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Silafluofen
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<p>Silafluofen is a fluorinated <a href="/facts/Organosilicon/JvUwzDQ4">organosilicon</a> <a href="/facts/Pyrethroid/Lf1N0STQ">pyrethroid</a> <a href="/facts/Insecticide/1xYL3MSD">insecticide</a>. </p><p>Silafluofen is used agriculturally against soil-borne insects such as <a href="/facts/Termites/KRFbDumW">termites</a>, and as a wood preservative. It is registered in Asia (India, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam) since at least 1995 for crops such as <a href="/facts/Drupes/WrnGMPSa">drupes</a>, tea and rice, but has not been notified or authorised in the European Union for example. </p>