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3 unusual facts about Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act


1-Naphthaleneacetic acid

In the United States, under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), products containing NAA require registration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as pesticides.

Fair Deal

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (1947) introduced regulations on the use of pesticide in food production.

Termite pre-treatment

It is a violation of US Federal Pesticide Laws and most State laws to apply termiticides at concentrations and/or volumes less than indicated rate prescribed by the brand label, however, others following the US FIFRA Act allow for a lower dosage to be applied where the applicator considers this appropriate.


Aspergillus sojae

Glyceollins, molecules belonging to the pterocarpans, are found in the soybean (Glycine max) and have been found to have an antifungal activity against A.

Famoxadone

Famoxadone is a fungicide to protect agricultural products against various fungal diseases on fruiting vegetables, tomatoes, potatoes, curcurbits, lettuce and grapes.

Flusilazole

Flusilazole (DPX-H6573) is an organosilicon fungicide invented by DuPont, which is used to control fungal infections on a variety of fruit and vegetable crops.

Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet

He accomplished this feat by implementing a fungicide consisting of hydrated lime, copper sulfate and water, a mixture that was to become known as the "Bordeaux mixture".

Taura syndrome

The fungicides propiconazole (Tilt, Ciba-Geigy) and tridemorph (Calixin, BASF) used to control black leaf, ran off into nearby ponds and were responsible for the disease.

The outbreak of black leaf disease led to an increase in fungicide usage within the Taura River basin district near the city of Guayaquil.


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