Insecticide Flashcards

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Insecticide

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Substance which are used to kill insects

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Pesticides include

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Insecticide
Fungicide
Rodenticide
Herbicide
Disinfectant
Repellent
Chemical to control pests
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Insecticide classification

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3 group
Contact poisons
Stomach poison
Fumigants

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4
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Contact poison

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Kill by contact
Pyrethrum
DDT
HCH
DIELDRIN
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STOMACH POISON

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Ingestion cause the death
Paris green
Sodium flouride

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Fumigants

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Gives off vapour which have a lethal effect on the insects

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7
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Contact poison may also be

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Stomach poison

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8
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Synthetic contact poison

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Organo chlorine compund
Organo phosphorus
Carbamates

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9
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DDT

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Contact poison

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BHC OR HCH

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Benzene hexachloride

Hexachlorocyclo hexane

Direct contact poison

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11
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Mala thion

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Least toxic organophosphorus compound

Killing adult mosquito

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Abate or teme phos

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Organophosphorus compound
Control of A stephensi in well and in domestic water container
Dosage not greater than 1.0ppm

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Fenthion

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Smell slight garlic
Insoluble in water
As larvicide very powerful

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Dichlorovos DDVP

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Highly volatile liquid insecticide
Fumigant action
Disinfectant for aircraft

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15
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Propox ur

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Carbamate insecticide

Used where anophelines developed resistance to both DDT and Dieldrin

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16
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Pyre th rum

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Vegetable orgin
Excellent space spray
Contain 0.1 % pyrethrins
For killing adult mosquito
No residual effect
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Rotenone

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Control of lice, fleas,mites and ticks

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Paris green

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Stomach poison
Insoluble in water
Copper aceto arsenite
Soluble in ammonia and con.acids
Contain over 50% arsenious oxide
Eradicate A.gambiae
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Poisioning with chlorinated hydrocarbons is treated with

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Barbi turates

Phenobarbitone

20
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Specific antidote for positioning by organophosphorus insecticide

21
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In India natural reservoir of plague

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Tatera indica

22
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Rodents disease

Bacterial

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Plague
Tularaemia
Salmoneosis

23
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Rodents disease

Viral

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Lassa fever
Haemorrhagic fever
Encephalitis

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Rodent disease

Rickettsial

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Scrub typus
Murine typus
Rickettsial pox

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Rodent disease | Parasitic
``` Hymenolepis Diminuata Leishmaniasis Amoebiasis Trichinosis Chagas disease ```
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Rat contaminaion of food and water disease
Salmonellosis | Leptospirosis
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Colour coding in pesticides
Red -Extremely toxic Yellow -highly toxic Blue -moderately toxic Green -slightly toxic
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Zinc phosphide colour coding.
Red | Rodenticide
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Endosulfan
Yellow highly toxic
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Malathion
Blue colour coding | Moderately toxic
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Mosquito repellent
Green colour coding
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Insecticide used in repellent
Benzyl benzoate Ethyl hexanediol Indolane (BEI. Beee)
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Least toxic organophosphate
Malathion | Used for ultra low volume fogging
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Fenthion
Garlic smell Baytex Residual spay Stomach and contact poison
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DDT
``` Dichloro diphenyl Trichloro ethane. Residual effect 18 months Organo chlorine least toxic Synthesized by Zeilder Properties by Paul Miller Used for adult mosquito ```
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Paris green
``` Green colour powder Insoluble in water Cooper acetoarsenite Kill main against anopheles larvae as surface feeder Stomach poison ```