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The biological activity of a pesticide, be it chemical or biological in nature, is determined by its active ingredient (AI - also called the active substance). Pesticide products very rarely consist of the pure active ingredient.
The 2024 IRAC poster of insecticide modes of action includes the majority of chemicals listed below. [5] The pesticide manual provides much information on pesticides. [6] [7] Many of the insecticides in the list are not in use.
It is a systemic insecticide that penetrates plant leaves when sprayed on. It is ambimobile , being transported both upwards and downwards through vascular bundles . [ 5 ] In plants, it is hydrolyzed to the enol form by cleavage of the central ethoxycarbonyl group .
Buprofezin is an insecticide used for control of insect pests such as mealybugs, leafhoppers and whitefly on vegetable crops. It is a growth regulator, acting as an inhibitor of chitin synthase (IRAC group 16). [2]
Chemical structure of fipronil, a common phenylpyrazole insecticide. Phenylpyrazole insecticides are a class of chemically-related broad-spectrum insecticides. [1] The chemical structures of these insecticides are characterized by a central pyrazole ring with a phenyl group attached to one of the nitrogen atoms of the pyrazole.
Methamidophos, trade name "Monitor," is an organophosphate insecticide.. Crops grown with the use of methamidophos include potatoes [1] and some Latin American rice. [2] Many nations have used methamidophos on crops, including developed nations such as Spain, United States, Japan, and Australia.
The Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) was formed in 1984 and works as a specialist technical group of the industry association CropLife to be able to provide a coordinated industry response to prevent or delay the development of insecticide resistance in insect, mite and nematode pests. IRAC strives to facilitate communication and ...
Acetamiprid is an organic compound with the chemical formula C 10 H 11 ClN 4.It is an odorless neonicotinoid insecticide produced under the trade names Assail, and Chipco by Aventis CropSciences.