// BIOSTAT · Emulsion concentrate (EC) · 220 ± 10 g/l

220 g/l of coriander essential oil. Insecticide, acaricide, fungicide.

Main component65–70%(+)-linalool
Registered crops9in the dossier
Efficacy, highest row93–99%mites
Efficacy, lowest row56–59%sunn pest

A bio-rational pesticide on coriander essential oil, diluted in water for spraying. Effect from 1 hour, protection for 15 days, harvest after 3.

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Fig. 1 Composition

(+)-Linalool, 65–70% of the oil.

The active substance is coriander essential oil — a mixture of terpenes by its ISO name, chemical class alkadienes. The registration dossier lists fourteen components by mass fraction; the main one, (+)-linalool (3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-ol), is 65–70% of the oil. The solvent of the concentrate is ethyl alcohol; the emulsifier is OP-10.

OH
(+)-Linalool · C10H18O
3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-ol
Ball and stick
● C  ○ H   O
Fig. 1

(+)-Linalool, the main component of coriander essential oil; the hydroxyl oxygen marked.

ComponentShareMass %
(+)-linalool~65–70
(+)-α-pinene8–12
(+)-β-pinene0.5–1
myrcene0.5–1
camphene0.5–2
(±)-limonene (dipentene)0.5–3
α-terpinene0.5–1
γ-terpinene1.5–3
terpinolene0.5–1
p-cymene0.5–1.5
camphor3–6
(−)-borneol1–3
geraniol3–9
methylheptenone0.1–3

The bracket spans each range on a 0–100% scale.

Fig. 2 Scope: crops and targets

Nine crops,
from winter wheat
to grape.

The registration dossier's scope, crop by crop, with the Latin names as the dossier writes them. Grape's downy mildew and leaf-form phylloxera appear in the dossier's rate table rather than its scope list; they are shown here and marked.

A long central path through a cucumber greenhouse, vines climbing on both sides to the roof, heating pipes looping at knee height and stacked crates along the right.
Fig. 2 — photograph, Hans Birger Nilsen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A cucumber greenhouse, the central path between the rows.
CropSituationPestsDiseases
Winter wheatsunn pest Eurygaster integriceps; greenbug Schizaphis graminumbrown rust (Puccinia); septoria (Septoria nodorum, S. tritici); root rots (Helminthosporium sativum, Fusarium culmorum, Ophiobolus graminis and others)
Tomatoprotected groundtwo-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae; aphids (Aphis frangulae, Myzodes persicae, Aphis gossypii); thrips (Thrips tabaci, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis)
Tomatoopen groundcotton bollworm Heliothis armigera; aphids
Cucumberprotected groundtwo-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae; aphids (Aphis frangulae, Myzodes persicae, Aphis gossypii); thrips (Thrips tabaci, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis)
Cucumberopen groundaphids
Watermelonaphids
Melonaphids
Tobaccocotton bollworm; tobacco (peach) aphid Myzodes persicae; tobacco thrips
AppleSan José scale Diaspidiotus perniciosus; Aphis pomi; mites (Panonychus ulmi, Bryobia redikorzevi); fall webworm Hyphantria cuneascab Venturia inaequalis
Peachaphid Myzodes persicaeleaf curl Taphrina deformans
GrapeTetranychus urticae; phylloxera, leaf form (rate table)powdery mildew (oidium) Uncinula necator; downy mildew (rate table)

Nine crops, as the dossier's scope list names them; tomato and cucumber are listed twice, for protected and for open ground; where the dossier states no situation the cell carries a dash.

Fig. 3 Biological efficacy

93–99% on mites.
56–59% on sunn pest.
Both rows stay.

Thirteen rows, as the dossier lists them and in its order. The strongest is mites in protected vegetables; the weakest is sunn pest in winter wheat. Neither is moved.

Crop / situationTargetRangeEfficacy
Vegetables, protected groundaphids72–98%
Vegetables, protected groundthrips70–80%
Vegetables, protected groundmites93–99%
Vegetables, open groundaphids88–92%
Tomato, open groundcotton bollworm70–88%
Melons and gourdsaphids88–98%
Peachaphids88–95%
Peachleaf curl70–98%
Tobaccoaphids83–85%
Tobaccocotton bollworm83–86%
Tobaccothrips87–92%
Wheatroot rots, brown rust, septoria70–80%
Wheatsunn pest56–59%Kept on the page

Biological efficacy by crop and target, in the order and wording of the registration dossier; also reported in the product description and the company deck.

The oak trial, eight variants and one control

Fig. 4 Rates and schedule

0.3–0.6 l/ha in the field.
0.75–1.5 in orchards and vineyards.

Product per hectare, by vegetation treatment: field crops 0.3–0.6 l/ha; orchards and vineyards 0.75–1.5 l/ha; greenhouses 0.3–0.75 l/ha. Household plots: 8–10 ml per 100 m² in open ground, 8–10 ml per 100 m² in protected ground, 10–15 ml per 100 m² on shrubs and in orchards.

Rate by crop

CropTargetsl/ha
Tomatomites, aphids, cotton bollworm0.3–0.6
Cucumberaphids, mites, thrips0.3–0.6
Melons and gourdsaphids, mites0.3–0.6
Peachleaf curl0.75–1.5
Applescab, San José scale, mites0.75–1.5
Grapeoidium, downy mildew, phylloxera (leaf form)0.75–1.5
Tobaccocotton bollworm, aphids, thrips0.75–1.2
Cabbageaphids0.45–0.75
Winter wheatbrown rust, septoria, root rots0.75–1.5

Table 1 of the dossier. It carries a cabbage row that the dossier's scope list does not name; it is reproduced as printed.

