Hello! Last summer season was under my sign of experimentation. This was especially true for countering various pests. I usually use folk remedies, but not this time.
After a thorough preliminary preparation, I decided to use Diazinon for soil treatment.
And you know, the first experience of using me was very impressive. And so much so that I decided to tell you in detail about the methods of using Diazinon, whether there is harm to a person and what dosages of the drug are better to use. So let's get started!
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Diazinon - instructions for use
The parasites tormenting our pets quickly adapt to new drugs. This is the main problem in the fight against them. Not all drugs can interact equally well.
For this reason, collars and drops at the withers, which have diazinon in their composition, perfectly fulfill the task.
The main characteristics of the drug
Antiparasitic agents based on the substance diazinon have several basic characteristics:
- infect ticks, fleas at all stages;
- easy to handle;
- effectively solve the problem;
- residual substances are rapidly excreted from the body;
- do not have a pungent odor;
- allergy to the drug has a low percentage of events.
Collars and drops based on diazinon have a relatively low cost. At the same time, the quality of the drugs is at a high level.
Mechanisms of action
Diazinon has a chemical formula that allows it:
- easy to penetrate into the near-hair bag;
- mix with sebaceous secretions;
- penetrate through the capillary system into the peripheral bloodstream;
- easily excreted from the body.
The body of blood-sucking parasites is affected from several sources at once. Diazinon enters with the sebaceous secretions of the animal on the cuticle of the insect. It also penetrates into their digestive system directly from the blood.
Once in the digestive tract, it affects their reproductive system and then destroys the esophagus itself.
Application areas
Drops based on diazinon must be applied to hard-to-reach areas on the animal’s body:
- withers;
- base of skull;
- between the shoulder blades;
- along the first third of the ridge.
In this case, it is worth considering the mobility of the spine of the animal. If we are talking about cats, the withers and the point between the shoulder blades will be priority areas.
During the application of the drug, the skin should not be damaged. This is due to the fact that the mechanism of drug penetration into the animal’s body does this gradually, without causing allergies or intoxication.An open wound or microdamage can cause poisoning of the animal.
Features of the use of collars and drops
Experienced veterinarians insist that both types of drugs be used to effectively protect the pet. Although the activity of parasites is seasonal in nature, which makes it possible to choose between them.
Seasonality
The first period of high parasite activity occurs in early spring. The life cycles of many ticks and flea species activate the problem, starting in May. Although some parasites have earlier awakening dates.
This also applies to flea breeding activity. Despite the fact that they have the opportunity to winter in comfortable conditions on stray animals, rodents and in cluttered rooms, they also obey the general annual cycle.
During this period, an increase in body temperature of both cats and dogs is observed by several degrees. What additionally creates comfortable conditions for the reproduction of parasites.
The third peak of activity occurs at the end of September. Some ticks prepare for winter suspended animation and begin to actively eat, collecting a supply of nutrients. It is worth paying attention to and applying both types of protection according to the instructions.
When to apply
Animals that lead an active lifestyle and often visit the street are at increased risk. Dogs and cats that are actively in contact with the external environment must undergo mandatory drop treatment and wear collars.
Otherwise, the effect of the drug will be ineffective. Since the number of parasites will be replenished by accidentally caught fresh individuals.
Also, this will jeopardize all pets that do not get onto the street on their own, but come in contact with such an animal. This is especially true for puppies and kittens. These are creatures most vulnerable to parasite attacks. They cannot be processed often.
This creates a dangerous situation, since ticks and fleas are the causative agents and carriers of many dangerous diseases.
It is recommended to put collars on puppies and kittens for their age after treatment with drops in order to avoid possible accidental contact with introduced pests. The dose of the drug in collars and drops for young individuals is much lower than for adults. But this does not mean that their use is ineffective.
Harm to humans
Diazinon has not been proven harmful to humans, although access to this medicine should be limited for young children. With signs of poisoning, you should consult a doctor and perform detoxifying actions - gastric lavage, drink enterosgel.
Using drugs based on diazinon, you should pay attention to the condition of the pet in the first few days. Since during this period, personal rejection of the drug is manifested. But basically this is an effective tool that easily allows you to eliminate all problems with ticks and fleas.
Diazinon harm to humans: Myth or reality
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The harm of diazinon to humans is not yet proven. But in any case, small children should be protected from any contact with this drug. The question is different. How to do this if the child is in contact with a pet that you have treated with diazinon.
