ALPHAMETHRIN 100 EC
1_Trade_NameManufacturerForm
4FARMERS ALPHA-CYPERMETHRIN 100 EC INSECTICIDE4 FARMERS PTY LTDEC
ALPHA DUOP 100 INSECTICIDEGROW CHOICE PTY LIMITEDEC
ALPHASIP DUO100 INSECTICIDESIPCAM PACIFIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTDEC
ARM ALPHA-CYPERMETHRIN 100 EC INSECTICIDEPROTERRA PTY LTDEC
AW ALF 100 EC INSECTICIDEAGRI WEST PTY LIMITEDEC
BIOTIS ALPHA 100 INSECTICIDEBIOTIS LIFE SCIENCE PTY LTDEC
CAMPBELL ANTARES 100 EC INSECTICIDECOLIN CAMPBELL (CHEMICALS) PTY LTDEC
CHEMFORCE ALPHA-CYPERMETHRIN 100 INSECTICIDECHEMFORCE 2010 PTY LTDEC
CONQUEST ALPHA DUO 100 INSECTICIDECONQUEST CROP PROTECTION PTY LTDEC
COUNTRY ALPHA-CYPERMETHRIN 100 INSECTICIDEACCENSI PTY LTDEC
CROP CARE DOMINEX DUO INSECTICIDECROP CARE AUSTRALASIA PTY LTDEC
CROPRO BUZZARD INSECTICIDEPCT HOLDINGS PTY LTDEC
DICTATE 100 INSECTICIDEIMTRADE AUSTRALIA PTY LTDEC
DOMINEX DUO INSECTICIDEFMC AUSTRALASIA PTY LTDEC
ECHEM ALPHA-CYP 100 DUO INSECTICIDEECHEM (AUST) PTY LIMITEDEC
FARMALINX ALPHACYPER INSECTICIDEFARMALINX PTY LTDEC
FARMOZ ALPHA-SCUD ELITE INSECTICIDEFARMOZ PTY LIMITEDEC
FASTAC DUO INSECTICIDEBASF AUSTRALIA LTD.EC
GENFARM ALPHA DUO INSECTICIDELANDMARK OPERATIONS LIMITEDEC
GENFARM CENTAUR 100 INSECTICIDELANDMARK OPERATIONS LIMITEDEC
GRASS VALLEY ALPHA-CYPERMETHRIN 100 INSECTICIDESUPERWAY GARDEN AG & PEST PRODUCTS PTY LTDEC
HALLEY ALPHA-CYPERMETHRIN 100 INSECTICIDEHALLEY INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTDEC
IMTRADE DICTATE DUO 100 INSECTICIDEIMTRADE AUSTRALIA PTY LTDEC
INNOVA ALPHA 100 DUO INSECTICIDE

SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION PTY LIMITEDEC
KENSO AGCARE KEN-TAC 100 INSECTICIDEKENSO CORPORATION (M) SDN. BHD.EC
MASMART ALPHA CYPERMETHRIN 100 INSECTICIDEMASMART PTY LTDEC
NUFARM ASTOUND DUO INSECTICIDENUFARM AUSTRALIA LIMITEDEC
NUFARM FASTAC DUO INSECTICIDENUFARM AUSTRALIA LIMITEDEC
OSPRAY ALPHA-CYPERMETHRIN 100 INSECTICIDEOSPRAY PTY LTDEC
RYGEL ALPHA-CYPER 100 EC INSECTICIDERYGEL AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD.EC
TITAN ALPHA DUO 100 INSECTICIDETITAN AG PTY LTDEC
UNITED FARMERS UNIALPHACYPER 100 INSECTICIDERAVENSDOWN FERTILISER CO-OPERATIVE LIMITEDEC
UNITOX 100 EC INSECTICIDEUNITED PHOSPHORUS LTD.EC
WSD APLHACYPER 100 EC INSECTICIDEREBOP HOLDINGS PTY LTD T/A WESTERN STOCK DISTRIBUTORSEC

4. ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: ALPHA-CYPERMETHRIN 100g/L

5. COST: $6.71 per L or kg.

6. CHEMICAL GROUP: 3A.

7. RELATED PESTICIDES:

ALPHA-CYPERMETHRIN 100g/L
BETA-CYFLUTHRIN 25g/L
BIFENTHRIN 100g/L
CYPERMETHRIN 200-260g/L
CYPERMETHRIN 40g/L
DELTAMETHRIN 27.5g/L
DELTAMETHRIN 5.5g/L
ESFENVALERATE 50g/L
Gamma-cyhalothrin 150g/L
LAMBDA-CYHALOTHRIN 250g/L
PERMETHRIN 500g/L
TAU-FLUVALINATE 240g/L

8. GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

A contact and ingested insecticide and repellent with some residual action. It is a synthetic pyrethroid.

