Asulox

Asulox

1 Trade name	Manufacturer	Form
ASULOX SELECTIVE HERBICIDE	UPL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD	AQUEOUS CONCENTRATE
FARMALINX FIREFOX 400 SL HERBICIDE	Farmalinx Pty Ltd	SOLUBLE CONCENTRATE
OZCROP ASULAM 400 SL SELECTIVE HERBICIDE	OzCrop Pty Ltd	SOLUBLE CONCENTRATE
RAINBOW ASULAM 400 SL SELECTIVE HERBICIDE	Shandong Rainbow International Co Ltd	SOLUBLE CONCENTRATE
RATTLER 400 HERBICIDE	ADAMA Australia Pty Limited	AQUEOUS CONCENTRATE
TITAN ASULAM 400 HERBICIDE	Titan Ag Pty Ltd	AQUEOUS CONCENTRATE

2 PRICE:

$22.55

3 ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Asulam 400g/L

4 CHEMICAL GROUP: R - Carbamates

Carbamate. Inhibitors of dihydropteroate synthase (DHP inhibitors)

5 RELATED HERBICIDES:

Asulox

Asulam 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:

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