Phoxim
Action/Use:
- Insecticide
Use:
Baythion* controls insects in stored products. Volaton* for soil-inhabiting pests in crops including bananas, cotton, grain, maize, nuts, potatoes, tobacco.
Identification
Common Name(s): Phoxim (BSI, ISOE, ESA); ; Phoxime (ISOF)
Chemistry
Class: Organophosphate insecticides.
Properties: Yellow oil. Melting point 6.1°C. Vapor pressure 2.1 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 Grouip 1
Registration
U.S.A.: Not registered for use.
Environmental Guidelines
Water Solubility: 3.4 mg/l at 20° C
Safety Guidelines
Signal Word: CAUTION
Toxicity Class: III
Toxicity: (Rat): Oral LD50 >2000 mg/kg/b.w. Dermal LD50 >5000 mg/kg/b.w
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
Formulators' Trade Names:
Ladda Co., Ltd. (Phoxim 50*)
Premix Products:
+ Chlorpyrifos
+ lambda-Cyhalothrin
- Mie Linghuang* — Nanjing Red Sun Co., Ltd.
+ Cypermethrin
- Lulu Ling* — Nanjing Red Sun Co., Ltd.
- Suntar 1*
+ Fenvalerate
- Bao Chunhua* — Nanjing Red Sun Co., Ltd.
+ Pyridaben
- Hong Guoli* — Nanjing Red Sun Co., Ltd.
Discontinued Names:
Valexon*
