Malathion Insecticide – Behavaran

| 500 – 1000 ml Packaging

• Malathion is an effective organophosphate insecticide with contact and stomach action, used to control plant pests, storage pests, and disease-carrying insects. Despite its high efficacy, it poses relatively low risk to humans and the environment.

Product Description

• Malathion is a non-systemic insecticide with contact, stomach, and slight inhalation effects, also showing acaricidal activity. It is effective against a wide range of pests, including:
• Temperate fruit tree pests
• Mealybugs and leafhoppers
• Date and cherry fruit worms
• Sugar beet flies
• Melon and cucurbit pests
• Citrus mealybugs and aphids
• Olive psyllids
• Alfalfa pests
• Asian sugarcane locusts
• Rose aphids

• Malathion belongs to the organophosphate group and contains two isomers. Its primary mechanism is acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition in the insect nervous system. AChE normally breaks down acetylcholine; inhibition leads to acetylcholine accumulation at nerve junctions, causing neural paralysis and death.

• Contact action: Absorbed through direct contact with the insect body.

• Stomach action: Enters the insect through feeding on treated leaves or fruits, causing poisoning.

• Fumigant action: At high temperatures and in enclosed spaces, effective vapors can form.

Due to its low mammalian toxicity and broad-spectrum efficacy, Malathion is still widely used as a relatively safer alternative to older organophosphates such as diazinon and fenitrothion.

Applications:

Malathion is used to control a wide range of sucking and chewing pests on:

• Field crops: Rice, wheat, barley, cotton, vegetables

• Fruit crops: Temperate fruit trees, citrus, grapes, dates, cherries

• Ornamentals & greenhouse plants: Aphid control

• Public health: Mosquito and fly control

• Livestock: Tick and lice control

• Storage: Grain pest management

Additionally, Malathion can be applied in bait or trap formulations (e.g., 0.3% Malathion + 3% hydrolyzed protein) for controlling Mediterranean fruit fly, cherry fly, and olive fruit fly. No pre-harvest interval has been recorded for these applications.