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Instructions
Fri 06 Mar 2026
Pest & Disease Control
Pyrethroid Compounds: Trade Names, Mode of Action, and Compatible Mixtures
1. Lambda-Cyhalothrin
Trade: Pulsar, Agristar, Top Star, Effect Power, Acton, Axon, Kendo, Lambda Fall, Lambda Super, Lambda Star, New Power
Action: Non-systemic (contact)
Uses: Whitefly, aphids, thrips, spiny bollworm, cotton leafworm, public health pests
2. Deltamethrin
Trade: Shoot, Cythrin, Decis, Egy Thrin, Gentra Thrin
Action: Non-systemic (contact)
Uses: Whitefly, cotton leafworm, bollworms, public health pests
3. Cypermethrin
Trade: Sampash, Sparkle, Cyper, Cyperco, Cyoutin, Chloroplus, Kythrin, Nasr Thrin
Action: Non-systemic (contact)
Uses: Aphids, thrips, whitefly, corn stalk borer
4. Alpha-Cypermethrin
Trade: Alpha Z, Alpha Cyper, Alpha Steen, Pestox, Super Alpha, Cigron
Action: Non-systemic (contact)
Uses: Tomato fruit borer, bollworms, melon fly, aphids, whitefly, cotton leafworm
5. Beta-Cyfluthrin
Trade: Bulldock, Domanit
Action: Non-systemic (contact)
Uses: Strongest in group - whitefly, green stink bug, cotton leafworm
Warning: Stings face more than Lambda
6. Fenvalerate
Uses: Aphids, scale insects, mealybugs
Note: Not available in Egypt - excellent results in Saudi Arabia
7. Permethrin
Action: Contact
Uses: Cotton leafworm, aphids, thrips, public health pests
8. Tetramethrin
Uses: Effective against housefly
Note: Not registered for agriculture in Egypt
Mode of Action: Opens sodium channels in insect nervous system
Compatible Mixtures:
- Organophosphates: Chlorpyrifos, Malathion, Dimethoate, Fenthion, Profenofos
- Abamectin: For red spider mite
- Neonicotinoids: Imidacloprid, Acetamiprid, Thiamethoxam
- Methomyl: For borers and cotton leafworm