It must be remembered that this tool was invented and aimed exclusively at combating parasites and it is contraindicated to use it for humans in any case. For this, there have long been very effective means. Such as the "Antiglist Forte" drops from parasites for example.
If this still happened, then first of all, urgent actions of the detoxification direction should be taken, such as:
- Gastric lavage
- To provide the patient with immobility
- Take Enterosgel
And be sure to consult a doctor without further self-medication.
Instructions for use of the drug diazinon and what is its harm to humans
In the agricultural industry and farmsteads for the prevention and treatment of livestock, insecticides of a wide spectrum of action are most popular. One such drug is diazinon.
This tool is also used to deacarize and disinsect livestock buildings, which allows you to get rid of a number of pests.
Composition and pharmacological properties
Diazinon is an insecticide related to organophosphorus compounds. It consists of a 60% emulsion concentrate, as well as kerosene, amyl ester of acetic acid, neonol. This product is available under the name "Diazinon S".
Keep Diazinon in a dry place away from food or animal feed. Shelf life is 3 years. After this, the use of an insecticide is highly not recommended, as it can cause significant harm.
The action of the drug is that when a pest enters the body, it causes a series of chemical reactions leading to the appearance of convulsive contractions, with the subsequent development of paralysis and death of the insect.
Thus, diazinon refers to intestinal, contact and systemic pesticides.
The high effectiveness of the drug, due to the presence of a 60% concentrate of a diazinon emulsion, carries with it a certain harm. Diazinon belongs to the second (high) class of danger to humans. In addition, it is toxic to bees and fish.
Diazinon, as indicated by the instructions for use, can be harmful to health due to the fact that it has a toxic and local irritant effect.
In what cases should I use?
Diazinon C, as indicated by instructions for use, is recommended for use in the following areas:
- Agriculture.
- Household plots.
- Indoor plants.
- Pest control.
- Tank mixes.
In agriculture, its use is recommended for the control of pests such as sugar beet pests (fleas, aphids, weevils), wheat (ground beetle), cabbage (cabbage flies), corn (wireworms), alfalfa seed (bugs), cotton (aphid) . These insects cause significant damage to crops.
The drug Diazinon C can be applied to the soil. Diazinon C can be sprayed on shoots or applied to the soil. Due to the latter property, it is effective against soil-borne pests and is well absorbed by the roots of plants.
This insecticide is widely used in household plots and effectively protects vegetable or flower crops, as well as strawberries, onions, potatoes. Diazinon can be used against harmful wireworms, bears, cabbage flies, weevils.
To protect potted plants from soil flies or mosquitoes, Diazinon is also recommended.
For pest control, this insecticide is used to eradicate synanthropic species. To create tank mixtures, Diazinon C is mixed with fungicides and herbicides.
Health hazard and poisoning assistance
As shown in animal experiments, Diazinon does not harm the human genotype, there are no embryotoxic and teratogenic effects.
It presents harm in the form of toxic effects on the human body at the time of use and within 20 days after application. In plants, this drug does not accumulate.
Due to the fact that this insecticide is toxic to bees only in the first three days of application, the risk of spreading it by air is reduced, which means that the risk of a negative effect on human health is reduced.
The drug is dangerous for 20 days after use. With poisoning with this drug, symptoms develop gradually, and 4 stages can be distinguished in their course. Each of them is characterized by a characteristic clinic and first aid methods.
The first stage occurs 15 minutes after human contact with the drug. It is characterized by signs of arousal. In addition, severe headaches, vomiting, abdominal pain, dizziness occur.
The second stage is characterized by convulsive syndrome and increased tone. These symptoms occur in the absence of effective medical care after a few hours after poisoning.
A person complains of intense sweating, hypersalivation, blurred vision, weakness, difficulty breathing. There are also painful urges to urinate.
If untreated, this condition can go into a stupor or stupor, with a subsequent transition to a coma.
At the same time, the pupils stop responding to light, the tone of the skeletal muscles increases, stiffness of the chest is noted, which significantly restricts respiratory movements. In this case, moist rales are clearly audible in the lungs, and the patient is choked with saliva.
In the second stage, twitching of the facial muscles occurs, which then go to the shoulders, arms, etc., blood pressure rises to a critical level of 250 mm Hg. Art. After this, collapse may occur.
In the third stage, paralysis of striated muscles is noted. In this case, there is no reaction of the pupils to light, the patient is in a coma. A rare pulse and low blood pressure are noted, tendon reflexes are absent. If untreated, death occurs.
It is better not to contact the drug, you can recover.
