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. 2017 Nov 2;12(11):e0187439. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187439

Table 1. Details of insecticides and fungicides tested for their non-target effects on Nesidiocoris tenuis.

Active ingredient Trade name Maximum field rate Chemical family Mode of action(s)
Crops
Target organism(s)
Cypermethrin Cypermethrin Aria® 17.5 ml hl-1 Pyrethroids Sodium channel modulator Cotton, field corn, sweet corn, eggplant, pepper (bell & non-bell), tomato, head lettuce, head and stem brassica, soybean, succulent, peas and beans, root and tuber crops, pecans Bollworms, leafrollers, snout beetles, fruit flies, codling moth, cutworm, armyworm, stalk borers, stink bugs, leafhoppers, thrips
Pyriproxyfen Admiral® 75 ml hl-1 Pyridine Juvenile hormone mimics Tomato, cucurbits, peppers, cotton, citrus, mango and olives Whiteflies and scales
Spirotetramat Movento® 96 ml hl-1 Tetronic and tetramic acid Inhibitors of acetyl CoA Tomato, eggplant, peppers, strawberry, lettuce, cucurbits, leafy vegetables, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans, peas, sweet corn, citrus, grapes, mangoes, passionfruit, pome fruit, stone fruit, cotton, chicory, endive and radicchio Aphids, whiteflies and thrips
Benomyl Benomyl Golsam® 50 g hl-1 Benzimidazoles Inhibitor of ß-tubuline assembly in mitosis Tomato, cucurbits, peppers, citrus, mangoes, peas, roses, sugarcane, sunflower, tobacco seedlings, grapes, wheat, gladioli, groundnuts, bananas, peaches, apricots, plums, apples and avocados Fungal disease
Chlorothalonil Daconil® 213 ml hl-1 Chloronitriles Multi-site contact activity Tomatoes, potatoes, vegetables, cereals, stone fruit, peanuts, bananas, turf, coffee, and many other crops Fungal disease
Copper oxychloride Copper oxychloride Aria® 250 g hl-1 Inorganic Multi-site contact activity Tomato, potatoes, cucurbits, lettuce, peas, onions, apricots, cherries, peaches, nectarines, plums, almonds, apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, apples, pears, avocados, citrus, durians, guavas, hazelnuts, litchi, macadamias, mangoes, mangosteens, passionfruit, rambutans, vines, walnuts, bananas, blackcurrants, brassicas, capsicums, carrots, celery, ornamentals, parsnips, red beet, rhubarb, silver beet, spinach, strawberries, tobacco and seed beds Fungal and bacterial diseases
Cyazofamid Ranman® 50 ml hl-1 Cyano-imidazole Quinone inside Inhibitor Tomato, potato, cucurbits vegetables and carrots Late blight
Fluopicolide + Propamocarb hydrochloride Infinito® 160 ml hl-1 Pyridinylmethyl-benzamides + carbamates Delocalisation of spectrin-like proteins + cell membrane permeability Tomato and Potatoes Late blight
Penconazol Penconazol Aria® 12.5 ml hl-1 Triazoles DeMethylation Inhibitors Tomato, apples, pears, grapes, peas and brussels sprouts Powdery mildew and scab
Trifloxystrobin Flint® 20 ml hl-1 Oximino-acetates Interrupting electron transfer at Qo center of cytochrome bc1 in the mitochondria of fungal cells Tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, cucurbits, mangoes, grapes, pome fruit and stone fruit Fungal disease