News & Articles By Michelle Simmons
Coumaphos is an insectide that belongs to the group of organophosphate compounds. It is used to control a wide variety of insects, such as cattle grubs, screw-worms, lice, scabies, flies and ticks. Moreover, it is used to kill ectoparasites, which are insects that live on the outside of host animals, such as sheep, goats, horses, pigs […]
Coumarin is an organic compound that can be obtained from a variety of plants, natural spices, and foods, such as cassia, cinnamon, sweet clover, green tea, peppermint, celery, bilberry, lavender, honey, and carrots, as well as in beer, tobacco, and wine. However, high concentrations of coumarin can be found in the tonka bean, woodruff, and […]
Gelatin is a clear, tasteless protein that is derived from collagen. It is made by boiling animal bones, cartilage, and skin to extract the collagen, a fibrous protein. According to an entry by AmazingHealth.com, gelatin can be used as a gelling agent, thickener, film former, adhesive agent, stabilizer, or whipping agent. Moreover, it can be […]
Fenvalerate is a contact and systemic insecticide that belongs to the group of pyrethroid chemicals. It is used to fight off many insects, such as those that belong to the families of Lepidoptera, Diptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, and Coleoptera, blackfly, mosquitoes, and termites on cotton, soybeans, fruits such as apples, pears, peaches, and grapes, vegetables, and […]
Ethofumesate is a pre- and post-emergence herbicide for fighting off grass weeds and broad-leaved weeds, such as black nightshade, chickweed, lambsquarters, purslane, pigweed, thistles, annual bluegrass, foxtails, volunteer cereals, and white grass. It can be applied on different crops, such as sugarbeet, red beet, fodder beet, onions, garlic, shallots, carrots, grass seed crops, and oilseed […]
Ethion is an insecticide that belongs to the organophosphate chemical group. It is used as a tool to control insects, such as aphids, mites, scales, thrips, leafhoppers, maggots and foliar feeding larvae, on citrus tress, cotton, fruit and nut trees, and some vegetables. In addition, it is used on lawns and turf grasses, but not […]
Ethephon is an organophosphate chemical. It is a plant growth regulator that is used to speed up the process of fruit ripening, abscission, and flower induction. It is registered in the U.S. for applications on plants including apples, barley, blackberries, bromeliads, cantaloupes, cherries, coffee, cotton, cucumbers, grapes, guava, macadamia nuts, ornamentals, peppers, pineapples, rye, squash, […]
