Fenitrothion
Action/Use:
- Acaricide/Miticide
- ;
- Insecticide
Use:
For use on cereals, cotton, forests, fruits, rice, and vegetables. Fly and mosquito sprays for farms. Sumithion* for locust and grasshopper.
Identification
Common Name(s): Fenitrothion (ISO, BSI, ESA, BAN); ; MEP (JMAF)
Chemistry
Class: Organophosphate.
Properties: Yellowish-brown oily liquid. Specific gravity 1.328°. Melting point 3.4°C. Vapor pressure 1.5 x 10-6 mbar at 20°C Readily soluble in dichloromethane, 2-propanol, toluene. Hardly soluble in n-hexane.
Mode of Action / Resistance Management
Chemical Group: Organophosphate
Mode of Action: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitor
Action Group: IRAC Group 1
Registration
Outside U.S.A.: Carpon* in Argentina.
Environmental Guidelines
Hazards: Fish: LC50 1.7 ppm (96 h) (brook trout); 3.8 ppm (bluegill). Bird: Oral 23.6 mg/kg (quail); 1190 mg/kg (mallard)
Soil Particle Adsorption: Preliminary data indicates degrades fairly rapidly in soil with half-life of greater than a week in non-sterile muck, sandy loam soils. Intermediately mobile in variety of soils ranging from sandy loam to clay
Water Solubility: Nearly insoluble
Safety Guidelines
Signal Word: CAUTION (Sumithion*)
Toxicity Class: III
Toxicity: (Rat): Oral LD50 approx. 250 mg/kg; Dermal LD50 approx. 2500 mg/kg. Sumithion*: (Rat, female): Oral LD50 800 mg/kg; Dermal LD50 1200 mg/kg
Handling/storage: Store in original container, preferably in a locked area, away from children, food, feed. Do not heat above 55°C. Decomposes rapidily above 120°C, explosion may be induced
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
Agriphar S.A. (Larvos*)
AgroDragon Co., Ltd. (Agronixon*)
Forward International Ltd. (Forwathion*)
Hubei Sanonda Co., Ltd. (Famathion*)
IPESA S.A. (Carpon*)
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (Sumithion*)
Sundat (S) Pte. Ltd. (Fensun*, Fentro*)
Tyeng Long Incorporation (New Subeda*, Shiun Mie*)
Formulators' Trade Names:
Asiatic Agricultural Industries Pte. Ltd. (Vitalithion*)
Chema Industries (Encore*)
I.N.D.I.A. Industrie Chimiche S.p.A. (Natrol*)
Indiclay (Fento-Tox*)
Insecticidas Internacionales, C.A. (Fenothion*)
Koruma Tarim A.S. (Komityon*)
Kuang Hwa Chemical Co., Ltd. (Pokerin*)
Ladda Co., Ltd. (Fennita*)
Medmac for Manufacturing Agricultural Chemicals & Veterinary Products Ltd. (Fendor*, Fenito*, Fenmac 100ULV*)
Probelte S.A. (Probel S-50*)
SAFA TARIM A.S. (Safethion*, Sathion*)
B.V. Industrie- & Handelsonderneming Simonis (Wopro-fenitrothion*)
SM-BT Co., Ltd. (Sae MEP*)
United Phosphorus Ltd. (Cekutrotion*)
VAPCO, Veterinary & Agricultural Products Mfg. Co. Ltd. (Mel-Fenitrothrion*, Senthion*, Shamel*)
Vietnam Pesticide Joint Stock Co. (VIPESCO) (Visumit*)
Premix Products:
+ Cypermethrin
- Cloren Forte* — TRAGUSA (Tratamientos Guadalquivir S.L.)
+ Dimethoate
- Tumex*
+ Esfenvalerate
- Alfa-Combi* — Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
- Sumicombi*-alpha — Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
+ Fenobucarb
- Sumibass* — Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
+ Fenpropathrin
+ Fenvalerate
- Fenikill* — VAPCO, Veterinary & Agricultural Products Mfg. Co. Ltd.
- Sumicombi* — Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
- Vifensu* — Vietnam Pesticide Joint Stock Co. (VIPESCO)
+ Methabenzthiazuron
- Aldhion* — I.N.D.I.A. Industrie Chimiche S.p.A.
+ d-Tetramethrin
- Dengeeless* — Tyeng Long Incorporation
+ Trichlorfon
- Dicontal* — Bayer CropScience
Discontinued Names:
Accothion*
Agrothion*
Ambithion*
Anthiomix*
Badilin Blumenspray*
Cytel*
Dothion*
Etalene*
Fenhex*
Fenifos*
Fenitox*
Fenitropaz*
Folithion*
Micekill*
Nition*
Permethrin K*
Pilarthion*
Rovithion*
Sandothion*
Simothion*
Thiocron* Extra
Totalene*
Turbofan*
Verthion*
