CAS No.: 2921-88-2
Properties:
Light yellow crystal or Brown transparent liquid. Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate pesticide used to kill a number of pests including insects and worms. It is used on crops, animals, and buildings. It acts on the nervous system of insects by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase.
Mode of action:
Non-systemic insecticide with contact, stomach, and respiratory action.
Usage:
Control of Coleoptera, Diptera, Homoptera and Lepidoptera in soil or on foliage in over 100 crops, including pome fruit, stone fruit, citrus fruit, nut crops, strawberries, figs, bananas, vines, vegetables, potatoes, beet, tobacco, soya beans, sunflowers, sweet potatoes, peanuts, rice, cotton, alfalfa, cereals, maize, sorghum, asparagus, glasshouse and outdoor ornamentals, turf, and in forestry. Also used for control of household pests (Blattellidae, Muscidae, Isoptera), mosquitoes (larvae and adults) and in animal houses.