If the first signs of poisoning appear, it is necessary to provide the person with first aid and call an ambulance immediately. First aid measures:
- move the victim away from the poisoning zone;
- take off the clothes;
- remove the product from the skin by wiping it with soda or ammonia.
A person providing first-aid care must take care of protecting his skin and mucous membranes. After the above measures, it is necessary to hospitalize the victim. In a hospital, a gastric lavage is done and an antidote is administered.
People whose profession is constantly associated with insecticides, including Diazinon, may develop chronic poisoning. His clinic is worn out and difficult to diagnose. Therefore, regular monitoring by a professional pathologist is important. In this case, prevention is more important than treatment.
Processing methods
This insecticide is used to treat arachno-ectomoses, as well as to prevent them in animals such as pigs, horses, cattle, sheep, fur animals.
In the above animals, Diazinon is sprayed. In this case, the solution is prepared before use. If mass treatment is necessary, then first the agent is sprayed onto several animals of varying degrees of fatness.
The drug is also used to prevent certain animals.
In order to use this insecticide for the treatment of sheep in the case of psoroptosis or melphagosis, as well as for the prevention of these conditions, a 0.025% emulsion is used.
After bathing 400 sheep, it is necessary to replenish the bath. It is recommended to bathe in dry and warm weather at a temperature of 18 degrees. Preliminary within 10 hours, the animals must be on a starvation diet. A couple of hours before processing, you need to drink them.
Cattle are treated with a 0.06% emulsion through a backpack sprayer. Fur animals are treated with a 0.0025% solution.
Slaughter of the animal is allowed after 20 days after processing. The use of freshly processed meat, as indicated by the instructions for use, can cause significant harm to health.
Precautionary measures
In order to avoid poisoning and reduce possible harm to the human body from the drug Diazinon, the following rules must be observed:
- Be sure to wear protective clothing and use personal protective equipment.
- Observe hygiene.
- During processing it is forbidden to drink or eat food.
- Must have a first aid kit.
- If signs of poisoning occur, seek medical attention.
- It is forbidden to merge the remnants of the emulsion into places bordering water bodies.
- Do not transport this insecticide with food or fodder.
- The container in which the solution was neutralized by filling it with a 5% soda solution, and then washed with water.
The price of the drug averages 800 rubles. This is the cost of one liter. Diazinon can be purchased at online stores. The price may vary greatly.
However, the high toxicity of this tool requires compliance with safety rules and the use of protective equipment.
For safe insecticides
Today, in stores you can find a wide range of various commercial names of insecticides - pest control products.
For summer residents, this diversity raises many questions related to the direction and effectiveness of their actions, safety and possible consequences.
Rumor has it that some drugs are already outdated and do not affect pests, and some, on the contrary, are “modern” and therefore highly effective. Question: is it true or not?
We recommend that you be wary of such rumors, often generated by advertising. In order to clarify the situation, we will conduct a brief analysis of the drugs available on the market. According to the active substance and principles of action, the following groups of drugs of the same type can be formed:
"Barguzin", "Thunder", "Thunder-2", "Zemlin", "Medvetoks", "Anteater", "Ant", "Muratsid", "Fly-eater", "Pochin", "Provotoks". All are made on the basis of one active substance - diazinon in different concentrations. These are non-systemic drugs with a wide spectrum of action.
Diazinon is practically insoluble in water, therefore, it can effectively combat such soil-borne pests as wireworm, cabbage and onion flies, weevils, biting scoop, aphid, flea.In addition, it has an acaricidal effect, i.e. effective against arachnid pests - ticks.
“Bison”, “Golden Spark”, “Commander”, “Confidor”, “Corado”, “Monsoon”, “Tanrek”. All are based on the active ingredient imidacloprid - a systemic insecticide that can spread through plant cells. The drug is easily absorbed by plants, works well systemically through the roots.
It shows high residual activity. Imidacloprid has gained particular popularity because of its effectiveness against the Colorado potato beetle. It is also used to combat sucking insects: aphids, cicadas, delphacids, thrips, whiteflies, weevils. Not effective against nematodes and spider mites.
Imidacloprid is a highly toxic substance, very dangerous for mammals, birds, fish, earthworms, as well as for humans. The period of its decomposition in the soil from six months to two years. For summer residents and gardeners, it is allowed on a limited number of crops. The drug "Actara" also belongs to the same group.
Iskra M, Karbofos, Fenaksin-Plus, Fufanon, Inta-TsM. They are made on the basis of malathion - a non-systemic insecticide and acaricide with a wide spectrum of action.
