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Active ingredient: Chlorpyrifos
Other name: 'Dursban' (Dow AgroSciences); 'Lorsban' (Dow AgroSciences); 'Agromil' (Westrade)
Formulation: Chlorpyrifos 48% EC
IUPAC name: O,O-diethyl O-3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridyl phosphorothioate
CAS No.: [2921-88-2]
Molecular weight: 350.6
Molecular formula: C9H11Cl3NO3PS
Structural formula: 
Mode of action: Non-systemic insecticide with contact, stomach, and respiratory action.
Uses: Control of Coleoptera, Diptera, Homoptera and Lepidoptera in soil or on foliage in over 100 crops, including pome fruit, stone fruit, citrus fruit, nut crops, strawberries, figs, bananas, vines, vegetables, potatoes, beet, tobacco, soya beans, sunflowers, sweet potatoes, peanuts, rice, cotton, alfalfa, cereals, maize, sorghum, asparagus, glasshouse and outdoor ornamentals, turf, and in forestry. Also used for control of household pests (Blattellidae, Muscidae, Isoptera), mosquitoes (larvae and adults) and in animal houses.
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