Azamax | Insecticide

AzaMax Insecticide

Natural Insecticide Derived from Azadirachtin, Suitable for Non-Food Crops (Not Certified for Organic Food Gardens)

AzaMax contains botanical oils and a concentrated botanical extracts from the neem tree (Azadirachta indica A.Juss). Azadirachtin is one of the most widely researched botanical extracts in the world. AzaMax controls insects by disrupting the hormonal systems that regulate feeding, growth, development and reproduction. AzaMax affected insects stop feeding, stop moulting (stop growing) and lose interest in mating and egg-laying.

Because insects need to feed on AzaMax treated plant surfaces to be affected, its impact on beneficial insects is minor.

Natures Insecticide

AzaMax is a natural insecticide produced using a patented process of extracting Azadirachtin from Neem seed kernel. Azadirachtin is one of nature’s most potent and broad-spectrum insecticides.

Why is AzaMax superior?

• AzaMax does not contain neem oil and unlike many neem-based products, is not formulated using harmful solvents, surfactants, or preservatives. No APVMA registration has been applied for, or granted to any neem oil product due to the potentially harmful impurities in neem oil and because the processing method used to obtain neem oil ultimately destroys most of its insecticidal properties.
• AzaMax is processed in a way that concentrates and preserves the active properties of neem. The actives are then formulated into a 12,000 ppm emulsifiable concentrate of Azadirachtin, guaranteed to have a shelf-life of up to two years and remain effective in crops after spraying for up to 14 days. No other neem product is as stable or as effective as AzaMax.
• AzaMax contains up to 100 natural chemicals all aimed at having negative impacts on insect pests. This makes AzaMax a very versatile insecticide that effectively eliminates the potential for insects to develop any chemical resistance.
• AzaMax intensifies the effectiveness of other insecticides by weakening the insect’s chemical defence, this, in turn, reduces the onset of resistance of the pest to the chemical being applied. This feature makes AzaMax an excellent tank mix with other insecticides.
• AzaMax is very safe to users, the environment and non-target insects including bees, spiders and most other beneficial predators and parasitoids.
• AzaMax is registered as an organic input in Australia with the Biological Farmers of Australia (BFA). This allows growers to brand their produce as Australian Certified Organic (ACO) once they have satisfied all the other criteria of the ACO certification process.

Insect Growth Regulator

AzaMax has many modes of action against insect pests, but essentially it is an Insect Growth Regulator (IGR). IGRs control insect pests by causing severe mutative disruption to their growth and development. It makes the pests unfit and unable to progress through their life cycle and reproduce. This effect impacts on all life stages of the insects development across a wide spectrum of insect pests.

Anti-feedant Activity

AzaMax is a strong anti-feedant due to its ability to block the feeding arousal signal of insect pests almost immediately after ingestion. AzaMax also slows the motility of the gut of insects having the effect of increasing the potency of ingested insecticides like Bt products, NPVs and other biological insecticides.

What to expect from AzaMax

AzaMax is not a knockdown insecticide, it takes a little more time for insects to die. However, insects stop damaging plants immediately after coming into contact with AzaMax. Then, with sequential applications, the pest population dwindles due to starvation and growth regulation. Hence it is best to use AzaMax as part of a preventative program for complete insect population control.