9. APPLICATION METHODS AND TIPS:

Do not spray areas foraged by bees for 10 days before flowering to petal fall.
Thorough spray coverage is essential.
Addition of ethylated seed oils may improve control of some insects. Some formulations can be applied in either water or spray oils. Apply during the cooler parts of the day or at night for best results. Use a non ionic wetting agent for water based applications. The addition of 500 g of salt per 100 L of spray solution may improve the control of sucking insects.
Synthetic latex surfactants such as Bond improve control slightly under normal conditions and improve rainfastness and have maintained control levels with up to 50 mm rainfall after spraying.
Aim for a droplet size of 100-150 micron VMD. For oil based spraying use a minimum spray volume of 1.5 L/ha with a droplet size of 80-100 microns VMD.
Best results on caterpillar or larvae type species is usually around egg hatching time.

10. ADJUVANTS, WETTERS, OILS:

Use a non ionic wetting agent for almost all applications.
EC formulations may be bulked with spray oil for mister or aerial applications.

11. EQUIPMENT:

Use nozzles that produce 120-200 micron droplets for ground applciations. Hollow cone nozzles preferred.
Use equipment that produces 100-150 micron droplets for aerial applications. Rotary atomizer e.g. Micronair preferred for aerial applications.

12. SPRAYER WASH OUT AND DECONTAMINATION:

13. WATER OR CARRIER DATA:

When applying in water use 50-100 L/ha for booms and 20-35 L/ha for aerial spraying.
50-200 L water/ha for ground applications.
20 L water/ha minimum and 30-35 L/ha for dense crops for aerial applications.

14. WEATHER:

15. RAINFASTNESS:

6 hours

16. SOIL:

17. PLANT HEALTH and OTHER EFFECTS:

Farmers have reported crop damage when this product is mixed with Copper Sulphate.

18. WITHHOLDING PERIODS:

Asparagus: Harvest - 1 day.
Broccoli: Harvest - 1 day.
Brussels sprouts: Harvest - 1 day.
Cabbages: Harvest - 1 day.
Canola: Cut and windrow for harvest - 21 days.
Canola: Cutting and grazing - 21 days.
Canola: Harvest - 21 days.
Cauliflowers: Harvest - 1 day.
Cereals: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Cereals: Harvest - 7 days.
Chickpeas: Cutting and grazing - 35 days.
Chickpeas: Harvest - 21 days.
Chinese cabbage: Harvest - 1 day.
Cotton: Harvest - 14 days.
Faba Beans: Cutting and grazing - 35 days.
Faba Beans: Harvest - 4 weeks.
Field peas: Harvest - 4 weeks.
Kale: Harvest - 1 day.
Kohlrabi: Harvest - 1 day.
Lettuce: Harvest - 3 days.
Linola: Harvest - 12 weeks.
Linseed: Harvest - 14-84 days.
Lucerne: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Lupins: Harvest - 4 weeks.
Maize: Harvest - 7 days.
Mung beans: Harvest - 7 day.
Navy beans: Harvest - 7 day.
Pastures: Cutting for Stock feed - 14 days.
Pastures: Grazing - 3 days.
Pome fruit: Harvest - 14 days.
Rice: Harvest - 7 day.
Sorghum: Harvest - 7 day.
Soybeans: Harvest - 7 day.
Stone fruit: Harvest - 14 days.
Sunflowers: Harvest - 21 days.
Sweet corn: Harvest - 7 day.
Tobacco: Harvest - 7 day.
Tomatoes: Harvest - 1 day.
Turnips: Harvest - 1 day.
Asparagus: Harvest - 1 day.
Broccoli: Harvest - 1 day.
Brussels sprouts: Harvest - 1 day.
Cabbages: Harvest - 1 day.
Canola: Cut and windrow for harvest - 21 days.
Canola: Cutting and grazing - 21 days.
Canola: Harvest - 21 days.
Cauliflowers: Harvest - 1 day.
Cereals: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Cereals: Harvest - 7 days.
Chickpeas: Cutting and grazing - 35 days.
Chickpeas: Harvest - 21 days.
Chinese cabbage: Harvest - 1 day.
Cotton: Harvest - 14 days.
Faba Beans: Cutting and grazing - 35 days.
Faba Beans: Harvest - 4 weeks.
Field peas: Harvest - 4 weeks.
Kale: Harvest - 1 day.
Kohlrabi: Harvest - 1 day.
Lettuce: Harvest - 3 days.
Linola: Harvest - 12 weeks.
Linseed: Harvest - 14-84 days.
Lucerne: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Lupins: Harvest - 4 weeks.
Maize: Harvest - 7 days.
Mung beans: Harvest - 7 day.
Navy beans: Harvest - 7 day.
Pastures: Cutting for Stock feed - 14 days.
Pastures: Grazing - 3 days.
Pome fruit: Harvest - 14 days.
Rice: Harvest - 7 day.
Sorghum: Harvest - 7 day.
Soybeans: Harvest - 7 day.
Stone fruit: Harvest - 14 days.
Sunflowers: Harvest - 21 days.
Sweet corn: Harvest - 7 day.
Tobacco: Harvest - 7 day.
Tomatoes: Harvest - 1 day.
Turnips: Harvest - 1 day.

