Malathion

Action:

Non-systemic Insecticide/Acaricide with Contact, Stomach & Respiratory Action

Mode of Action:

Malathion is an insecticide in the chemical family known as organophosphates. Products containing malathion are used outdoors to control a wide variety of insects in agricultural settings and around people’s homes. Malathion is registered for use on food, feed, and ornamental crops and in mosquito, boll weevil and fruit fly eradication programs.

Chemical group:

organophosphates

Toxicological information:

‎Acute oral LD50 for rats : 1375 – 5500  mg/kg‎

Biochemistry:

Cholinesterase inhibitor; proinsecticide, activated by metabolic oxidative desulfuration to the corresponding oxon

Uses:

Product Name	Pest	Dosage
Cereals	Grasshopper	0.7 to 1.5 liters per  hectare
Cold climate fruit trees	Cherry fruit fly	1 to 2 liters per thousand liters of water
Palm trees	Leafhopper & Scale insect	2.5 to 3 liters per thousand liters of water liters of water
Vegetables	Vegetables fly & Bemisia tabaci	1 to 1.5 liters per thousand liters of water
Alfalfa	Alfalfa weevil	3 liters per thousand liters of water
Olive	Olive psylla	2.5 liters per thousand liters of water
Citrus	Scale insect & Aphid	2 to 2.5 liters per thousand liters of water
Sugarcane	Asian grasshopper	2.5 liters per  hectare
Rose – onion – pine – tea	Aphid	2 liters per thousand liters of water
Sugar beet	Beet fly	2 liters per  hectare