Compendium of Pesticide Common Names

Search the Compendium

You can use this search facility to find common names of pesticides, or to find fragments of systematic names (e.g. tetrachloro), or to find CAS Registry Numbers (e.g. 1086-02-8). The Compendium does not include trade names or manufacturer’s code numbers.

If you are not sure of the spelling of a name, then you may find it easier to browse through the Index of Common Names, or to use one of the other indexes that are available from the home page.

Type the words that you are looking for in the entry box, and then click the “Pico Search” button.

You can also use Google to search this site

Simple Searching:

Any Word:: Just type one or more words to find documents containing any of the words.
All Words:: Type 'and' between the words you are looking for, to find documents containing all of the words.
Exact Phrase: "...": Surround words with double quotes if you want to find documents containing an exact phrase.

Examples:

Query	Finds documents containing
cyhalothrin	‘cyhalothrin’
nicotinoid insecticides	‘nicotinoid’ or ‘insecticides’ or both
sodium polysulfide	‘sodium’ or ‘polysulfide’ or both
insecticides and nematicides	both ‘insecticides’ and ‘nematicides’
"nicotinoid insecticides"	the phrase ‘nicotinoid insecticides’
"sodium polysulfide"	the phrase ‘sodium polysulfide’

Capitalization does not affect the results of the search.

Advanced Searching:

Boolean Operators: + -: Use + in front of each word or quoted phrase that you require.
Use - in front of each word that you want to exclude.
Boolean Expressions: AND OR NOT ( ): Use AND, OR, NOT, (, and ) to form a Boolean expression.
AND requires, OR allows, NOT excludes.
Use double quotes to protect the words "and", "or", or "not" in a phrase.

Examples:

Query	Finds documents containing
+stock -market	‘stock’ but not ‘market’
+president -"United States"	‘president’ but not ‘United States’
(stock OR market) AND NOT president	‘stock’ or ‘market’, and without ‘president’

Use Google to search this site

If you prefer, you can use Google to search this Web site. However, there is no guarantee that the Google index contains everything from this Web site.

Type the words that you are looking for in the entry box, and then click the “Google Search” button. Help for searching Google can be found at The Basics of Google Search and at Advanced Search Made Easy

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