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Acrinathrin

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Overview

Overview

Acrinathrin is a pyrethroid used as an insecticide and an acaricide.[1] In beekeeping, it is used to control the mite Varroa jacobsoni, though resistance is developing.[2]

References

References

  1. Acrinathrin datasheet, alanwood.net
  2. Milani, Norberto (1999). “The resistance of Varroa jacobsoni Oud. To acaricides”. Apidologie. 30 (2–3): 229. doi:10.1051/apido:19990211.

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