dichlorvos

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di·chlor·vos

(dī-klôr′vōs′, -vəs)

A volatile toxic organophosphorous pesticide, C₄H₇Cl₂O₄P, used as a fumigant and veterinary parasiticide.

[di- + chlor(o)- + v(inyl) + (ph)os(phate).]

dichlorvos

(daɪˈklɔːvɒs; daɪˈklɔːvəʊs)

an organophosphate insecticide used to control garden and household pests and to treat worm infections

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Degradation of Lambdacyhalothrin in Soil Inoculated with Bacillus cereus and Aneurinibacillus migulanus

A method was developed for trichlorfon residue as dichlorovos analysis by GC-uECD.

Pesticides Residue in Milk and Milk Products: Mini Review

Seasonal fluctuation of male adults of Zeugodacus tau (Walker) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in tomato was studied by installing 3 modified clear traps, made from plastic bottles, that were baited with 0.5 mL Cue-lure and the insecticide dichlorovos 76% EC (Nuvan[R]).

First report of economic injury to tomato due to Zeugodacus tau (Diptera: Tephritidae): relative abundance and effects of cultivar and season on injury

In a study of 6 farm homes in Washington State, none of the commonly used organophosphate pesticides analyzed (azinphosmethyl, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, dichlorovos, or phosmet) were detected in drinking water (Lu et al.

A review of nonoccupational pathways for pesticide exposure in women living in agricultural areas

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Toxicokinetics of organophosphours compounds

Delayed neurotoxicity after an episode of poisoning with dichlorovos. Neurology India 1985;33:247-53.