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US 4,065,558 AGranted
Soil treatment insecticide
AssigneeAmerican Cyanamid Company
InventorFred Morris Gordon
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method for controlling the postembryonic development stages of Coleoptera and Diptera inhabiting soil by applying a toxic amount of O,O-diethyl S-(tert-butylthio)methyl phosphorodithioate to said soil in which said insects are living.
Claims2
A method for protecting a corn crop characterized by providing it with residual pesticidal protection throughout the growing season against attack in the soil by corn rootworms by applying an insecticidally effective amount of the compound O,O-diethyl-S-(tert-butylthio)methyl phosphorodithioate to the soil in which said corn crop is grown.
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