Asulox
1 Trade nameManufacturerForm
ASULOX SELECTIVE HERBICIDEUNITED PHOSPHORUS LTD.AC
FARMOZ RATTLER 400 SELECTIVE HERBICIDEFARMOZ PTY LIMITEDAC
OSPRAY ASULAM 400 HERBICIDEOSPRAY PTY LTDAC
TITAN ASULAM 400 HERBICIDE

TITAN AG PTY LTDAC

2 PRICE:

$23.1/L

3 ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Asulam 400g/L

4 CHEMICAL GROUP: R - Carbamates

Carbamate. Inhibitors of dihydropteroate synthase (DHP inhibitors)

5 RELATED HERBICIDES:

AsuloxAsulam 400g/L

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:

Collated by HerbiGuide. For more information see www.herbiguide.com.au or phone 08 98444064.