Agrochemical Product Piperonyl Butoxide Tc for Pesticide Control CAS 51-03-6

A wide variety of water-based PBO-containing products such as crack and crevice sprays, total release foggers, and flying insect sprays are produced for and sold to consumers for home use. PBO has an important Public Health role as a Synergist used in pyrethrins and pyrethroid formulations used for Mosquito Control.Because of its limited, if any, insecticidal properties, PBO is never used alone. PBO is mainly used in combination with insecticides, such as natural pyrethrins or synthetic pyrethroids. It is approved for pre- and postharvest application to a wide variety of crops and commodities, including grain, fruits and vegetables. The application rates are low.It is also used extensively as an ingredient with Insecticide to control flies in and around the home, in food-handling establishments such as restaurants, and for human and Veterinary applications against ectoparasites (head lice, ticks, fleas).

Mode of Action

Piperonyl butoxide can enhance the insecticidal activity of pyrethroids and various insecticides such as pyrethroids, rotenone, and carbamates. It also has synergistic effects on fenitrothion, dichlorvos, chlordane, trichloromethane, atrazine, and can improve the stability of pyrethroid extracts. When using housefly as the control object, the synergistic effect of this product on fenpropathrin is higher than that of octachloropropyl ether; But in terms of knockdown effect on houseflies, cypermethrin cannot be synergized. When used in mosquito repellent incense, there is no synergistic effect on permethrin, and even the efficacy is reduced.