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Agriculture · Q56

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 56

Q56

Dimethoate is

A.
Contact insecticide
B.
Systemic insecticide
Answer
C.
Fungicide
D.
Herbicide

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Dimethoate is Systemic insecticide.
Dimethoate is a widely used organophosphate insecticide and acaricide. It was patented and introduced in the 1950s by American Cyanamid. It is readily absorbed and distributed throughout plant tissues, and is degraded relatively rapidly.
Dimethoate is a systemic and contact organophosphorus insecticide registered for use in the U.S. in 1962 and used on several field grown crops, tree crops and ornamentals.