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Table 4 Pesticide commonly used in tomato production in the SAGCOT zone and their respective active ingredients alongside WHO toxicity class

From: Maternal pesticide exposure and child neuro-development among smallholder tomato farmers in the southern corridor of Tanzania

Pesticide name.

Active ingredient

Group

WHO Toxicity class

Profecron 720EC

Profenophos

Organophosphate

II

Kungfu 720EC

Lambda-cyhalothrin 5 g/l

Pyrethroids

II

Mupaforce

Profenofos 720 EC.

Organophosphate

II

Karate 5EC

Lambda-cyhalothrin 5 g/l

Pyrethroids

II

Snow success 720

Matalaxy+ Mancozed

Carbamate

III

Ninja 5EC

Lambda-cyhalothrin 5 g/l

Pyrethroids

II

Farmerzeb 800EC

Mancozed 800EC

Carbamate

III

Linkonil 50SC

Chlorothalonil 50 g/l

Pyrethroids

III

Milthane super

Mancozed 800EC

Carbamate

III

Ivory 72 WP

Metalaxyl 80 g/kg +Mancozeb 640 g/kg

Carbamate

III

Selecron 720 EC

Profenophos 720 g/l

Organophosphate

II

Roundup

Glyphosate

Glycine

Derivative

II

Fungzeb

Mancozed 800EC

Carbamate

III

Hitcel

Profenofos 400 g/l+

Organophosphate

II

Belt 480 SC

Flubendiamide 480 g/L

phthalic acid diamide

II

Imidacropid

Imidaclopid

Pyrethiod

II

Dudumectrin

Emametrin + acetameprid

  

Snowcron 500SE

Profenofos

Organophosphate

II

Duduacelamectrin,

Cypermethrin

Pyrethroids

II

Link mil

Mancozeb 640 g/Kg + Metalaxyl 80 g/Kg

Carbamate

III

Duduba

Cypermethrin 100 g/l + Chlorpyrifos

 

II