Isofenphos
Action/Use:
- Insecticide
Use:
Controls chinch bug, corn rootworm, flea beetles, mole crickets, rootflies, sod webworm, white grubs, and wireworms in bananas, maize, oil seed rape, sugarcane, turf, ornamentals, vegetables, etc.; aphids and thrips in citrus and onions.
Identification
Common Name(s): Isofenphos (BSI, ISOE); ; isophenphos (ISOF)
Chemistry
Class: Organophosphate.
Properties: Colorless oil. Vapor pressure 0.22 mPa at 20°C. Readily soluble in n-hexane, dichloromethane, 2-propanol, toluene.
Mode of Action / Resistance Management
Chemical Group: Organophosphate
Mode of Action: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitor
Action Group: IRAC Group 1
Registration
U.S.A.: All uses cancelled.
Environmental Guidelines
Water Solubility: 24 mg/l
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
Bayer CropScience (Oftanol*)
Hubei Sanonda Co., Ltd. (Lighter*)
Premix Products:
+ Thiram
- Oftanol* T — Bayer CropScience
Discontinued Names:
Amaze*
Discus*
Pryfon 6*
