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Soybeans naturally have a high tolerance to fomesafen, [3] [4] via metabolic disposal by glutathione S-transferase. [3] [4] As a result, soy is the most common crop treated with fomesafen, followed by other beans and a few other crop types. [5] It is not safe for maize/corn [6] or other Poaceae. [4]
Pendimethalin is a K1-group (in Australia group D, or numerically group 3) according to the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) classification and is approved in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Oceania for different crops including cereals (wheat, barley, rye, triticale), corn, soybeans, rice, potato, legumes ...
Other common formulations include granules (GR) and dusts (DP), although for improved safety the latter have been replaced by microgranules (MG e.g. for rice farmers in Japan). Specialist formulations are available for ultra-low volume spraying, fogging, fumigation, etc. Very occasionally, some pesticides (e.g.
Fenobucarb is a carbamate insecticide, also widely known as BPMC. A pale yellow or pale red liquid, insoluble in water; used as an agricultural insecticide, especially for control of Hemipteran pests, on rice and cotton and moderately toxic for humans. [1] [2]
Cyhalothrin (ISO common name [3]) is an organic compound that, in specific isomeric forms, is used as a pesticide. [4] It is a pyrethroid, a class of synthetic insecticides that mimic the structure and properties of the naturally occurring insecticide pyrethrin which is present in the flowers of Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium.
Planting corn near Dwight, Ill., April 23, 2020. Virtually all corn seeds planted in the U.S. are coated with neonicotinoid insecticides. Scott Olson/Getty ImagesPlanting season for corn and ...
With a global turnover of €1.5 billion in 2008, they represented 24% of the global insecticide market. The market grew from €155 million in 1990 to €5.50 billion in 2023. [32] Neonicotinoids make up as much as 43% of insecticide weight applied to seeds, [33] and accounted for 80% of all seed treatment sales in 2008. [34]
Oebalus pugnax, the rice stink bug, is a flying insect in the shield bug family Pentatomidae native to North America [1] that has become a major agricultural pest in the Southern United States. [2] It has been a known pest since at least the time of Johan Christian Fabricius , who described the species in 1775.