It is used to control harmful insects and ticks in many agricultural crops: on fruit crops against ticks, aphids, leaf flies, tinnits, apple moths and others, on the buttocks against the yellow gooseberry sawfly, aphids, in the vineyards against the grape mealybug, on citrus against most pests that damage these crops: citrus whitefly, worms, red citrus tick and others.
Highly effective against a large number of pests of vegetable crops (ticks, aphids, thrips, leaf-eating caterpillars), on cucumbers and tomatoes in greenhouses and greenhouses.
Therefore, it is allowed and recommended for use in personal subsidiary plots on almost all cultures. Malathion has been used successfully since 1950. It is used in medicine, in everyday life, when caring for park areas and recreation areas.
To date, no serious signs of resistance of harmful insects to the action of malathion have been identified! Actellic also belongs to the same group - a broad-spectrum preparation, recommended, including for indoor use.
Inta-TsM, Iskra, Kinmiks, Fastak, Tsunami, Lightning, Senpai. The active substances in these drugs are different, but all belong to a single chemical group of pyrethroids.
These are non-systemic substances for combating a wide range of chewing and sucking insects, especially butterflies, potato cow, Colorado potato beetle. Are allowed for use by summer residents and gardeners in many vegetable, fruit, berry and decorative crops.
They have good residual activity with minimal negative impact on environmental objects, easily decompose in soil and plants.
The decay period in the soil is about 20 days. A distinctive feature of many pyrethroids is their cost-effectiveness, due to the low required concentration during processing.
Many pyrethroids are highly toxic to fish, aquatic organisms, and bees.For humans, pyrethroids are a relative danger, so some of them are used in everyday life to fight cockroaches, mosquitoes, flies, bedbugs, fleas, domestic ants, etc.
“Fitoverm”, “Akarin”, “Iskra-Bio”, “Lepidocide”, “Bitoxibacillin”. A group of biological preparations based on various microorganisms and products of fermentation of soil bacteria.
A feature of biological products is that they are effective only in a warm, humid environment with at least 20 degrees of heat.
Biological products act only through the intestinal system of pests, and they actively eat when warm and humid. The toxicity of biological products should not be underestimated; at high concentrations, they are very dangerous for humans and animals.
Now we can draw conclusions. The onset of the Colorado potato beetle in Primorye forces summer residents to use potent systemic drugs.
When using non-systemic drugs against the Colorado potato beetle and potato ladybug, you will have to do 3-4 treatments per season, but the price of these efforts is your health!
I would especially like to highlight the preparations Inta-TsM and Iskra, which are quite safe insecticides with a very wide range of use due to a double set of compatible active substances of a different nature. Their low price is due to the economical mechanism of action, due to high efficiency at low concentrations!
As regards the processing of trees and shrubs, non-systemic preparations should be definitely used here, preferably based on malathion, for example, Fufanon. In indoor floriculture, Actellik and Fitoverm are acceptable. You will find all these drugs in garden shops of our region.
The specificity of the properties of diazinon as a drug from ants
Recently, there has been a need to suppress the number of ants living in household plots, including on beds, lawns, under trees and shrubs, in greenhouses, in front gardens, on terraces, etc.
In addition to the natural inconvenience associated with the movement and bites of these insects, ants can harm cultivated plants, fruit and ornamental trees.
Moving on the beds and on the surface of plants, ants can transmit fungal and bacterial infections that cause diseases of vegetables and ornamental crops and reduce yield and product quality.
Of the many plant protection methods, the chemical method is of greatest importance - the use of chemical compounds that destroy harmful organisms. The chemical method is also effective for protecting various materials and products from them from biological damage.
Recently, pesticides have been widely used in the fight against various pests.
Pesticides (lat. Pestis - infection and lat. Caedo - kill) - chemicals used to fight pests.
Diazinon, the properties studied in this work, belongs to the class of insecticides. Insecticides in the form of powders, liquids, emulsions, suspensions, aerosols are used.
Depending on the nature of the effect on harmful insects, insecticides are divided into 4 groups: intestinal enter the body through the mouth and intestines of the insect; contact - through its outer covers; respiratory (fumigants) - through the respiratory tract.
But the most effective are systemic, or systemic, insecticides. They are absorbed by the roots and leaves of plants along with nutrients, and the plant itself becomes poisonous to insects.
The aim of this work was to study the influence of anthropogenic factors on the properties of diazinon (as a drug from ants):
- diazinon dissociation with time;
- the influence of salts of heavy metals contained in the soil;
- the formation of complex compounds with these metals.