CropMayJunJulAugSepTreatments · interval
CerealsMay–August2–3 · every 10–15 days
VegetablesMay–August3–4 · every 20 days
TobaccoMay–August3–4 · every 20 days
Apple, peachMay–August3–4 · every 20 days
GrapeMay–September3–5 · every 20 days

Table 2 of the dossier. Tobacco, apple, peach and grape take the 20-day interval from the vegetables row by ditto marks in the source.

Working solution

  • Field crops300–400 l/ha against diseases; 400 l/ha against pests.
  • Orchards and vineyards1,000–1,200 l/ha.
  • Greenhouses200–500 l/ha.
  • Household plots3–4 l per 100 m² for vegetables and flowers; 10 l per 100 m² for garden crops.
Rows of vines climbing a slope in low autumn sun, their leaves red in the front rows and yellow behind, wooden and metal stakes leaning along each row.
Fig. 4 — photograph, Ermell (Reinhold Möller), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Vine rows on a slope in low autumn sun.
Fig. 5 Application and compatibility

Tank-mix compatible.
Not with microbiological preparations.

Compatible in tank mixes with chemical insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and fertilisers; not compatible with microbiological preparations. Recommended in integrated plant protection.

Equipment

  • Hand-heldportable sprayers.
  • UAVultra-low-volume (ULV) sprayers on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); a DJI Agras T-16 in the oak trial.
  • Orchardfan sprayers, tested.
  • Fieldboom sprayers, tested.
  • Systemscompatible with standard spraying systems.

Mode of action

Systemic: works through the whole plant. The product description reports no resistance developing in pathogens.

Volatile organic compounds of biogenic origin with fumigant, repellent, antifeedant and attractant activity towards pest insects and mites, and kairomone activity for entomophages and acariphages. Field-proven against tetranychid (spider) mites, many aphid species, bugs, the oak, plane and pear lace bugs, and thrips.

A six-rotor DJI Agras T-16 spraying drone in flight, seen from below against a clear sky, over a field with low brick buildings behind.
Fig. 5 — photograph, company archive. The DJI Agras T-16 in flight.
Fig. 6 Physico-chemical and safety

Hazard class 3. Flash point 62 °C.

Low toxicity — hazard class 3 (moderately hazardous) under GOST 12.1.007, the Russian state standard; oral LD50 (median lethal dose) 4,370–4,490 mg/kg for the formulation. Where a study has not been done, the row says so. The toxicology was performed by the Moscow Institute of Medical Parasitology, Tropical and Transmissible Diseases.

Physico-chemical

  • AppearanceColourless or yellowish liquid with the smell of ripe coriander fruit.
  • Vapour pressure10ppm at 20 °C20ppm at 40 °C
  • Density0.864–0.878kg/l
  • SolubilityInsoluble in water; up to 5,000 mg/100 ml in alcohols; readily soluble in other organic solvents.The concentrate is emulsified in water for spraying.
  • Flash point62°C
  • Ignition temperature243°C
  • FireFire- and explosion-hazardous.
  • Boiling and freezing pointNo data.
  • Melting pointNot applicable — a liquid.
  • SolventEthyl alcohol; LD50 5,700 mg/kg, mice.
  • EmulsifierOP-10.
A glass separating funnel clamped to a laboratory stand, a clear liquid filling its lower half, its stopcock closed above a small empty bottle, on a grey background.
Fig. 6 — photograph, Stéphane Lesbats / Ifremer, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped). A separating funnel with a clear liquid on a laboratory stand.

Active substance — linalool, more than 65% of the oil

  • Oral LD50, acute3,500mg/kgmice (5 males, 5 females) — hazard class 3, GOST 12.1.007-88
  • Dermal LD50, acute> 9,000mg/kghighest dose tested
  • Skin irritationnone detected

Formulation — BIOSTAT, emulsion concentrate

  • Oral LD50, acute, 5% aqueous solution4,490mg/kg rats · 4,370mg/kg micehazard class 3, GOST 12.1.007-88
  • Dermal LD50, acute> 2,500mg/kghighest dose tested
  • Skin irritationnone on single application
  • Eye mucosa10%threshold concentration of the aqueous emulsion for local irritant action
  • Excretion with milknot requirednot used on fodder crops or livestock
  • Bees and entomophagesnot toxicStated in the company’s partner deck; the registration dossier reports no bee-toxicity study.

Studies per Methodological Guidelines No. 4263-87 (13.03.1987) and No. 4000-85 (04.11.1985); outbred white mice 18–20 g, white rats 180–200 g, rabbits 2.5–3.0 kg.

Handling

  • PPEpersonal protective equipment (PPE): protective goggles, GOST 12.4.013-85E; respirator, GOST 12.4.041; rubber gloves, GOST 20010. Safety rules for hazard-class-3 pesticides.
  • After workwash hands and face with soap. Skin: rinse with running water and soap. Eyes, mouth, nose: rinse with running water.
  • In soilthe product degrades; the dossier reports no harmful residues in soil, water, plant or produce, and no interference with existing crop rotations.

Toxicology in full