Asulox
| 1 Trade name | Manufacturer | Form |
| ASULOX SELECTIVE HERBICIDE | UNITED PHOSPHORUS LTD | AC |
| FARMOZ RATTLER 400 SELECTIVE HERBICIDE | FARMOZ PTY LIMITED | AC |
2 PRICE:
3 ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Asulam 400g/L
4 CHEMICAL GROUP: R - Carbamates
Carbamate. Inhibitors of dihydropteroate synthase (DHP inhibitors)
5 RELATED HERBICIDES:
6 GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
A translocated, leaf applied herbicide.
7 APPLICATION METHODS AND TIPS:
Wetting agents and oils often improve performance.
Performance may be reduced in acid water with a pH of less than 6.
10 WATER QUALITY:
Hard water
Colloids
pH
11 COMPATIBILITY:
Trace elements.
14 HERBICIDE RESISTANCE:
18 PROTECTIVE CLOTHING:
20 MODE OF ACTION:
Diverse sites of action.
Uptake and translocation:
Leaf absorbed and translocated.
Physiological effects:
Residual Life and Breakdown:
Selectivity:
23 PLANT SYMPTOMS:
SECONDARY EFFECTS:
24 TOXICITY:
Summary:
Details:
Mammalian toxicity - Low.
Acute oral LD50 - 8000 mg/kg, [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).
Other Species -
Birds - toxicity.
Fish - toxicity LC50 > ppm.
Invertebrates - toxicity.
Bees - toxicity.
25 TOXICITY SYMPTOMS:
26 FIRST AID:
27 ENVIRONMENTAL FATE:
It has a half life in soil of .
It has an EPA classification for soil mobility that ranges from
Ground water contamination
Replanting intervals
Accumulation in milk and tissues.
31 PROPERTIES:
Active is a white solid.
Water solubility at 25 C. - 5000 ppm;
Oil soluble
Octanol:Water ratio at 25 C. - at pH 5;
Vapour Pressure at 25 C. -
Dissociation constant - pKa
Melting point - 143-144 C.
Molecular weight - 230.1
Half life in water - days at pH5 and 35 C.
33 REFERENCES:
Ashton, F.M. and Crafts, A.S. (1981) Mode of Action of Herbicides. (Wiley-Interscience publication).
Acknowledgments:
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