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Methomyl is a broad-spectrum insecticide that is used to kill [[Economic entomology#Harmful insects|insect pests]].<ref name= "EPA-RED">{{cite techreport |institution=U. S. Environmental Protection Agency |title= EPA R.E.D. FACTS - Methomyl|date= December 1998 |url= http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/reregistration/REDs/factsheets/0028fact.pdf|number= EPA-738-F-98-019}}</ref> Methomyl is registered for commercial/professional use under certain conditions on sites including field, vegetable, and orchard crops; turf ([[sod]]
farms only); [[livestock]] quarters; commercial premises; and refuse containers. Products containing 1% Methomyl are available to the general public for retail sale, but more potent formulations are classified as restricted-use pesticides: not registered for [[homeowner]] or non-professional application.<ref name="EPA-RED"/> However, ''Heliothis virescens'' developed a resistance to methomyl within 5 years.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Blanco|first=Carlos|date=2012|title=Heliothis virescens and Bt cotton in the United States|url=|journal=GM Crops and Food: Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain|volume=3|pages=201-212|via=}}</ref>
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