Diazinon

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Diazinon

Diazinon, IUPAC name O,O-Diethyl 2-isopropyl-6-methyl-4-pyrimidinylphosphorothioate, is a pesticide developed by Geigy in the 1950s used to control insects, ticks and nematodes on many crops including fruit trees, vegatables, forage and pasture crops and ornamental plants.