Bioworks BioNex Insecticide & Miticide, 1 Gallon

BioNex - Botanical Insecticide / Miticide

BioNex is a broad-spectrum, natural pyrethrum-based contact insecticide that delivers rapid knockdown of pests and is well-suited for organic and conventional programs. Featuring multiple modes of action, pyrethrins disrupt insect sodium channels for fast control, while canola oil acts as a smothering agent and spreader. It has minimal environmental persistence when applied according to label directions and breaks down quickly.

Why use BioNex?

• Suitable for a wide range of plant and crop use
• Controls adults, larvae, and eggs to help stop future outbreaks before they start
• Complex mode of action quickly eliminates pests feeding on your plants
• Can be applied to edible crops right up to the day of harvest for flexible pest management

Note: This product is toxic to bees and aquatic organisms. Please refer to the Environmental Considerations section below for more information.

Active Ingredients

• Canola oil
• Pyrethrins

Environment

BioNex can be used in greenhouse, shadehouse, nursery, hoophouse, and container-grown nursery crops.

Pests and Diseases Controlled

• Adelgids
• Ants (including foraging ants, sweet-feeding ants, pavement ants, moisture ants, little black ants, Argentine ants, crazy ants, acrobat ants, bigheaded ants, cornfield ants, ghost ants, odorous house ants, thief ants, Texas leafcutting ants, field ants, and other common ants; except fire ants, harvester ants, carpenter ants, and pharaoh ants)
• Aphids (including cotton aphids, green peach aphids, melon aphids, and woolly aphids)
• Armyworms (including beet armyworms, western yellow striped armyworms, fall armyworms, and southern armyworms)
• Bagworms
• Beetles (including Colorado potato beetles, flea beetles, Japanese beetles, asparagus beetles, blister beetles, 12-spotted cucumber beetles, cucumber beetles, darkling beetles (lesser mealworm), saw-toothed grain beetles, elm leaf beetles, bean beetles, and Mexican bean beetles)
• Borers (including European corn borers, branch and twig borers, shot hole borers, Pacific flathead borers, and dogwood borers)
• Box elder bugs
• Cabbageworms (including cross-striped cabbageworms and imported cabbageworms)
• Cankerworms
• Caterpillars (including gypsy moth caterpillars, tent caterpillars, eastern tent caterpillars, forest tent caterpillars, and tomato fruitworm caterpillars)
• Corn earworms
• Crane flies
• Crickets
• Diamondback moth larvae
• Earwigs
• Fireworms
• Fungus gnats
• Fruit flies (including cherry fruit flies)
• Glassy-winged sharpshooters
• Grape leaf skeletonizers
• Grasshoppers
• Green fruitworms
• Harlequin bugs
• Hornworms (including tomato hornworms)
• Katydids
• Lace bugs
• Leafhoppers (including grape leafhoppers and potato leafhoppers)
• Leafminers
• Leafrollers (including fruittree leafrollers)
• Leaftiers
• Loopers (including cabbage loopers)
• Lygus
• Maggots (including apple maggots, cabbage maggots, and onion maggots)
• Mealybugs (including citrus mealybugs, grape mealybugs, and vine mealybugs)
• Non-biting midges
• Millipedes
• Mites (including clover mites, European red mites, and spider mites)
• Moths (including artichoke plume moths, codling moths, diamondback moths, European pine tip moths, Indian meal moths, and Mediterranean flour moths)
• Oriental fruit moths
• Mushroom flies
• Navel orangeworms
• Plant bugs (including leaf-footed plant bugs, tarnished plant bugs, and mullein plant bugs)
• Psyllids (including pear psyllids)
• Sawfly larvae (pear and rose slugs)
• Scale insects (including soft scale and armored scale)
• Silverfish
• Skippers
• Sowbugs
• Spittlebugs
• Squash bugs
• Stink bugs
• Thrips (including greenhouse thrips)
• Vinegar flies
• Webworms
• Weevils (including boll weevils, carrot weevils, clover weevils, rice weevils, and pepper weevils)
• Whiteflies
• Phylloxera
• Powdery mildew

Mixing

For a 2% solution, mix 2 parts concentrate with 98 parts water. For a 1% solution, mix 1 part concentrate with 99 parts water. For soft-bodied pests such as aphids and mites, use a 1% solution. Agitate well before each use and agitate diluted spray frequently during use.

