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US
/məˈɫæθiən, məˈɫæθiɔn/
]
[ UK /mælˈɑːθiən/ ]
[ UK /mælˈɑːθiən/ ]
NOUN
- a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites
How To Use Malathion In A Sentence
- The two traditional insecticides used for grasshopper control in rangeland are malathion and carbaryl.
- So for example the pesticides made of organophosphates (parathion and malathion) and organochlorides (such as DDT) permanently deactivate an enzyme that is essential to the nervous system. THE STORY OF STUFF
- Control hoppers with carbaryl or malathion insecticide when the inflorescence starts to emerge. Chapter 23
- For example, although pests can become tolerant to a single toxic chemical such as malathion, it seems unlikely that they can develop genetic resistance to neem's complex blend of compounds - many functioning quite differently and on different parts of an insect's life cycle and physiology. 1 The Vision
- Youngsters with high levels of pesticide residue in their urine, particularly from widely used types of insecticide such as malathion, were more likely to have ADHD, the behavior disorder that often disrupts school and social life, scientists in the United States and Canada found. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
- Others blame the comeback of bedbugs on their resistance to DDT's many substitutes e.g., malathion, diazinon, lindane, chlordane, dichlorovos and now pyrethroids. Bill Chameides: Is Propoxur the Way to Not Let the Bedbugs Bite?
- Chemical control includes the use of methomyl, carbaryl, diazinon, malathion and dimethoate, but avoidance of indiscriminate spraying is important as a measure of natural biological control frequently operates, and it is important not to eliminate the beneficial organisms: emphasis should be given to integrated control. Chapter 32
- It is essential that virus-free material be selected and treatment of the cuttings with a mixture of fungicides and insecticides (eg maneb + propineb + copper oxychloride + malathion) has been advised. Chapter 11
- You may find some help from a product containing neem, malathion or dormant oil.
- They will be driving around and spraying with Malathion in an effort to kill the enemy out.
