Cypermethrin is a broad - spectrum insecticide used to control pests on crops such as cotton, rice, corn, soybeans, as well as on fruit trees and vegetables.
Product name | Cypermethrin |
General info | Function: Insecticide |
Specification: 94% Tech, 100gL EC, 50g/L EC | |
CAS: 52315-07-8 | |
High effective agrochemical | |
Toxicology | The acute oral LD₅₀ for rats is 251mg/kg, and for mice is 138mg/kg (250 - 400mg/kg). The acute dermal LD₅₀ for rats is > 1600mg/kg, and for rabbits is > 2400mg/kg. The acute inhalation LC₅₀ for rats is > 0.048mg/L. It has a slight irritating effect on the skin and a moderate irritating effect on the eyes. The no - observed - effect level in the sub - acute oral test on rats is 5mg/kg per day (100mg/kg), and in the chronic oral test is 7mg/kg per day (100mg/kg). No teratogenic, carcinogenic or mutagenic effects were found in animal tests. The LC₅₀ for rainbow trouts is 0.5μg/L (2 - 2.8μg/L) (96h). It is highly toxic to silkworms and bees. The toxicity data of cypermethrin vary greatly in different reference materials, which may be due to different experimental conditions. |
Application | It is a pyrethroid insecticide. It features broad - spectrum, high - efficiency and rapid - action characteristics. It mainly acts on pests through contact - killing and stomach - poison. It is suitable for controlling pests of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, etc., but has poor effect on mites. It has a good control effect on various pests such as aphids, cotton bollworms, Spodoptera litura, geometrid moths, leaf - rolling insects, flea beetles, weevils on crops like cotton, soybeans, corn, fruit trees, grapes, vegetables, tobacco, flowers, etc. The usual dosage is 0.3 - 0.9g per 100m². For example, when controlling cotton bollworms and pink bollworms, during the peak hatching period of eggs and before the larvae bore into buds and bolls, spray with a 1000 - 1500 - fold dilution of 10% emulsifiable concentrate; for citrus pests, spray with a concentration of 30 - 100mg/L; for tea pests, spray with a concentration of 25 - 50mg/kg. Note that it should not be used near mulberry fields, fish ponds, water sources, or apiaries. |