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  2. Beauveria bassiana - Wikipedia

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    Its use in the control of malaria-transmitting mosquitos is under investigation. [2] As an insecticide, the spores are sprayed on affected crops as an emulsified suspension or wettable powder or applied to mosquito nets as a mosquito control agent. As a species, B. bassiana parasitizes a very wide range of arthropod hosts.

  3. Chlordane - Wikipedia

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    Chlordane, or chlordan, is an organochlorine compound that was used as a pesticide. It is a white solid. In the United States, chlordane was used for termite-treatment of approximately 30 million homes until it was banned in 1988. [4] Chlordane was banned 10 years earlier for food crops like corn and citrus, and on lawns and domestic gardens. [5]

  4. Cypermethrin - Wikipedia

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    Cypermethrin is a broad-spectrum insecticide, which means it kills beneficial insects as well as the targeted insects. [14] Fish are particularly susceptible to cypermethrin, [ 15 ] [ 16 ] but when used as directed, application around residential sites poses little risk to aquatic life. [ 17 ]

  5. Biopesticide - Wikipedia

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    A biopesticide is a biological substance or organism that damages, kills, or repels organisms seens as pests. Biological pest management intervention involves predatory, parasitic, or chemical relationships. They are obtained from organisms including plants, bacteria and other microbes, fungi, nematodes, etc.

  6. Dichlorvos - Wikipedia

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    Dichlorvos (2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate, commonly abbreviated as an DDVP [1]) is an organophosphate widely used as an insecticide to control household pests, in public health, and protecting stored products from insects. The compound has been commercially available since 1961.

  7. Biological pest control - Wikipedia

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    The term "biological control" was first used by Harry Scott Smith at the 1919 meeting of the Pacific Slope Branch of the American Association of Economic Entomologists, in Riverside, California. [3] It was brought into more widespread use by the entomologist Paul H. DeBach (1914–1993) who worked on citrus crop pests throughout his life.

  8. Carbaryl - Wikipedia

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    Carbaryl is a cholinesterase inhibitor and is toxic to humans. It is classified as a likely human carcinogen by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA.) [13] The oral LD 50 is 250 to 850 mg/kg for rats and 100 to 650 mg/kg for mice. [8] Carbaryl can be produced using methyl isocyanate (MIC) as an intermediary. [5]

  9. Aldicarb - Wikipedia

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    Aldicarb is a carbamate insecticide which is the active substance in the pesticide Temik. It is effective against thrips, aphids, spider mites, lygus, fleahoppers, and leafminers, but is primarily used as a nematicide. [2] Aldicarb is a cholinesterase inhibitor which prevents the breakdown of acetylcholine in the synapse.

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