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Table 2 The major pesticides used by tomato farmers in the west region of Cameroon, 2017

From: Pesticide usage and occupational hazards among farmers working in small-scale tomato farms in Cameroon

Pesticides

Commercial name

Active ingredients (AI)

Chemical group

WHO chemical AI hazard classification

Fungicide

PLANTINEB 80 WP

Maneb 80%

Carbamate

II

DITHANE M 45a, IVORY 80a

Mancozeb 640, 800 g/kg

Carbamate

II

APRON 42 DSa

Metalaxyl 80 g/kg

Acylalanine

II

CLEARY’S 3336b

Carbendazim

Benzimidazole

II

TOPSIN Mb

Thiophanate-methyl

Benzimidazole

II

Insecticides

AKITO 25 EC, CIGOGNE 12 ECa, CYPALM 50 ECa, CYPERCAL 50 EC, CYPLANDIM 260 ECa

Cypermethrin 12, 20, 50, 100 g/l

Pyrethroid

II

PARASTAR 40EC

Imidaclopride 20 g/l + lambdacyhalothrine 20 g/l

Pyrethroid

II

PYRIFORCEa

Chlorpyrifos-ethyl 600 g/l

Organophosphorus

II

THIONEX 35R ECa

Endosulfan 350 g/l

Organochlorine

II

DIMEX 400ECa

Dimethoate 400 g/l

Organophosphorus

II

Herbicide

Gramoxonea

Paraquat 200 g/l

Bipyridylium

II

ROUND UP 360a

Glyphosate 360 g/l

Glycine derivative

III

Corral G

Pendimethalin 500 g/L

Dinitroaline

III

  1. a = Obsolete. † = bNot enlisted on the Cameroon homologated list of pesticides. WHO classification class II = moderately hazardous and III = slightly hazardous