Pesticides
Pesticides[edit | edit source]
Chemicals used to destroy pests of any sort. The concept includes fungicides
List of pesticides and repellants
- aluminium phosphide
- amitraz
- azamethiphos
- bendiocarb
- benomyl
- benzyl benzoate
- bioallethrin
- brodifacoum
- bromadiolone
- bromophos
- butopyronoxyl
- carbamate insecticides
- carbaryl
- carbosulfan
- chloralose
- chlordane
- chlorinated insecticides
- chlorophacinone
- chloropicrin - a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas
- chlorpyrifos - a common organophosphate insecticide
- cicloheximide
- clofenotane
- clofenvinfos
- copper naphthenate
- copper oleate
- coumafos
- coumatetralyl
- cyfluthrin
- cyhalothrin
- cymiazole
- cypermethrin
- alpha cypermethrin
- cyromazine
- cythioate
- daminozide - a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time
- deltamethrin
- dibromochloropropane
- dibutyl phthalate
- dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- dichlorvos
- dieldrin
- diethyltoluamide
- difenacoum
- diflubenzuron
- dimethoate
- dimethyl phthalate
- dimpylate
- dinitrophenol
- dioctyl adipate
- dioxation
- diphenadione
- diquat dibromide
- emamectin
- endod
- endosulfan
- endrin
- esdepallethrine
- ethion
- ethohexadiol
- ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate
- ethylene dibromide
- ethylene dichloride
- etofenprox
- famphur
- fenitrothion
- fenthion
- fenvalerate
- fipronil
- flocoumafen
- fluazuron
- flumethrin
- fluoroacetamide
- fluvalinate
- glyphosate
- heptachlor
- heptenophos
- hexachlorobenzene
- hydrocyanic acid - a solution of hydrogen cyanide in water; weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds
- imidacloprid
- iodofenphos
- iodopropynyl butyl carbamate
- lindane - a white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticide
- lufenuron
- malathion - a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites
- metaldehyde
- methomyl
- methoprene
- methoxychlor
- methyl bromide - a poisonous gas or liquid (ch3br) used to fumigate rodents, worms, etc.
- naled
- naphthalene - a white crystalline strong smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs
- norbormide
- organophosphorus insecticides
- paraquat - a poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide
- paraquat dichloride
- parathion - a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide
- pentachlorophenol
- permethrin
- phenothrin
- phosmet
- phoxim
- piperonal
- piperonyl butoxide
- pirimiphos methyl
- propetamphos
- propoxur
- pyraclofos
- pyrethrum flower
- pyriproxyfen
- red squill
- resmethrin
- rotenone - a white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals; is used in home gardens; extracted from the roots of derris and cube
- sodium fluoroacetate
- sulfiram
- temefos
- tetrachlorvinphos
- tetramethrin
- trichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- triflumuron
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