How to Use malathion in a Sentence

malathion

noun

• If the damage to those greens is severe, they can be sprayed with malathion.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 26 Dec. 2020
• Adults can be controlled with malathion, carbaryl (Sevin) and pyrethrin.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 June 2021
• Some gardeners mention pyrethrum as an option for the nymphs, but for the adults, malathion and Sevin are the effective options.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 21 June 2019
• The agency said in a Feb. 25 draft analysis that malathion could jeopardize 37 species.
  — Matthew Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2022
• Some suggest spraying the trees on a regular basis, like with malathion.
  — oregonlive, 26 Oct. 2021
• To keep peaches, plums and other fruit blemish-free, the developing fruit needs to be sprayed every week with malathion or carbaryl.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Apr. 2021
• That means that a normal spray of insecticide such as malathion or spinosad that would control aphids and other sucking insects does not work.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 26 Dec. 2020
• In the case of caterpillars such as cutworms that come from the soil and consume the stems of very small transplants, an application of by malathion at the base, or soil line, of the transplants may be necessary.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Sep. 2021
• By 1966, some of the critters had also evolved resistance to then-popular pesticides such as malathion, diazinon and fenthion.
  — Rob Dunn, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2018
• Almost 20 million acres were treated with 1.3 million gallons of malathion, according to researchers.
  — Matthew Brown, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2021
• Control them by using malathion or Sevin according to label instructions.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2020
• The review of malathion’s impacts on wildlife came under a legal agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity.
  — Matthew Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2022
• Sold as Dibrom, naled is an organophosphate, a category of chemicals that also includes malathion; both are widely used to control mosquitoes.
  — Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 17 Sep. 2016
• Many are also insusceptible to later pesticides like dieldrin, malathion and deltamethrin.
  — Charles C. Mann, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018
• If spraying is delayed and grasshoppers grow larger and more resilient, federal officials could resort to two more toxic pesticides - carbaryl and malathion, according to government documents.
  — CBS News, 24 June 2021
• If spraying is delayed and grasshoppers grow larger and more resilient, federal officials could resort to two more toxic pesticides — carbaryl and malathion, according to government documents.
  — Matthew Brown, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024