Profenofos By Spectrum Ethers Ltd.

we are the largest manufacturer and supplier of profenofos in Nashik, Maharashtra, India. Profenofos is an organophosphate insecticide. It is a liquid with a pale yellow to amber color and a garlic-like odor. It was first registered in the United States in 1982. As of 2015, it was not approved in the European Union. Profenofos can be used on a variety of crops including cotton and vegetables such as maize, potato, soybean, and sugar beet.In the United States it is used exclusively on cotton and is primarily used against lepidopteran insects.

Mixed with phoxim, cypermethrin, beta-cypermethrin imidacloprid and deltamethrin, profenofos can be used against Cotton MealyBug, cabbage caterpillar, Plutella xylostella and asparagus caterpillars, as well as against wheat and cabbage aphids.

Like other organophosphates, the profenofos mechanism of action is via the inhibition of the acetylcholinesterase enzyme. Although it is used in the form of a racemate, the S(-) isomer is a more potent inhibitor.