Carbosulfan 20% EC
Carbosulfan NOMENCLATURE
Common name carbosulfan (BSI, ANSI, E-ISO, (m) F-ISO)
IUPAC name 2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethylbenzofuran-7-yl (dibutylaminothio)methylcarbamate
Chemical Abstracts name 2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-7-benzofuranyl [(dibutylamino)thio]methylcarbamate
CAS RN [55285-14-8]
Carbosulfan APPLICATIONS
Carbosulfan Biochemistry Cholinesterase inhibitor; activity is due to in vivo cleavage of the N-S bond, resulting in conversion to carbofuran. Mode of action Systemic insecticide with contact and stomach action.
Carbosulfan Uses Control of a wide range of soil-dwelling and foliar insect pests. Examples of uses include control of millipedes, springtails, symphylids, wireworms, pygmy mangold beetles, frit flies, white grubs, aphids, caterpillars, flea beetles, Colorado beetles, stem borers, leafhoppers, planthoppers, codling moth, scales and free-living nematodes. The product is used in a wide range of crops, e.g. cotton, sugar beet, potatoes, rice, top fruit, citrus, maize, vegetables, sugar cane and coffee.
Carbosulfan Compatibility Compatible with liquid fertilisers.
PRODUCTS
Selected products Aayudh (Coromandel) ; Bright (Vapco) ; Marshal (FMC, ;Nufarm SAS) ; Posse (FMC) ; Sheriff (FMC) ; Spi (FMC) ; Sunsulfan (Sundat) Other products Advantage (FMC) ; Agrostar (AgroSan) ; Beam (FMC) ; Carbagrim (Chemia) ; Combicoat (Satec) ; Electra (Rallis) ; Gazette (FMC) ; General (Doğal) ; Pilarsufan (Pilarquim) mixtures Flagman (+MB-599) (Agro-Chemie, ;Triventis) ; Gazette Prince (+fipronil) Discontinued products Suden * (Hubei Sanonda)