Pitcher GR (MAPP 19729) [10kg]

The active ingredient in Pitcher is garlic extract. Contained within the active ingredient are a unique range of Diallyl polysulfides (DAS). It is these compounds that provide the lethal biochemistry.

• When a Vine Weevil egg or early stage instar encounters Diallyl polysulfide (DAS) molecules they penetrate through the skin
• Rate of passage through the cuticle is dependent on sulphur chain length
• Once the DAS dissolve through the cuticle of the organism the lethal biochemistry starts
• This leads to a cascade chain reaction within the organism which it can't regulate causing it to die due to overwhelming oxidative stress
• Rate of passage through the cuticle is dependent on sulphur chain length
• The action of DAS is initiated following a reaction with intracellular low molecular weight thiols (LMT's) and protein thiols in the organism
• The oxidative stress affects many cellular processes so it is very unlikely that resistance could ever evolve to the chemistry