Regent (insecticide)

Regent is a trademark for a broad spectrum systemic insecticide containing the active ingredient fipronil. Regent's rights have been purchased by BASF. It has contact activity on both chewing and sucking insects and controls Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Homoptera, Isoptera, and Thysanoptera. It is registered on rice (seed treatment), and corn (soil treatment), with potential uses on cotton, sweet potato, bulb onion and potato. It is being studied for use against lygus bug on cotton and thrips in vegetables.

Fipronil is also a component of the trademark insecticide Frontline, which is used for flea control

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