Methods of combatting insects and acarina using oxygenated derivatives of S-(tert-bulythio)methyl O,O-diethyl phosphorodithioate and phosphorothioate
AssigneeAmerican Cyanamid Company
InventorFrank Albert Wagner, Jr.
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Abstract
The invention also relates to a method for controlling insects and acarina with the oxygenated derivatives of S-(tert-butylthio)methyl O,O-diethyl phosphorodithioate and phosphorothioate.
Claims6
A method for the control of insects and acarina, comprising contacting said insects and acarina with an insecticidally or acaricidally effective amount of a compound of the structure:
- ##EQU5## where X is sulfur or oxygen and n is 1 or 2;
- with the proviso that when n is 1, X is oxygen.
A method for protecting crops from attack by insects and acarina, comprising applying to said crops or the soil in which they are grown an insecticidally or acaricidally effective amount of a compound having the structure:
- ##EQU6## where X is sulfur or oxygen and n is 1 or 2;
- with the proviso that when n is 1, X is oxygen.
A method for the control of soil-borne insects, comprising applying an insecticidally effective amount of a compound of the structure:
- ##EQU7## where X is sulfur or oxygen, and n is 1 or 2;
- with the proviso that when n is 1, X is oxygen, to soil inhabitated by said insects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.