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Label & SDS

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Registration information

  • U.S. EPA Registration number: 7001-54
  • U.S. EPA Status: CANCELLED

Description

'Best Methyl Parathion 5 Ec' is an insecticide and miticide. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 7001-54. It was originally approved by EPA on 11 Jul 1967. Its registration got cancelled on 01 May 1987. It has a 'Danger' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: Methyl parathion and Xylene. It's approved for 52 sites including alfalfa, apples, apricots, artichokes, barley, beans, beets, broccoli, brussels sprouts, and cabbage. It is also approved for 32 pests and pest groups including but not limited to aphids, armyworm, beet webworm, black cherry aphid, brown wheat mite, corn rootworms, cotton leafperforator, cotton leafworm, european red mite, and flea beetles.

Original registration date:

  • 11 Jul 1967

Cancellation date:

  • 01 May 1987

Alternative names:

  • BEST METHYL PARATHION 5 ECActive

Registrant:

  • J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANY
  • Address:
    16777 Howland Rd.
    Lathrop, CA 95330

Active ingredients:

  • Methyl parathion 54.7%
  • Xylene 26.4%
  • Other ingredients 18.9%

Signal word:

  • Danger

Product type:

  • Insecticide
  • Miticide

Formulation:

  • Emulsifiable Concentrate

Registered target pests:

  • Aphids
  • Armyworm
  • Armyworm (to 3rd instar)
  • Beet webworm (adult)
  • Black cherry aphid
  • Brown wheat mite
  • Corn rootworms (adult)
  • Cotton leafperforator
  • Cotton leafworm
  • European red mite
  • Flea beetles
  • Fleahoppers
  • Green apple aphid
  • Green peach aphid
  • Greenbug
  • Leafhoppers
  • Lygus bugs
  • Mealy plum aphid
  • Mites
  • No pest
  • Onion thrips
  • Plume moths
  • Red spider mites
  • Rice leafminer
  • Rosy apple aphid
  • Spotted alfalfa aphid
  • Stink bugs
  • Tadpole shrimp
  • Threecornered alfalfa hopper
  • Thrips
  • Velvetbean caterpillar
  • Woolly apple aphid

Registered target sites:

  • Alfalfa (foliar treatment)
  • Apples (foliar treatment)
  • Apricots (foliar treatment)
  • Artichokes (foliar treatment)
  • Barley (foliar treatment)
  • Beans (dry) (foliar treatment)
  • Beans (green) (foliar treatment)
  • Beans (lima) (foliar treatment)
  • Beets (foliar treatment)
  • Broccoli (foliar treatment)
  • Brussels sprouts (foliar treatment)
  • Cabbage (foliar treatment)
  • Carrots (foliar treatment)
  • Celery (foliar treatment)
  • Cherries (foliar treatment)
  • Clover (foliar treatment)
  • Collards (foliar treatment)
  • Corn (field) (foliar treatment)
  • Corn (pop) (foliar treatment)
  • Corn (sweet) (foliar treatment)
  • Cotton (foliar treatment)
  • Cucumbers (foliar treatment)
  • Gooseberries (foliar treatment)
  • Grapes (foliar treatment)
  • Hops (foliar treatment)
  • Kale (foliar treatment)
  • Kohlrabi (foliar treatment)
  • Lettuce (foliar treatment)
  • Mustard (foliar treatment)
  • Oats (foliar treatment)
  • Onions (foliar treatment)
  • Peaches (foliar treatment)
  • Pears (foliar treatment)
  • Peas (foliar treatment)
  • Peppers (foliar treatment)
  • Plums (foliar treatment)
  • Potatoes (foliar treatment)
  • Prunes (foliar treatment)
  • Rice (foliar treatment)
  • Rutabagas (foliar treatment)
  • Rye (foliar treatment)
  • Safflower (foliar treatment)
  • Sorghum (foliar treatment)
  • Soybeans (foliar treatment)
  • Spinach (foliar treatment)
  • Strawberries (foliar treatment)
  • Sugar beets (foliar treatment)
  • Sweet potatoes (foliar treatment)
  • Tomatoes (foliar treatment)
  • Turnips (foliar treatment)
  • Vetch (foliar treatment)
  • Wheat (foliar treatment)