beta-Cypermethrin

Action/Use:

Insecticide

Use: Effective against Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Lepidoptera, and Orthoptera. Mainly used in cereals, cotton, fruits, grapes, potato, oilseed rape, soybeans, sugar beet, tobacco and vegetables.

Identification

Common Name(s): beta-Cypermethrin (BSI, ISOE); ; Asymethrin (rejected)

Chemistry

Class: Pyrethroid.

Properties: Colorless crystal. Melting point 64�-71�C.

Mode of Action / Resistance Management

Chemical Group: Pyrethroid

Mode of Action: Sodium channel modulator

Action Group: IRAC Group 3

Environmental Guidelines

Hazards: Chinmix 5EC Fish: LC₅₀ 0.015-0.035 mg/l (96 h) depending on species. Bird: Oral LD₅₀ 8030 mg/kg (quail). Bee: LD₅₀ Oral 0.0018 mg/bee (48 h); Dermal LD₅₀ 0.0851 l/ha (24 h)

Water Solubility: Insoluble

Safety Guidelines

Signal Word: WARNING

Toxicity Class: II

Toxicity: Tech (Rat): Oral LD₅₀ 166mg/kg (male), 178 mg/kg (female); Dermal LD₅₀ >5000 mg/kg; Inhalation LC₅₀ >1.97 mg/l

Suppliers and Branded Products

Formulators' Trade Names:

Suzhou Eagro Ltd. (Thumbkin*)

Vietnam Pesticide Joint Stock Co. (VIPESCO) (Vicerio*, Viserin*)

Premix Products:

+ Abamectin

Awei Gaolv* — Shanghai Agro-Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Ke Qianxing* — Nanjing Red Sun Co., Ltd.

+ Acetamiprid

Ding Chong Gaolv* — Shanghai Agro-Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

+ Chlorpyrifos

Lulu Tong* — Nanjing Red Sun Co., Ltd.

+ Malathion

Wen Ling Duo* — Shanghai Agro-Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.