Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects. They include ovicides and larvicides used against insect eggs and larvae, respectively. The major use...
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This is a list of insecticides. These are chemical compounds which have been registered as insecticides. The names on the list are the ISO common name...
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Raid is the brand name of a line of insecticide products produced by S. C. Johnson & Son, first launched in 1956. The initial active ingredient was allethrin...
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Insecticide is a chemical used to control insects Look up insecticide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Insecticide may refer to: Insecticide (video...
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Phenylpyrazole insecticides are a class of chemically-related broad-spectrum insecticides. The chemical structures of these insecticides are characterized...
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Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government...
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Imidacloprid (redirect from Gaucho (insecticide))
Imidacloprid is a systemic insecticide belonging to a class of chemicals called the neonicotinoids which act on the central nervous system of insects...
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are chemical derivatives of N-benzoyl-N′-phenylurea, which are used as insecticides. They do not directly kill the insect, but disrupt moulting and egg hatch...
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Pesticide (redirect from Insecticide development)
substances that are used to control pests. They include herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, fungicides, and many others (see table). The most common...
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Mosquito net (redirect from Insecticide treated net)
effectiveness of a mosquito net greatly by treating it with an appropriate insecticide or insect repellent. Research has shown mosquito nets to be an extremely...
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Carbamate (redirect from Carbamate insecticide)
the isocyanates: RN=C=O + R′OH → RNHC(O)OR′ The so-called carbamate insecticides feature the carbamate ester functional group. Included in this group...
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Diamide insecticides are a class of insecticides, active mainly against lepidoptera (caterpillars), which act on the insect ryanodine receptor. They are...
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Insecticidal is a 2005 Canadian comedy horror film directed by Jeffery Scott Lando. In the film, a college student performs experiments on insects until...
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Pesticide resistance (redirect from Insecticide resistance)
pesticide use in the 20th century. The Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) definition of insecticide resistance is 'a heritable change in the...
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Insecticidal soap is used to control many plant insect pests. Soap has been used for more than 200 years as an insect control. Because insecticidal soap...
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Fipronil (redirect from Regent (insecticide))
Fipronil is a broad-spectrum insecticide that belongs to the phenylpyrazole chemical family. Fipronil disrupts the insect central nervous system by blocking...
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Ant chalk (redirect from Insecticide chalk)
Ant chalk, also known as Chinese chalk or Miraculous Insecticide Chalk, is an insecticide in the form of normal looking chalk. It contains the pesticides...
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Malaria (section Insecticide-treated nets)
insect repellents or with mosquito-control measures such as spraying insecticides and draining standing water. Several medications are available to prevent...
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Biopesticide (redirect from Biological insecticides)
crop. RNA interference is under study for use in spray-on insecticides (RNAi insecticides) by companies including Syngenta and Bayer. Such sprays do...
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Persian powder (redirect from Pyrethrum (insecticide))
to a type of dry snow in the Zagros Mountains. Persian powder is an insecticide powder with natural pyrethrin as the active agent. It is also known as...
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Cyhalothrin (redirect from Hot Shot (insecticide))
pyrethroid, a class of synthetic insecticides that mimic the structure and properties of the naturally occurring insecticide pyrethrin which is present in...
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Neonicotinoid (redirect from Chloronicotinyl insecticide)
(sometimes shortened to neonics /ˈniːoʊnɪks/) are a class of neuro-active insecticides chemically similar to nicotine, developed by scientists at Shell and...
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Pyrethrin (category Plant toxin insecticides)
normally derived from Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium that have potent insecticidal activity by targeting the nervous systems of insects. Pyrethrin naturally...
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DDT (section Mechanism of insecticide action)
crystalline chemical compound, an organochloride. Originally developed as an insecticide, it became infamous for its environmental impacts. DDT was first synthesized...
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Organophosphate (redirect from Organophosphate insecticide)
including key biomolecules such as DNA, RNA and ATP, as well as many insecticides, herbicides, nerve agents and flame retardants. OPEs have been widely...
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Pyrethroid (redirect from Pyrethroid insecticide)
and C. coccineum). Pyrethroids are used as commercial and household insecticides. In household concentrations pyrethroids are generally harmless to humans...
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The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is a United States federal law that set up the basic U.S. system of pesticide regulation...
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Permethrin (section Insecticide)
and an insecticide. As a medication, it is used to treat scabies and lice. It is applied to the skin as a cream or lotion. As an insecticide, it can...
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Pesticide application (redirect from Insecticide application)
practical way in which pesticides (including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, or nematode control agents) are delivered to their biological targets...
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Incesticide (redirect from Insecticide (album))
Incesticide is a compilation album by the American rock band Nirvana. It consists of their 1990 non-album single "Sliver", B-sides, demos, outtakes, cover...
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