PESTICIDES MOST COMMONLY USED BY DiGRANDE BROTHERS, INC.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines a pest as any living organism that occurs where it is not wanted. A pest can be an animal, an insect, a weed, or a host of micro-organisms such as fungi, molds, bacteria and viruses. The entire spectrum of products that prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate pests is thus called pesticides. For more information, please visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. For more information specific to California, please visit the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.

Gardeners most often use four types of pesticides. They are insecticides (for controlling insects), fungicides (for killing fungi), herbicides (for killing weeds), and molluscicides (for killing snails and slugs).

 

Pesticide Type	Product / Manufacturer	For Treatment of	Websites to Visit
Fungicide	Bayleton 50 / Bayer CropScience	Leaf spot, powdery mildew and rust	Bayer ProCentral
Molluscicide	DEADLINE® M-Ps / Amvac Chemical Corporation	Snails and slugs	DEADLINE® M-Ps or Click Here for .PDF
Insecticide	Merit 75WP / Bayer CropScience	Thrips, scale, leafhoppers and mealybugs	Bayer ProCentral
Herbicide	Roundup Pro / Monsanto Company	Non-selective weeds	Monsanto *
Insecticide	Talstar F / FMC Corporation	Aphids, whiteflies, mites, thrips, scale, leafhoppers and mealybugs	FMC Pest Solutions *
N/A	Turf Mark (Blue Liquid Formulation) / Becker Underwood Inc.	To mark area covered by spray	Becker Underwood

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