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Pymetrozine

Pymetrozine

Adult Bee Toxicity
>117 Oral LD50 in µg/bee
Larval Bee Toxicity
Unknown Oral LD50 in µg/bee
Chemical Group
Pyridine azomethine
Adult Bee Toxicity
>117
Adult Bee Toxicity Group
Low
Larval Bee Toxicity
Unknown
Persistence Half-Life (days)
23
Persistence Rating
Medium
Relative Index of Systemic Activity
1.31
Registered Uses (USA)

A wide variety of agricultural uses (>100 different crops) including vegetables, other fruits, tree nuts, potatoes, cotton, sugar beets, and other crops. Landcape uses include trees and landscape plantings. Other uses include nursery uses and non-crop uses.`

Use Categories
Agriculture
Nursery
Landscape
Non-crop
Seed Treatment Use
No
Seed Treatment Crops
Further Information

Xylem and phloem-mobile. Pymetrozine neurally inhibits feeding behavior.

Toxicity Reference(s)

Lewis, K.A., J. Tzilivakis, D. Warner, and A. Green. 2016. An international database for pesticide risk assessments and management. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal 22(4):1050-1064.

Systemic Reference(s)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2017. Preliminary Ecological Risk Assessment for the Registration Review of Pymetrozine. 107 pp. Also, Bextine, B., D. Harshman, M. Johnson, and T. Miller. 2004. Impact of Pymetrozine on Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Feeding Behavior and Rate of Xylella fastidiosa Transmission. Journal of Insect Science 4:34.

Persistence Reference(s)

Lewis, K.A., J. Tzilivakis, D. Warner, and A. Green. 2016. An international database for pesticide risk assessments and management. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal 22(4):1050-1064.