bifenthrin

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/baɪˈfɛnθɹɪn/

noun

A pyrethroid insecticide that affects the nervous system of insects.

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Meanings

nounbifenthrin (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA pyrethroid insecticide that affects the nervous system of insects.
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    Diagnostic doses of six acaricides (fenothiocarb, endosulfan, chlorfenapyr, tebufenpyrad, cyenopyrafen and cyflumetofen) resulted in a 68.0~71.8% mortality rate (on average) in the test mite populations, whereas the remaining six acaricides (monocrotophos, omethoate, bifenthrin, abamectin, etoxazole and bifenazate) caused slightly reduced mortality rates (on average 36.5~59.3%).

    2015 November 7, “Phenotypic- and Genotypic-Resistance Detection for Adaptive Resistance Management in Tetranychus urticae Koch”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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