Insecticides (from Lat. Insectum - insect and caedo - kill) - a class of pesticides designed to combat harmful insects. These insect repellents are used to destroy the pests themselves, their eggs (the group of drugs is called ovicides) and the larvae (the group of drugs is called larvicides).
Diazinon belongs to the class of organophosphorus insecticides. A great advantage of preparations of this group from a hygienic point of view is their lower environmental stability than chlorinated hydrocarbons, which reduces the risk of such compounds getting into animals and humans.
The toxic effect of phosphorus-organic compounds on vertebrates, as well as the basis of their insecticidal action, is based on the same mechanism - inhibition of enzymes belonging to the group of esterases, especially cholinesterases.
Organophosphorus compounds also act on trypsin, human liver esterase, milk lipase, etc. The selective effect of organophosphorus preparations on insects is usually more pronounced than on chlorinated hydrocarbons.
However, this was not confirmed, but the resistance to organophosphorus preparations is not as high as to chlorinated hydrocarbons, and it is produced more slowly.
Formula: O, O-diethyl-O- (2-isopropyl 4-methylpyrimidyl-6) thiophosphate. C12H21N2O3PS
In living organisms, diazinon passes into the corresponding phosphoric acid ester (diazoxone). In excess of water, the main products of diazinone hydrolysis are diethylthiophosphoric acid and 2-isopropyl - 4-methyl - 6-hydroxypyrimidine, but with a lack of water in an acidic medium, a small amount of tetraethyl dithio - and thiopyrophosphates is formed.
For plant pests, diazinon is moderately toxic, but it is an effective means of controlling flies indoors, in particular in livestock yards. The drugs are effective in controlling houseflies that are resistant to DDT. It is tested as a means of combating gadfly.
The decomposition of the heterocyclic part of the molecule proceeds much more slowly in different objects and can proceed in different directions. In the body of animals, in most cases, water-soluble compounds are obtained, which are relatively rapidly excreted in urine and feces.
Physical and chemical properties
The molecular weight of 304.4. Pure diazinon is a colorless oil with a faint odor.
Technical product is a yellow to tan oil.The solubility of the substance in water is 40 mg / l at 20 ° C. It is well soluble in most organic solvents (acetone, benzene, xylene, ethanol, chloroform), it is easily hydrolyzed in an alkaline and acidic environment.
The aqueous emulsion is mixed with most herbicides and fungicides.
In the structure of diazinon O, O - diethylthionphosphoric acid anhydride is bound to an acid residue. Therefore, during hydrolysis, the ether decomposes into diethylthionophosphoric acid and the original acid base.
In plants, it is first oxidized to phosphate, which is then hydrolyzed to non-toxic products with the destruction of the heterocycle.
Characteristic:
- Boiling point 89 ° C at 0.1 mmHg;
- Vapor pressure at 20 ° С 8.4 • 10-3 mm Hg;
- Volatility 1.39 mg / m3;
- The refractive index is 1.115;
- Density 1,116-1,118 g / cm3
Action on organisms
The action of diazinon on harmful organisms Organophosphorus insecticides, and diazinon in particular, being poisons of nerve effects, equally affect the body of warm-blooded animals and arthropods, phosphorylating vital enzymes - esterases, suppressing their normal functions.
If cholinesterase is blocked by a pesticide, then free acetylcholine accumulates in the synaltic fissure, the normal passage of nerve impulses is disturbed, tremor occurs (muscle cramping), which turns into paralysis.
Resistance With the systematic treatment of crops with preparations based on diazinon, group resistance of certain types of insect pests appears to it.
Application
Phytotoxicity. When processing plants during the growing season, preparations based on diazinon are non-phytotoxic, however, treatment of seeds and roots can lead to inhibition of plants.
Drugs are used by spraying the crops (liquid formulations) or by applying to the soil or to the surface of the soil. When applied to the soil, the goal is to protect plants from soil pests.
Diazinone introduced into the soil is well absorbed by the root system of crops and enters the seedlings of plants, protecting them from pests in the first two to three weeks.
This property of diazinon is very important, since in the modern assortment of pesticides there are no other insecticides with such an effect.
In a personal household. For use in personal household plots, preparations in the form of granules against pests of vegetable and flower crops, strawberries, potatoes and onions (bears, ants, onion and cabbage flies, wireworms, furrowed weevils, etc.) were registered.
To protect indoor plants. Preparations based on diazinon are used to protect potted flower plants and seedlings of vegetable and flower crops against soil flies and mushroom mosquitoes.
