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malathion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | insect powder, insecticide |
Examples of malathion
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Spray once with carbaryl or malathion and cover the entire crop with row cover.
From the jsonline.com
Malathion is very toxic to bees and other beneficial insects, Ingels noted.
From the sacbee.com
I sprayed last year with malathion, but it was too concentrated and many plants died.
From the newsday.com
They hit the tick-size parasites with DDT by the barrel, then mopped up with malathion.
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Malathion, state officials insist, is the mildest available pesticide.
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However, it is not believed to be as effective against the fruit fly adults as malathion.
From the sacbee.com
First, fields would be sprayed with a pesticide, most often malathion, to control the pest.
From the chron.com
The insecticides Sevin, diazinon or malathion are approved for most garden and field crops.
From the tennessean.com
This class of pesticide, which also includes malathion, is less commonly used in California.
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- A yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites
- Malathion is an organophosphate parasympathomimetic which binds irreversibly to cholinesterase. Malathion is an insecticide of relatively low human toxicity.
- A yellowish, liquid organic phosphorous compound that is used as an insecticide. It has fairlylow toxicity to humans and other mammals, however porphyria patients should avoid exposure to the substance.
- This is a synthetic insecticide which is effective against most plant pests. It is foul-smelling but the toxicity is non-persistent, i.e. it becomes harmless after several days.
- Chemical common name for the insecticide Malathion.
- Synthetic pesticide used to control a wide range of biological pests.
