Acephate

Product Name

Orthene

CAS No

30560-19-1

Appearance

White crystal

Specifications (COA)

Assay: 97.0% min
Moisture (m/m): 0.5% max
Acidity (as H2SO4)(m/m): 0.5% max

Formulations

97%TC,95%TC, 75%SP, 30%EC

Target crops

Beans, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, celery, 
cotton, cranberries, head lettuce, mint, peanuts, peppers, and tobacco

Prevention objects

Effective against alfalfa looper, aphids, armyworm, bagworm, 
bean leaf beetle, bean leafroller, blackgrass bugs, bollworm, 
budworm, cabbage looper, cankerworm, corn earworm, 
cranberry blossomworm, cutworms, diamondback moth, 
European corn borer, fireworm, fleahopper, grasshoppers, 
green cloverworm, gypsy moth, hornworm, imported cabbageworm, 
imported fire ants, lace bugs, leafhoppers, leafminers, leafrollers, 
lygus bugs, Mexican bean beetle, Mormon crickets, oak moth, 
saltmarsh caterpillar, soybean looper, spanworm, Sparganothis, 
stink bugs, tent caterpillars, threecornered alfalfa hopper, thrips, 
velvetbean caterpillar, webworm, and whiteflies and Insect control 
in forests,tobacco, and ornamentals

Mode of action

Systemic insecticides: Systemic insecticides become incorporated and distributed systemically throughout the whole plant. When insects feed on the plant, they ingest the insecticide.
Contact insecticides: Contact insecticides are toxic to insects upon direct contact.

Toxicity

Acute Oral LD50(Rat): 1030mg/kg
Acute Dermal LD50(Rat): >10000mg/kg
Acute Inhalation LC50(Rat):>60 mg/L