Toxicological properties and characteristics
Diazinon is dangerous as highly toxic during use and within 20 days after it. During this time, it detoxifies, toxic residues in the crop do not accumulate. Pesticide does not circulate in the environment.
Toxic effect.Diazinon is a substance acting on cholinesterase. The active substance penetrates the skin. Properties of accumulation in the body are poorly expressed. In dogs that received 6.5 mg / kg of diazinone daily (as a 25% wettable powder), no change was observed.
Cholinesterase activity decreased only slightly. With a daily intake of 9.3 mg / kg of diazinon, a toxic effect of the drug was associated with a strong suppression of cholinesterase activity.
Diazinone poisoning can be treated with atropine or a combination of atropine and PAM. Initial symptoms of organophosphate poisoning include abdominal pain, blurred vision. Symptoms of a moderate degree include heaviness in the body and insomnia.
If the substance gets on the skin, it is necessary to remove it with a cotton swab moistened with 5 - 10% alcohol or 2% chloraline, and then rinse with water; in case of contact with eyes - they are washed and instilled with atropine or similar drugs; if it enters the stomach, they drink several glasses of warm water or a 2% solution of soda and cause vomiting, take activated charcoal and saline laxative; in severe poisoning - do subcutaneous injections with atropine or similar drugs that remove the substance from the enzyme.
This property is advantageous, it eliminates airborne and reduces (not always) water drift of drugs, reduces their contact with humans and agricultural products.
Getting
Diazinone is prepared by reacting 2-isopropyl-4-methyl-6-hydroxypyrimidine with diethylchlorothiophosphate in the presence of hydrogen chloride acceptors.
The substance discovered was Gisin (Geygi). This was preceded by forforylation of enolizable esters (acetoacetic ester) and ketones (acetylacetone) by Schrader and Lorentz in 1944. In 1950 - 1952
The most interesting enol compound was the condensation product of acetoacetic ester and isobutyramidine (2-isopropyl-4-methyl-6-hydroxypyrimidine). Its phosphorylation of O, O by diethylchlorothiophosphate leads to the active principle of diazinon.
Benefits
Diazinon Benefits:
- effective against a wide range of harmful insects;
- exhibits a "lightning" effect;
- has a weak fumigant effect.
Diazinon is considered to be the most effective insecticide for ant control, but ant control, where it becomes necessary, is complicated by the fact that these insects, being social, have a complex spatial and ethological structure of the population and therefore direct suppression of their numbers by contact with insecticidal preparations difficult.
To combat domestic ants, the method of continuous or selective processing of habitats and movement of insects by contact insecticides is used or poisoned baits are used.
When using the continuous treatment method with such preparations based on diazinon, only that part of the colony that underwent treatment or had contact with the drug along the routes of death perishes.
In domestic ants, the anthill with the female producers living in it is located outside the reach of contact insecticides. As a result, the numbers of the latter are rapidly recovering.
Therefore, to combat ants, containers with food bait are often used, which are installed in places of their greatest congestion or intense movement.
Working individuals of ants take out the poisoned bait from the container and transfer it to the nests. As a result of the exchange of food between ants, females laying eggs, and after a while the whole family die.
For convenience, scientists have created drugs that combine an insecticide with a food bait.
The experimental technique
For research, the following preparations were chosen: Thunder (includes a food bait) and Anteater.
The preparation also contains kaolin and 1-3% sodium carboxymethyl cellulose. This drug is protected by RF patent 2129367.
The drug "Anteater" composition: diazinon, solvent, emulsifiers. To determine the stability of the insecticide, its hydrolytic cleavage was carried out:
- dissociation with time;
- In the presence of heavy metal ions - nickel.
In the process of hydrolysis, it decomposes into phosphates. The amount of phosphates characterizes the degree of complete decomposition of the insecticide. This approach makes it possible to assess the rate of decomposition of the insecticide.
The amount of decomposed insecticide was determined by the phosphate content. According to the data obtained, graphs of the dependence of the amounts of decaying insecticide over time are constructed.
In the course of the work, it was found that in the preparations “Thunder” and “Anteater” the dissociation of diazinon occurs with a different degree of decomposition. The results of the experiment are presented in the table.
It has been established that during the interaction of insecticides with heavy metal ions, durable complexes are formed. This leads to the fact that insecticides become more resistant.
It was found that the drug Thunder (which includes a food bait) is more effective and less harmful to the environment (as it dissociates into harmless products faster) than Anteater.
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