Pirimicarb is a selective carbamate insecticide used to control aphids on vegetable, cereal and orchard crops by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase activity[1] but does not affect useful predators such as ladybirds that eat them.[2] It was originally developed by Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., now Syngenta, at their Jealott's Hill site and first marketed in 1969, four years after its discovery.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ McGregor, D. B. (2006), Pesticide Residues in Food - 2004, Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization, p. 207, ISBN 92-4-166520-3, retrieved 2008-05-08
  2. ^ Clayden; Greeves; Warren (2001). Organic chemistry. Oxford university press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-19-850346-0.
  3. ^ "Syngenta: Celebrating 75 years of scientific excellence at Jealott's Hill International Research Centre" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  4. ^ Snell, B.K.; et al. (1978). "Chapter 11: Pyrimidine insecticides". In Peacock, F.C. (ed.). Jealott's Hill: Fifty years of Agricultural Research 1928-1978. Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. pp. 98–109. ISBN 0901747017.

External links

  • Pirimicarb in the Pesticide Properties DataBase (PPDB)