Insecticides launches new age insecticide – Mission

This Made in India broad spectrum insecticide can be used for effective control of lepidopteran pests in most of the crops

PUNE: Insecticides (India) Limited (IIL), one of the nation’s leading crop protection and nutrition companies, has unveiled a new-age insecticide called Mission, effective for control of different lepidopteran pests in crops like soybean, sugarcane, paddy, vegetables, etc.

This will be available in liquid and granular formulations, having a unique mode of action that controls pest resistance to other insecticides. The mission is safe for the beneficial insects to the crops. These benefits make Mission an excellent solution and provide better productivity to the farmers. 

Mission’s technical and formulation is being manufactured in India by IIL, it was being imported earlier to India. This “Green” category insecticide is under the IIL’s “Make in India” initiative to benefit even the small and marginal Indian farmers pan India. The mission has contact & systemic action and due to this, insects are effectively controlled after ingestion.

Commenting on the launch, Rajesh Aggarwal, Managing Director, IIL, said, “We are pleased to launch Mission today under our Make In India Initiative after Torry, Green Label, Dominant & Stunner. The mission is the latest technology insecticide which can be used on a variety of crops and provide good control to farmers against lepidopteran pests, ensuring good crop health and high yield. We are confident that Mission will help our Indian farmers to improve their income through effective protection for a superior harvest.“

“Mission is the new addition to the IIL range of products and we are all excited to take this to even small and marginal farmers so that they get the maximum benefit from the same. We look forward to a good response to Mission from the Maharashtra market. We thank our R&D team, who have worked tirelessly to provide us with this product.” Added Mr. Sanjay Vats, Vice President, IIL.“The mission is based on technology, which is completely safe for the applicators as well as the environment. We are confident that Mission will become a leading brand in Maharashtra. Our brands like Hachiman, Hercules, Torry, and Shinwa are already very popular among the farming community.” mentioned N. B. Deshmukh, DGM (Marketing).