Disulfoton
Action/Use:
- Acaricide/Miticide
- ;
- Insecticide
Use:
Seed treatment. Sidedressing, broadcast, in the seed furrow or foliar spray to control aphids, thrips, mealybugs, spider mites, and other sucking insects in cereal, cotton, ornamentals, potatoes, tobacco, and other vegetables.
Identification
Common Name(s): Disulfoton (ISO, BSI, ESA); ; Ethylthiodemeton (JMAF); ; M-74 (USSR)
Chemistry
Class: Organophosphate.
Properties: Colorless liquid. Specific gravity 1.144 at 20°/4°C. Boiling point 128°C @ 1.3 hPa. Vapor pressure 7.2 mPa at 20°C. Miscible in n-hexane, dichloromethane, 2-propanol, toluene. Stable in normal storage.
Mode of Action / Resistance Management
Chemical Group: Organophosphate
Mode of Action: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitor
Action Group: IRAC Group 1
Registration
U.S.A.: US EPA cancels disulfoton brand Di-Syston*. Distributors, retailers and growers can sell and use Di-Syston* on registered crops (except lettuce and Easter lilies) up to December 31, 2013. Any uses of of Di-Syuston* after the listed date will be illegal.
Environmental Guidelines
Water Solubility: 25 mg/l at 20° C
Safety Guidelines
Signal Word: DANGER (Di-Syston*)
Toxicity Class: I
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
Premix Products:
+ Fenamiphos
- Disyston* N — Bayer CropScience
+ Propoxur
- Disyston Suncide* — Bayer CropScience
+ Triadimenol
- Baysiston* — Bayer CropScience
- Repulse* — Bayer CropScience
Discontinued Names:
Disulfoton FE10*
Disulfoton P10*
Dithiodemeton*
Dithiosystox*
Ekanon*
Frumin AL*
Knave*
Prosper*
Solvirex*
