Organophosphate insecticides: a list of top 14 drugs, their pros and cons

High activity against harmful insects and mites, as well as a broad spectrum of action, justify the use of organophosphate insecticides in agriculture. Substances have a rapid effect on pests, are not toxic when used in recommended doses, and quickly decompose in the soil. Consider the advantages, disadvantages and purpose of several FOS-insecticides, which include organophosphorus substances.

"Parachute"

Contains 450g parathion-methyl. Used on cereals, legumes, lupins, perennial grasses and locust infested areas. Advantages of organophosphate insecticide:

• contact-intestinal action;
• speed - 1-2 hours after spraying;
• compatible with other pesticides;
• not poisonous to plants at the recommended concentration;
• Protective action lasts 2 weeks;
• requires 1 or 2 treatments.

Disadvantages: Cannot be combined with copper containing preparations and products with an alkaline reaction, insects become addictive with constant use.

Sumition

Contains fenitrothion, 500 g per 1 liter. Apply on cereals, fruit, hemp and pastures. Requires 1-2 treatments. Product Benefits:

• high intestinal and contact activity;
• strong effect on pests;
• standard solution consumption - 200-400 liters per ha.

Cons: long waiting period for fruit trees - 30 days.

Aktellik

The active substance of the organophosphate insecticide is pyrimiphos methyl, 500 g per liter. The pesticide is used in warehouses, grain processing and food enterprises, in granaries, for processing food, feed and seed grain against stock pests. Pros:

• low solution consumption: for warehouses - 50 ml per sq. m, for granaries - 200 ml, for grain - 500 ml per ton;
• you can work in treated areas 3 days after spraying.

Disadvantages: not used in private households.

Kamikaze

Contains pirimifos-methyl in the amount of 500 g per 1 liter. The drug is used on wheat, tea, seed crops of perennial grasses, for processing empty warehouses, granaries and grain. Insecticide benefits:

• low concentration;
• has a contact effect, works as a fumigant, penetrates inside plant leaves;
• quick and long acting;
• destroys insects that are resistant to pyrethroids;
• combines well in tank solutions;
• may be used as an anti-resistant drug.

Cons of organophosphate insecticide: use only in agriculture.

Barguzin

Contains diazinon, 100 g per kg. It is used in household plots for processing potatoes and flowers. Pros:

• destroys soil pests, including wireworms, effective against ants;
• acts in 3-4 hours, protects 10-14 days;
• easy to dose.

Not applicable in agriculture.

Diazol

Contains diazinon, 600 g per liter. Apply on wheat, barley, beets, alfalfa, timothy. Pros:

• effective at t from + 8 °С;
• speed and long protective effect;
• affects larvae and adults of sucking and gnawing pests,

Cons: There is a 60-day waiting period for cereals.

Diazinon

The composition of the organophosphate insecticide contains diazinon, 600 g per liter. Used on cereals, beets, tobacco, clover, hops, hemp, cabbage, alfalfa and timothy. Pros:

• active in cold weather;
• destroys ground beetles on winter wheat.

Disadvantages of the insecticide: long waiting time, for beets - 20 days, for cabbage - 30 days.

Dursban

Contains chlorpyrifos, 480 g per 1 liter. It is used in agriculture on sugar beet and apple trees against a complex of pests. Benefits:

• destroys ticks and insects living secretly, in the larval stage and adults;
• suppresses generations of pests addicted to pyrethroids, neonicotinoids and other pesticides;
• start of action - a few minutes;
• does not wash off;
• temperature does not affect activity.

Not used in household plots.

Pirinex

Chlorpyrifos, 480 g per l. It is applied on a beet, an apple-tree, grapes, alfalfa, pastures. Benefits:

• fumigant activity;
• works at different temperatures;
• destroys hidden pests;
• no resistance;
• crop safe.

For agricultural use only.

Syren Fosban

As part of the organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos in a volume of 480 g per liter. Sprayed apple, beets and cereals. Pros:

• contact-intestinal action, fumigant;
• applied when a strong increase in the pest population;
• destroys pyrethroid-resistant insects;
• low application rate;
• no addictive pests.

Cons: toxicity class 2 for humans and 1 for bees.

Karbofos

Malathion in the amount of 500 g per liter. Use a powerful organophosphorus insecticide on over 30 types of agricultural crops. Benefits:

• insectoacaricide;
• compatibility with insecticides and fungicides, growth regulators;
• low solution consumption.

Disadvantages: toxic to bees.

Fufanon

Malathion in the amount of 570 g per 1 liter. Apply in gardens, on berry bushes, cereals, flax, alfalfa, clover, sea buckthorn. Pros:

• destroys insects and mites;
• fumigant;
• efficiency is not affected by temperatures;
• affects species resistant to pyrethroids;
• not addictive.

Not for personal use.

Zolone

Contains fozalon, 350 g per liter. Protects grapes, vegetables and fruits, cereals, hemp, clover, alfalfa. Product Benefits:

• non-toxic to pollinators;
• effective against codling moths and leafworms;
• protects 2-3 weeks;
• works at t 10-35 °С.

Disadvantages: the waiting period for fruit trees is 40 days.

"Bi-58 New"

Contains dimethoate, 400 g per 1 liter. Protects cereals, fruits and grapes, vegetables, flax and hemp, alfalfa, kenaf, berries, lupins. Benefits:

• insectoacaricidal action;
• system action;
• works over a wide range of temperatures;
• combines with pyrethroids;
• Protection time is long.

Insecticide cons: poisonous to bees.

Pesticides containing organophosphates have proven effective on almost all crops. They destroy insects and mites at all stages of development, and therefore are popular not only in agriculture, but also in household plots.

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