Cyfluthrin
Action/Use:
- Insecticide
Use:
Controls chewing and sucking insects on a variety of crops such as alfalfa, cereal, corn, cotton, deciduous fruit, peanuts, potatoes, sugarcane, sunflower, vegetables. Tempo* H for stored product, turf, and ornamental pests.
Identification
Common Name(s): Cyfluthrin (BSI, ISOE, BAN); ; Cyfluthrine (ISOF)
Chemistry
Class: Synthetic pyrethroid.
Properties: Viscous, partly crystalline, amber oil. Tech grade is mixture of 4 diastero-isomeric enantiomer pairs (I-IV). Barely soluble in n-hexane, 2-propanol. Readily soluble in dichloromethane, toluene.
Mode of Action / Resistance Management
Chemical Group: Pyrethroid
Mode of Action: Sodium channel modulator
Action Group: IRAC Group 3
Environmental Guidelines
Water Solubility: 0.002 ppm
Safety Guidelines
Signal Word: DANGER (Eye: Baythroid*), CAUTION (Tempo* 20WP)
Toxicity Class: I, III
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
AgroDragon Co., Ltd. (Cyfe*, Safe*)
Bayer CropScience (Attatox*, Contur*, Laser*, Renounce*, Tempo*, Tempo* H)
Formulators' Trade Names:
Loveland Products, Inc. (Tombstone*, Tombstone* Helios*)
Multiplex Fertilizers Pvt. Ltd. (Nagthrin*)
Nanjing Red Sun Co., Ltd. (Fu Leqing*)
OHP, Inc. (Decathlon*)
SAFA TARIM A.S. (Serthroid*)
B.V. Industrie- & Handelsonderneming Simonis (Wopro-cyfluthrin*)
VAPCO, Veterinary & Agricultural Products Mfg. Co. Ltd. (Vapcothrin*)
Premix Products:
+ Allethrin+ Piperonyl Butoxide
+ Carbendazim+ Triadimenol
- Curtix* — Bayer CropScience
+ Chlorpyrifos
- Duraplex* TR — BASF Corporation
+ Imidacloprid
- Cohinor* Plus — Makhteshim Agan Group
- Discus N/G* — OHP, Inc.
- Kohinor Plus* — Makhteshim Agan Group
- Leverage* 2.7 — Bayer CropScience
+ Piperonyl Butoxide+ Propoxur+ Tetramethrin
+ Tebupirimfos
- Aztec* 2.1G — AMVAC Chemical Corp.
- Aztec* 4.67G SmartBox* — AMVAC Chemical Corp.
- Defcon* — Helena Chemical Co.
Discontinued Names:
Safer*
