Carbaryl is the common name for a chemical known as 1-naphthyl methylcarbamate. Its chemical formula is C12H11NO2, and molecular weight is 201.2 g/mol. Carbaryl is a white crystalline solid that is slightly soluble in water. It is essentially odourless and its odour threshold has not been established. Carbaryl was first registered in the United States in 1959. Currently, over 300 products containing carbaryl are actively registered with the united States Environmental Protection Agency. Carbaryl belongs to a family of chemicals that kill or control insects known as carbamates.

Uses:

Carbaryl is commonly sold under the trade name Sevin, and goes by trade names such as Adios, Carbamec, Denapon, Hexavin, and Panam. Its primary use is as an insecticide on various commercial crops, including but not limited to corn, soybean, cotton, citruses, pears, and nuts. In addition to also being effective as a molluscicide and acaricide, carbaryl can also be used to treat pest infestations, such as that due to species of lice, on livestock, poultry, pets, and in the case of head lice, on people. Control of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and other chewing and sucking insects, at 0.25-2.0 kg/ha, on more than 120 different crops, including vegetables, tree fruit (including citrus), mangoes, bananas, strawberries, nuts, vines, olives, okra, cucurbits, peanuts, soya beans, cotton, rice, tobacco, cereals, beet, maize, sorghum, alfalfa, potatoes, ornamentals, forestry, etc. Control of earthworms in turf. Used as a growth regulator for fruit thinning of apples. Also used as an animal ectoparasiticide.