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phorate

[′fȯr‚āt]
(organic chemistry)
C7H17O2PS2 A clear liquid with slight solubility in water; used as an insecticide for a wide range of insects on a wide range of crops.
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Commercial-grade insecticide phorate (10% CG purity) was obtained from pesticide market.
Molecular diversity of organophosphorus degrading bacteria from different field soils
Ma, "Decomposition of phorate in aqueous solution by ozonation," Journal of Environmental Science & Health PartB, vol.
Recent developments in homogeneous advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment
An incidence of phorate poisoning in six crossbred cows was reported for treatment.
Therapeutic management of phorate poisoning in bovines
Cyanamid registered phorate (Thimet) for cotton in 1956 and later for use in corn for rootworm control; it was one of the first systemic insecticides in the organic phosphate family and served as a replacement for Aldrin and other aging CH.
The U.S. crop protection industry
C: In any order: lay the words NOISOME, PHORATE, MI and RECEDES in the second, fourth, sixth and last columns.
Scrabble and retrograde analysis
Os procedimentos analiticos empregados para a determinacao dos teores de residuos de Imidacloprid e Phorate nas amostras foram baseados naqueles descritos por Placke e Weber (1993) e Szeto et al.
Control of virus spread through vectors on potato fields/ Controle da disseminacao de virus por meio de vetores na cultura da batata
Thimet 20-G (AI = 20% phorate) is a soil insecticide commonly used for wireworm control in Florida sugarcane and was applied at full field rate of 22.3 kg/ha.
Repellency of the biopesticide, azadirachtin, to wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
Phorate, for example, is a granular pesticide commonly used on coffee drops, and is particularly hazardous for birds that forage for seeds and grit.
Bananas or bluebirds
Pesticide (aldicarb sulphoxide, aldicarb sulphone, demeton-S-methyl sulphoxide, carbendazim, methomyl, thiabendazole, methiocarb sulphoxide, methiocarb sulphone, aldicarb, imazalil, thiodicarb, phorate sulphoxide, phorate sulphone, methiocarb) standard substances were obtained from Dr.
Pesticide residues in commercially available oranges and evaluation of potential washing methods/Apelsinide pestitsiidijaakide analuus ja puuviljade pesemisviiside efektiivsuse hindamine
OPs not detected included: dimethoate, disulfoton, ethoprop, fensulfothion, EPN, fenthion, malathion, merphos, methyl parathion, azinphos-methyl, phorate, demeton.
Insecticide residues in bats and guano from Indiana
* Organophosphates--malathion, diazinon, phorate, and others.
Chapter 12 pest management
(1996a) investigated the sorption affinities of 5 commonly used pesticides, metsulfuron methyl, atrazine, 2,4-D, phorate, and terbufos, in pastoral farming and cereal cropping.
Fate and behaviour of pesticides in the agroecosystem--a review with a New Zealand perspective
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