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Active ingredient: Acephate
Other name: 'Orthene' (Arvesta, Valent); 'Ortran' (Valent); 'Acevol' (Ralchem); 'Aimthene' (Aimco); 'Asataf' (Rallis); 'Cekucefate' (Cequisa)
Formulation: Acephate 2% RJ
IUPAC name: O,S-dimethyl acetylphosphoramidothioate
CAS No.: 30560-19-1
Molecular weight: 183.2
Molecular formula: C4H10NO3PS
Structural formula: 
Mode of action: Systemic insecticide.
Uses: Control of a wide range of chewing and sucking insects, e.g. aphids, thrips, lepidopterous larvae, sawflies, leaf miners, leafhoppers, cutworms, etc., at 0.5-1.0 kg/ha, in fruit (including citrus), vines, hops, olives, cotton, soya beans, peanuts, macadamia nuts, beet, brassicas, celery, beans, potatoes, rice, tobacco, ornamentals, forestry, and other crops. Of moderate persistence, with residual activity lasting c. 10-21 d.
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