• Add sufficient water to the mixing tank to allow proper agitation by pump or paddles.
• Continue stirring while adding first the BioNex Insecticide and Miticide, then the remaining water.
• Continue to stir throughout use.
• If using equipment without a pump or paddle, shake often during use.
• Flush fluid in sprayer hose lines back into the tank if the solution has remained unstirred for more than 20 minutes.

For more complete instructions, please refer to the manufacturer's label under the DOCS tab.

Use Restrictions

• Do not wet plants to the point of runoff or drip.
• Do not harvest until sprays have dried.
• Do not apply within 21 days of a sulfur application.
• Do not use when temperatures are above 90°F.
• Do not apply more than 10 times per season.
• Do not make applications during rain.
• Do not reapply within 3 days except under extreme pest pressure.
• Do not apply this product in a way that will contact workers or other persons, either directly or through drift. Only protected handlers may be in the area during the application.
• Do not water the treated area to the point of runoff.
• Do not apply this product through any type of irrigation system.
• Do not apply directly to the water in hydroponic growing systems. Discarded water from hydroponic growing systems may be used in greenhouses and for irrigating site vegetation. Water from these systems is prohibited from being discarded directly into a water source.

Phytotoxicity

Oil removes the glaucous (blue) bloom from evergreens such as Colorado blue spruce and Koster spruce. Use a 1% solution on oil-sensitive plants such as Chamaecyparis, Cryptomeria, Japanese holly, red cedar, and smoke tree. Use care on blooms and buds. If concerned about the sensitivity of plants, test spray a portion of the plant and wait several days to determine if burn occurs before spraying larger areas.

Environmental Considerations

This product is toxic to aquatic organisms, including fish and invertebrates. To protect the environment, do not allow pesticide to enter or run off into storm drains, drainage ditches, gutters, or surface waters. Applying this product in calm weather when rain is not predicted for the next 24 hours will help ensure that wind or rain does not blow or wash pesticide off the treatment area. Rinsing application equipment over the treated area will help avoid runoff to water bodies or drainage systems.

This product is highly toxic to bees exposed to direct treatment on blooming crops or weeds. Do not apply this product or allow it to drift to blooming crops or weeds while bees are actively visiting the treatment area.

Warnings & Toxicities

This product is toxic to aquatic organisms, including fish and invertebrates. Drift and runoff may be hazardous to aquatic organisms in water adjacent to treated areas. This product may contaminate water through runoff and has a potential for runoff for several weeks after application. Poorly draining soils and soils with shallow water tables are more prone to produce runoff that contains this product.

This product is highly toxic to bees exposed to direct treatment on blooming crops or weeds. Do not apply this product or allow it to drift to blooming crops or weeds while bees are actively foraging the treatment area. Do not apply directly to water, to areas where surface water is present, or to intertidal areas below the mean high-water mark. Do not contaminate water when cleaning equipment or disposing of equipment washwaters.

Storage

Store in a cool, dry place. Do not contaminate water, food, or feed by storage and disposal.

Shelf Life

2 years

Guaranteed Analysis

Active Ingredients:

Canola oil.............................................................................89.0%

Pyrethrins..............................................................................0.5%

OTHER INGREDIENTS:..................................................10.5%

TOTAL:................................................................................. 100.0%

This product contains 6.875 lbs. of canola oil and 0.038 lbs. of pyrethrins per gallon.

Always read and follow label directions.