Acephate

Acephate (also known as Orthene) is a kind of organophosphate foliar insecticide which can be used for the treatment of leaf miners, caterpillars, sawflies and thrips in crops and aphides in vegetables and horticulture. It is one of the 10 most important organophosphate insecticides in the 1990s, and is still being widely used today. It takes effect through inhibiting the activity of acetylcholinesterase (Ache) after being metabolically converted to methamidophos. Since it can’t be converted to methamidophos, it is thought to cause no effect on animals and human beings.

Kugusana na wadudu wa utaratibu kwa udhibiti wa kunyonya na kutafuna wadudu katika pamba, mapambo, misitu, tumbaku, matunda, mboga mboga na mazao mengine.

Acephate ni dawa ya kuua wadudu ya organofosfati yenye ustahimilivu wa wastani na mabaki ya shughuli za kimfumo. Ni dawa ya kuua wadudu inayogusa utaratibu na ina ufanisi mkubwa dhidi ya idadi kubwa ya wadudu waharibifu wa mazao, kama vile alfa alfa looper, aphids, armyworms, bagworms, leafroller ya maharagwe, kunguni wa nyasi nyeusi, bollworm, budworm, na kabichi looper.

Acephate hutumiwa kudhibiti aina mbalimbali za wadudu wa kunyonya na kutafuna katika idadi kubwa ya mazao.