Pesticide Application in

a Rice Farm in
Sablayan, Occ. Mindoro
CHEM 185 CASE STUDY
Mangao, Arnoldus
Ramos, Ana Rose

FARM PROFILE
LOCATION: San Vicente, Sablayan, Occ. Mindoro
CROP PLANTED: Rice
CHARACTERISTICS:
Three cropping per year
Conventional Farming
Irrigated

FARM PROFILE

Problems and its extent

Presence of plant-eating mollusk
Presence of grasses that compete with the crop
No significant effect to yield since these problems are
addressed

Pesticide Being Used

MOLLUSCICIDE
Visocol WP 50
HERBICIDE
Nominee
Topshoot

Molluscide: Visocol wp 50
CHEMISTRY
Main ingredient: Niclosamide
MOA: inhibits glucose uptake and oxidative phosphorylation

Molluscide: Visocol wp 50
Environmental Fate
Degrades rapidly in natural water and sediment systems
Depends on microbial activity
Soil mobility: slow to medium (0-25 cm, depends on
soil type and pH)
Degrades rapidly with UV (photolysis)
Does not affect

Cost, effectivity and application

COST
Php 800 per hectare
APPLICATION
Before direct seeding or transplanting
Applied early in the morning or late in the afternoon
EFFECTIVITY
Kills almost all of the snails

Herbicide 1: Nominee
CHEMISTRY
Main ingredient: BispyribacSodium
MOA: inhibits acetolactate
synthase (ALS)
a selective post-emergence
herbicide to be applied in rice in
order to control annual grasses
and broad-leaved weeds
(including Echinochloa spp.,
Cyperaceae etc.)

Herbicide 1: Nominee
Environmental Fate
Bispyribac sodium underwent a moderate
degradation when exposed to sunlight
has a log Kow of -1.03 and thus it is unlikely
to bioaccumulate in the aquatic organisms
dissipated readily under aerobic soil
conditions with a half-life of 18.6-19.1 days in
one soil.
is classified as being of low to high mobility
depending on soil type

Cost, effectivity and application

COST
Php 1500/ha

APPLICATION
a selective post-emergence herbicide; best results, apply NOMINEE only
when both, crop and weeds are actively growing; drain field to expose
weeds.

EFFECTIVITY
displays excellent activity against emerged weeds, but has almost no preemergent activity and will therefore not control weeds that germinate after
application.

SELECTIVITY
Nominee does not have phytotoxic effects on rice provided dose rate and
application conditions are respected.

Herbicide 2: TopShot
CHEMISTRY
Main ingredient: Metsulfuron Methyl
MOA: inhibits cell division in the shoots and roots of the
plant
A sulfonylurea compound used as a selective pre- and
postemergence herbicide for broadleaf weeds and some
annual grasses

Herbicide: TopShot
Environmental Fate

The breakdown in soils is largely dependant on soil

temperature, moisture content, and pH.
degrade faster under acidic conditions, and in soils
with higher moisture content and higher
temperature

It is rapidly taken up by plants at the roots and

on foliage. The chemical is translocated
throughout the plant, but is not persistent.

Cost, effectivity and application

COST
APPLICATION
Apply at the time where weeds are actively growing
EFFECTIVITY
works through the leaves and roots of the weeds, works
rapidly after it is taken up by the plant