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Bonide Rotenon/Pyretherin 8 oz. | 
 enlarge | Brand: Bonide
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $11.49
Buy New: $9.97
You Save: $1.52 (13%)
Sales Rank: 128637
Size: 8 oz concentrate
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Model: BP857
ASIN: B00030CC0I
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | General Insect Killer | | • | Concentrate | | • | 8 oz |
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Product Description
Rotenone is a naturally occurring chemical with insecticidal, acaricidal (mite and spider killing) and piscicidal (fish killing) properties, obtained from the roots of several tropical and subtropical plant species belonging to the genus Lonchocarpus or Derris. It is a selective, non-specific insecticide, used in home gardens for insect control, for lice and tick control on pets, and for fish eradications as part of water body management. Both a contact and stomach poison to insects, it kills them slowly, but causes them to stop their feeding almost immediately. It exerts its toxic action by acting as a general inhibitor of cellular respiration. Rotenone is rapidly broken down in soil and water: its half life in both is between one and three days. Nearly all its toxicity is lost in five to six days of spring sunlight, or two to three days of summer sunlight. It does not readily leach from soil and it is not expected to be a groundwater pollutant. Rotenone is highly toxic to fish. If used as a piscicide, it may also cause a temporary decrease in numbers of other aquatic organisms.
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