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| Pesticide (Common Chemical Name) |
Trade Name(s) | Classification | Oral LD 50 1 (mg/kg)2 |
Dermal LD1 (mg/kg)2 |
Manufacturer |
| abamectin | Avid | microbial toxins | 650 | >2000 | Merck |
| acephate | Dendrex, Isotox IV, Orthene, Otthenex | organophosphate | 980 | 10250 | Valent |
| azadiractin (=neem, azatin) | Azatin, Turplex | botanical | >5000 | >2000 | O. M. Scott, Olympic |
| azinphos-methyl | Guthion | organophosphate | 19 | 220 | Miles |
| Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki |
Biobit, Bactospeine, Caterpillar Attack, Dipel, Javelin Larvo-BT, Thuricide, Victory and others | spores + crystalline delta-endotoxin, microbial | none | none | Numerous - Abbott, DuPont, Upjohn Co, Ecogen, etc. |
| Bacillus thuringiensis var. tenebrio (=san diego) | M-One, Trident IT | microbial | none | none | Mycogen, Sandoz |
| bendiocarb | Dycarb, Ficam, Turcarn | carbamate | 156 | >1000 | Agrevo |
| bifenthrin | Talstar | pyrethroid | 375 | >2000 | FMC |
| carbaryl | Carbaryl, Sevimol, Sevin | carbonate | 246 | >4000 | Rhone-Poulenc, Drexel |
| chlorpyrifos | Dursban, Pageant | organophosphate | 270 | 2000 | DowElanco |
| cryolite | Kryocide | inorganic fluorine | practically nontoxic | Atochem | |
| cyfluthrin | Decathlon, Tempo | pyrethroid | 826 | >2000 | Miles, Olympic |
| cyromazine | Citation | trizine growth inhibitor | 3387 | >2000 | Novartis |
| dicofol | Docofol, Kelthane | chlorinated hydrocarbon | 595 | >5000 | Rohm & Haas |
| dicrotophos | Bidrin, Inject-a-cide B | organophosphate | 17 | 224 | DuPont, Mauget |
| dienochlor | Pentac | chlorinated hydrocarbon | 3160 | >3160 | Sandoz |
| diflubenzuron | Dimilin | insect growth regulator | >4640 | >10,000 | Uniroyal |
| dimethoate | Cygon, Dimethoate | organophosphate | 235 | >400 | Amencan Cyanamid, Drexel |
| disulfoton | Di-Syston | organophosphate | 4 | 10 | Miles |
| endosulfan | Endocide, Phaser,Thiodan | chlorinated hydrocarbon | 160 | 359 | FMC, Hoechst |
| esfenvalerate | Asana XL | pyrethroid | 458 | >2000 | DuPont |
| fenetrothion | Pestroy | organophosphate | 800 | 1300 | PBI-Gordon |
| fenoxycarb | Precision | carbamate IGR | 9220 | >2000 | Novartis |
| fenpropathrin | Tame | pyrethroid | 71-164 | >2000 | Valent |
| fluvalinate | Mavrik Aqua Flow | pyrethroid | 282 | 20000 | Sandoz |
| hexythiazox | Hexygon | carboxamide | 5000 | >5000 | Gowan |
| imidacloprid | Marathon, Merit | chloronicotinyl | 450 | >2000 | Bayer, Olympic |
| isofenphos | Discus, Oftanol | organophosphate | 20 | 700 | Bayer, Olympic |
| lambda-cyhalothrin | Scimitar | pyrethroid | 79 | 632 | Zenica |
| lindane | Lindane | chlorinated hydrocarbon | 125 | 1000 | Drexel, Bonide |
| malathion | Cythion, Malathion | organophosphate | 1000 | 4100 | Setre, Drexel, UAP |
| metaldehyde | Bug-Geta, Deadline, Slug-Geta | metacetaldehyde | 360 | --- | Valent |
| methiocarb | Grandslam, Mesurol | carbamate | 20 | >5000 | Olympic, Bayer |
| methoxychlor | Martate, Methoxychlor | chlorinated hydrocarbon | 6000 | >6000 | Drexel, Prentiss |
| methyl parathion | Methyl Parathion | organophosphate | 20 | 491 | Platte |
| naled | Dibrom | organophosphate | 272 | 1100 | Valent |
| oxarnyl | Oxamyl,Vydate | carbarnate | 5.4 | 2960 | DuPont |
| oxydemeton-methyl | Harpoon, Inject-a-cide, Metasystox-R2 | organophosphate | 48 | 112 | Gowan |
| oxythioquinox | Joust, Morestan | dithiocarbonate | 1500 | >2000 | Bayer, Olympic |
| parathion | Parathion | organophosphate | 2 | 50 | Platte |
| permethrin | Ambush, Pounce | pyrethroid | 4000 | >4000 | FMC, Zeneca |
| petroleum oils | Dormant, Summer, Superior Oils, etc. | hydrocarbon oils | exempt | numerous | |
| phosmet | Imidan | organophosphate | 147 | >4640 | |
| propargite | Omamite | sulfate ester | 4029 | 2940 | Uniroyal |
| pyrethrum | Pyrethrin, Pyrellin, Pyrenone, etc. | botanical | 1500 | 1800 | Fairfield, Prentiss, etc. |
| resmethrin | Resmethrin | pyrethroid | >2500 | >3000 | Fairfield |
| rotenone, cube | Prentox, Rotenone | botanical | 1500 | --- | Fairfield, Prentiss |
| soaps, pesticidal | Aphid-Mite Attack, Insecticidal Soap, M-Pede, etc. | fatty acid salts | practically nontoxic | Mycogen, Ringer | |
| trichlorfon | Dylox, Proxol | organophosphate | 250 | >2100 | Bayer, Agrevo |
Shetlar, D. and D. Herms. 1998. Insect and mite control on woody ornamentals and herbaceous perennials. Ohio State Extension Bulletin 504. pp. 72-73.
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