Propoxur
Action/Use:
- Insecticide
Use:
For use in cane, cocoa, fruit, grapes, maize, rice, sugar, vegetables, cotton, lucerne, and ornamentals, etc. Baygon* for ants, cockroaches, crickets, flies, mosquitoes. Hercon* Toxstrip BW insectatape with 10% propoxur for use in boll weevil traps.
Identification
Common Name(s): Propoxur (ISO, BSI, ESA); ; PHC (JMAF); ; Arprocarb (BSI, abandoned)
Chemistry
Class: Carbamate.
Properties: Colorless crystals. Melting point 90°C. Vapor pressure 1.3 mPa at 20°C. Compatible with most insecticides, fungicides except alkalines. Unstable in highly alkaline media. Readily soluble in dichloromethane, 2-propanol, toluene. Hardly soluble in n-hexane.
Mode of Action / Resistance Management
Chemical Group: Carbamate
Mode of Action: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitor
Action Group: IRAC Group 1
Registration
U.S.A.: Baygon* not for food crops.
Outside U.S.A.: Propogon*.
Environmental Guidelines
Water Solubility: 1.75 g/l at 20° C
Safety Guidelines
Signal Word: DANGER (Baygon* 1.5 EC), WARNING (Baygon* 70 WP), CAUTION (Baygon* 2% Bait, Hercon*)
Toxicity Class: I, II, III
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
Acme Organics Pvt. Ltd. (Flash*)
Agsin Pte. Ltd. (Proprotox*)
Bayer CropScience (Baygon*, Blattanex*, Suncide*, Unden*)
Crystal Chemical Inter-America (Propogon*)
Hubei Sanonda Co., Ltd. (Proper*)
Tyeng Long Incorporation (Attractor*, Castle Power*, Fresh*, PRO-Plus*, Roach Best Bait*, Shinpropo*)
Zagro Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Proprotox*)
Formulators' Trade Names:
Forward International Ltd. (Proposure*)
Hercon Environmental (Insect Patch*, Insectape*)
Ladda Co., Ltd. (Tendagon*)
M/S HPM Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd. (Prophit*)
B.V. Industrie- & Handelsonderneming Simonis (Woproxur*)
Premix Products:
+ Chlorpyrifos
- Roach Castle* — Tyeng Long Incorporation
+ Cyfluthrin+ Piperonyl Butoxide+ Tetramethrin
+ Disulfoton
- Disyston Suncide* — Bayer CropScience
+ d-Tetramethrin
- Protean* — Tyeng Long Incorporation
Discontinued Names:
Chloxur*
Pilargon*
Prentox* Prenbay*
Proforce*
Propyon*
Tugen*
