Trichlorfon
Action/Use:
- Insecticide
Use:
For a variety of pests in banana, cereal, chickpea, citrus, coffee, corn, cotton, fruit trees, grapes, Indian corn, oleiferous palm, olive groves, pastures, red currant, rice, sugar beets, sugarcane, sunflower, tea, tobacco, vegetables, flowers, ornamental plants, forests, turf.
Identification
Common Name(s): Trichlorfon (ISO, BSI); ; Trichlorphon (BSI); ; Chlorophos (USSR)
Chemistry
Class: Organophosphate.
Properties: White crystalline solid. Melting point 75-84°C. Vapor pressure 0.21 mPa at 20°C. Readily soluble in dichloromethane, 2-propanol; soluble in toluene; nearly insoluble in n-hexane. Dylox* is compatible with chlorinated and phosphate insecticides; incompatible with alkaline materials such as lime and lime sulfur and with summer oils and dormant oils.
Mode of Action / Resistance Management
Chemical Group: Organophosphate
Mode of Action: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitor
Action Group: IRAC Group 1
Registration
U.S.A.: Registered for use on turf, ornamentals, and fly control in livestock structures.
Environmental Guidelines
Water Solubility: 120 g/l at 20° C
Safety Guidelines
Signal Word: WARNING (Dipterex*, Dylox* 80), CAUTION (Dylox* 6.2G)
Toxicity Class: II, III
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
Agsin Pte. Ltd. (Trichlorotox*)
Bayer CropScience (Dipterex*, Dylox*)
Hubei Sanonda Co., Ltd. (Saprofon*)
Pilar AgriScience (Canada) Corp. (Pilarterex*)
Quimica Lucava, S.A. de C.V. (Lucavex*)
United Phosphorus Ltd. (Cekufon*)
Wangs Crop-Science Co., Ltd. (Store Up*)
Zagro Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Trichlorotox*)
Formulators' Trade Names:
Agro Chemicals Industries Ltd. (ACI) (Acifon*, Decafon*)
Insecticidas Internacionales, C.A. (Thiodrex*)
Koruma Tarim A.S. (Koguvone*)
Kuang Hwa Chemical Co., Ltd. (Sunnysan*)
Ladda Co., Ltd. (Diptera*)
Probelte S.A. (Prodipte 80 PM*)
Proficol (Profitox*)
SAFA TARIM A.S. (Triplex*)
B.V. Industrie- & Handelsonderneming Simonis (Wopro-trichlorfon*)
TRAGUSA (Tratamientos Guadalquivir S.L.) (Ditra*, Ditran*)
United Phosphorus Ltd. (Diptrex*)
Premix Products:
+ Chlorpyrifos
- Sai Li* — Nanjing Red Sun Co., Ltd.
- Temido* — Willowood Ltd.
+ Fenitrothion
- Dicontal* — Bayer CropScience
Discontinued Names:
Briten*
Ciclosom*
Danex*
Dipterex* MR
Ditrifon*
Neguvon*
Pronto*
Proterox*
Proxol*
Totalene*
Trifon*
Tugon*