19. PLANT BACK PERIODS or RECROPPING INTERVALS:

20. MODE OF ACTION:

It is a contact and ingested broad-spectrum insecticide with repellent and anti feeding action. Some insects will starve rather than eat treated plants. Non-systemic. Stable in ultraviolet light which aids it persistence on foliage.
Has a very quick knockdown action (within minutes of application). In oats and barley it provides about 6 weeks protection from re infestation by aphids in WA.

21. PESTICIDE RESISTANCE:

Group 3A insecticide. Some insects may be resistant or develop resistance to this chemical.

22. TOXICITY:

Poison schedule - S6
Poison Schedule S6.
Mammalian toxicity - Low toxicity.
Acute oral LD50 - mg/kg
Acute dermal LD50 - mg/kg
Skin - Irritant. Facial skin contact may cause numbness.
Eye - Irritating
Main exposure routes - Handling concentrate. Air blast application.
Birds - toxic. LD50 is mg/kg.
Fish - toxic.
Invertebrates - highly toxic.
Bees - Highly toxic.

Summary:
Details:
Poison schedule - S
Mammalian toxicity -
Acute oral LD50 - mg/kg (rats), [For comparison table salt is 3000 mg/kg]
Acute dermal LD50 - > mg/kg (rabbit).
Skin -
Eye -
Vapour inhalation - LC50 - > mg/L air (rat).
Chronic oral toxicity NOEL - ppm for two years.
Not mutagenic or teratogenic (i.e. does not cause cancer or reproductive problems).
Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) -

23. TOXICITY SYMPTOMS:

Initial symptoms include numbness of lips and tongue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and sneezing.
Poisoning usually occurs through skin absorption and inhalation. This may cause allergic attacks in sensitive people.

24. FIRST AID:

Contact a doctor or poison information centre on 008 119 244.
Remove contaminated clothing and wash skin with soap and water.
If swallowed, get medical attention as soon as possible.
If breathing has stopped apply resuscitation

25. PROTECTIVE CLOTHING:

26 RE ENTRY PERIODS and OTHER SAFETY ISSUES:

27. PROPERTIES:

8-10 residual activity can be expected on Native Budworm but this is reduced in high temperature and high light conditions.

Product appearance -
Shelf Life -
Product Flammability -
Half life in water - days at pH5 and 35 C.
Water solubility at 25 C. - ppm at pH
Oil solubility -
Octanol:Water ratio at 25 C. - at pH 5.
Vapour Pressure at 25 C. -
Dissociation constant - pKa.
Melting point - C.
Boiling point -
Molecular weight -
Density -

28. ENVIRONMENTAL FATE:

Summary -
Birds - toxicity.
Fish - toxicity LC50 > ppm.
Invertebrates - toxicity.
Bees - toxicity.
It has a half life in soil of .
It has an EPA classification for soil mobility that ranges from
Ground water contamination
Accumulation in milk and tissues.

29. COMPATIBILITY:

See HerbiGuide for compatibility with other herbicides, insecticides and fungicides.
See HerbiGuide for a full list of pesticide compatibilities.
Compatible with spray oils, Azodrin, mevinphos, Wuxal

30. REGISTERED CROPS, INSECTS and DISEASES.

See HerbiGuide Species Solutions Tab for registered uses.

31. GOVERNMENT AND REGULATORY INFORMATION:

Dangerous Goods Class -
Hazchem Code -
Packaging Group -
EPG -
UN Number -
Worksafe Classification -

32. References:

Label 2001 51858

Acknowledgments:

Collated by HerbiGuide. Phone 08 98444064 or www.HerbiGuide.com.au for more information.