Pirimicarb Explained

Pirimicarb is a selective carbamate insecticide used to control aphids on vegetable, cereal and orchard crops by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase activity but does not affect useful predators such as ladybirds that eat them.[1] 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.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Organic chemistry . Clayden . Greeves . Warren . 2001 . Oxford university press . 978-0-19-850346-0 . 178 . registration .
  2. Web site: Syngenta: Celebrating 75 years of scientific excellence at Jealott's Hill International Research Centre . June 26, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071011084649/http://www.syngenta.com/en/downloads/75jealott_brochure.pdf . October 11, 2007 .
  3. Book: Snell, B.K. . Jealott's Hill: Fifty years of Agricultural Research 1928-1978 . F.C. . Peacock . etal . Chapter 11: Pyrimidine insecticides . 98–109 . Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. . 1978 . 0901747017 .

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