The library · Insecticide
Cypermethrin
A pyrethroid for flea beetles, grasshoppers and other pests in several crops.
- Group
- Insecticide Group 3A
- Family
- Pyrethroids
- Formula
- C22H19Cl2NO3
- Molar mass
- 416.3 g/mol
- You may know it as
- Up-Cyde
- In Canada
- Several generics
Structure: PubChem CID 2912
How it kills
Sodium channel modulators
Holds nerve sodium channels open, so nerves keep firing.
Fast knockdown of insects it contacts or that eat treated leaves.
Works by contact with the insect, or when it feeds on treated leaves.
Where it fits
In the season.
Commonly used on
- Flea beetles
- Grasshoppers
- Canola
Good to know
- Spray to economic thresholds to protect beneficial insects.
- Check pre-harvest intervals.
- Broad spectrum, so it also hits beneficial insects. Cool temperatures often improve pyrethroid activity, heat can reduce it.
