Fenitrothion

Action:

Non- systemic Insecticide with Contact & Stomach Action

Mode of Action:

Fenitrothion is an organophosphate, contact insecticide and selective acaricide of low ovicidal properties. Fenitrothion is effective against a wide range of pests, penetrating chewing and sucking insect pests coffee leaf miners, locusts, rice stem borers, wheat bugs, flour beetles, grain beetles, grain weevils on cereals, cotton, orchard fruits, rice, vegetables, and forests. It may also be used as a fly, mosquito, and cockroach residual contact spray for farms and public health. Fenitrothion is also effective against household insects and all of the nuisance insects listed by the World Health Organization.

Chemical group:

Organophosphote

Toxicological information:

Acute oral LD50 for rats: 1700 mg/kg.

Biochemistry:

Cholinesterase inhibitor

Uses: