Nagarjuna Agrichem Limited offers Dichlorvos. Nagarjuna Agrichem Limited manufactures pesticides and herbicides. The chemical name of Dichlorvos is 2, 2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate. It is a colour liquid, with molecular weight 221.0. Solubility in water is 18gram per litre [25 degree Centigrade]. Dichlorvos is completely miscible with aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons and alcohols, moderately soluble in diesel oil, kerosene, isoparaffinic hydrocarbons and mineral oils. It has stability to heat and is slowly hydrolyzed in water and in acidic media, and rapidly hydrolyzed by alkalis. Dichlorvos is used in control of household and public health insect pests e.G. Flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, bedbugs, ants, etc., stored product pests in warehouses, storerooms, etc., flies and midges in animal houses, sciarid and phorid flies in mushrooms, sucking and chewing insects, and spider mites in a wide range of crops, including fruit, vines, vegetables, ornamentals, tea, rice, cotton, hops, glasshouse crops, etc. It is also used as a veterinary anthelintic.
