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Agriculture · Q625

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 625

Q625

Following insecticide has anticholinesterase action on insect nervous system

A.
Malathion
Answer
B.
Sulphur
C.
Lindane
D.
Endrin

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Malathion insecticide has anticholinesterase action on insect nervous system.
Malathion and other organophosphate insecticides bind to the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) at nerve endings throughout the bodies of insects.
Malathion is a man-made organophosphate insecticide that is commonly used to control mosquitoes and a variety of insects that attack fruits, vegetables, landscaping plants, and shrubs.