Name: Bulldock
Molecular formula: C22H18Cl2FNO3
Molecular weight: 434.3
Features:
1) Appearance: brown glutinous liquid with crystal
2) Melting point: 49.2 degree centigrade
3) Solubility: soluble to water and organic solvent
4) Stability: could store 6 months in 15-20degree centigrade,
stable in acid, unstable in alkali, half life period is 7 days
5) Toxicity: Cyfluthrin is of low toxicity to upland game birds and
waterfowl, highly toxic to marine and freshwater organisms,
highly toxic to bees and other beneficial insects, potential
to cause eye damage.
Cyfluthrin is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide that has both contact
and stomach poison action. Its primary agricultural uses have been for
control of chewing and sucking insects on crops such as cotton, turf,
ornamentals, hops, cereal, corn, deciduous fruit, peanuts, potatoes,
and other vegetables.
Cyfluthrin is also used in public health situations and for structural
pest control. It is a non-systemic chemical used to control cutworms,
ants, silverfish, cockroaches, termites, grain beetles, weevils,
mosquitoes, fleas, flies, corn earworms, tobacco budworm, codling moth,
European corn borer, cabbageworm, loopers, armyworms, boll weevil,
alfalfa weevil, Colorado potato beetle, and many others.