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News & Articles By Janine Acero
12/05/2017
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By Janine Acero
Cyproconazole — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Cyproconazole is a triazole fungicide that is used against a wide variety of fungal pathogens including rust and powdery mildew on cereal crops, fruit trees and grapes, and scab on apples. Cyproconazole is both a preventive and treatment fungicide. Cyproconazole can be mixed with other chemicals to develop various formulations including imazalil, difenoconazole, prochloraz, propiconazole, chlorothalonil, cyprodinil, […]
12/02/2017
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By Janine Acero
Bentazone – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Bentazone is a selective herbicide categorized under the thiadiazine group of chemicals. It appears as a colorless to white crystalline, odorless powder. Bentazone formulations are used as post-emergence herbicides for the control of broad-leaved weeds and sedges, as well as food and feed crops including alfalfa, beans, corn, peanuts, peas, peppers, peppermint, rice, sorghum, soybeans […]
12/02/2017
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By Janine Acero
Hexythiazox — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Hexythiazox is a non-systemic insecticide and acaricide which has ovicidal, larvicidal and nymphicidal activity, which means it acts against the egg, larval, and nymph stages of insect pests. It can be applied at any stage of plant growth from budding to fruiting. This chemical was first registered in Japan in 1985, and the Joint Meeting on […]
12/02/2017
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By Janine Acero
Fenpropathrin – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Fenpropathrin is an insecticide used to control a range of insect pests, such as mites, whiteflies, leaf miners, armyworms, loopers, aphids, Tortrix moths, cutworms and stem borers. It appears as a yellow to brown liquid or solid substance with a faint characteristic odor. Fenpropathrin is applied to fruit and vegetable crops in the form of emulsifiable […]
12/02/2017
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By Janine Acero
Flubendiamide — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Flubendiamide is an insecticide that operates by a highly specific biochemical mode of action. It acts against lepidopterous insect pests such as armyworms, bollworms, corn borers, cutworms, diamondback moths, fruitworms and loopers. It is applied as foliar treatment by aerial, ground or chemigation application. Formulations come in water dispersible granule, soluble concentrate and manufacturing concentrate. Flubendiamide is […]
12/02/2017
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By Janine Acero
Flumethrin — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Flumethrin is a fat-soluble pyrethroid insecticide and acaricide used in the control of ectoparasites on farmed livestock like cattle, sheep, goats and horses, and domestic animals such as dogs. In addition, it is marketed for the diagnosis and control of varroatosis in bee hives. Flumethrin formulations come as a spray or dip and as a one-percent solution […]
12/02/2017
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By Janine Acero
Fludioxonil — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Fludioxonil is an odorless, colorless to yellowish synthetic compound of the phenylpyrrole group of substances. It is a non-systemic, broad-spectrum fungicide with a long residual activity that interferes with glucose transport across fungal membranes. It is effective against a range of fungal pathogens like seedling blight, stem-base browning, snow mold, and common bunt. In post-harvest, fludioxonil can be […]
11/30/2017
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By Janine Acero
Azoxystrobin – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Azoxystrobin is a broad-spectrum fungicide with preventive and curative properties. It belongs to the class of methoxyacrylates, which are synthetic analogues from the naturally-occurring strobilurin fungi. It inhibits mitochondrial respiration in fungi. Some diseases controlled or prevented by azoxystrobin are rice blast, rusts, downy mildew, powdery mildew, late blight, apple scab, and Septoria. The pure […]
11/30/2017
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By Janine Acero
Benalaxyl – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Benalaxyl is the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) approved name for methyl N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(phenylacetyl)-DL-alaninate, which is a broad-spectrum, phenylamide fungicide with protective, curative and eradication action. It inhibits mycelial growth of fungi and germination of zoospores. It has a low aqueous solubility and is quite volatile. Some synonyms of benalaxyl include: Benalaxyl, (D)-isomer Benalaxyl, (L)-isomer Galben Caswell […]
11/30/2017
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By Janine Acero
Teflubenzuron — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts
Teflubenzuron is an insecticide which inhibits the biochemical synthesis of chitin. It controls all immature stages (larval stage) of a wide range of insect pests: Lepidopterous (butterflies and moths) Coleopterous (beetles) Whiteflies Caterpillars Leafminers Thrips Pear psylla Mites Teflubenzuron is applied to a variety of crops and plants, including apples, pears; greenhouse crops including tomatoes, […]
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