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Formamidines are a relatively new class of agricultural chemicals, and within this group there exist diverse types of pesticidal activity. For example, compounds active as herbicides, fungicides, nematocides, bactericides, insecticides, and acaricides have been discovered. The insecticide and acaricide N′-(4-chloro-o-tolyl)-N,N-dimethylformamidine or chlordimeform has received the most attention from a toxicological standpoint since it has been used extensively for insect and acarine control (Knowles, 1976).
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Benezet, H.J., Chang, KM., Knowles, C.O. (1978). Formamidine Pesticides — Metabolic Aspects of Neurotoxicity. In: Shankland, D.L., Hollingworth, R.M., Smyth, T. (eds) Pesticide and Venom Neurotoxicity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8834-4_16
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