive trees and tropi­cal crops (e.g. bananas).
Need recognised by Ecocert-Afrisco.

Ethylene

Degreening bananas.

Potassium alum (kalinite)

Prevention of ripening of bananas.

Quartz sand

Repellent.

III.        Micro organisms used for biological pest controls

Micro-organisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi) e.g. Bacillus thuringiensis, Granulosis virus, etc.

Need recognised by Ecocert-Afrisco.

IV.        Other

Potassium soap (soft soap)

Insecticide.

V.         Traps, Barriers, Repellants

Pheromone preparations

Insecticide attractant:  Sexual behaviour disruptor.
Only in traps and dispensers.

Physical methods (e.g. chromatic traps, mechanical traps)

Mulches, nets

Diammonium phosphate

Attractant.
Only in traps.

VI.        Spread between cultivated plants

Iron III orthophosphate

Molluscicide.