SIMODIS^®

SIMODIS® is registered for brassica and brassica leafy vegetables, bulb vegetables, and open-field cucurbits and fruiting vegetables. It is not registered for protected or nursery crops. Check the current label and APVMA crop-group definitions to confirm whether a specific crop is included.

SIMODIS® controls or suppresses registered caterpillars, mites and thrips, including diamondback moth, cabbage white butterfly, heliothis, cucumber moth, two-spotted mite, broad mite, bean red spider mite, tomato russet mite, onion thrips, plague thrips, western flower thrips, tomato thrips and melon thrips.

SIMODIS® acts through contact and ingestion. Its active ingredient affects GABA receptors in the pest’s nervous system, disrupting nerve-to-muscle communication and causing paralysis. Feeding can stop within one to two hours, while reductions in pest numbers are generally observed within two to three days.

Apply SIMODIS® when crop monitoring shows local economic spray thresholds have been reached. For caterpillars, target egg hatch or young larvae rather than established populations of large larvae. For mites, apply while populations are low. Thorough and even coverage of the target crop is essential.

Yes. For brassicas, brassica leafy vegetables, cucurbits and fruiting vegetables, add a non-ionic adjuvant at 10 mL/100 L. For bulb vegetables, add an organosilicone surfactant at 60 mL/100 L. Follow the current product label for crop-specific application directions.

A maximum of two SIMODIS® applications is permitted per crop. Sequential applications may be used for caterpillars and thrips with at least seven days between sprays. Do not make sequential applications against mites; rotate to a miticide from a different chemical group before using SIMODIS® again.

SIMODIS® is rainfast within two hours and has strong ultraviolet stability. Residual activity may extend for up to three weeks when crop growth has slowed. During rapid vegetative growth, new foliage may remain unprotected, so continue monitoring the crop and respond according to economic thresholds.