Fluazifop
212 g/L formulations

1 Trade nameManufacturerForm
BLACKOUT 212 EC SELECTIVE HERBICIDEAGVANTAGE PTY LTDEC
FUSILADE POST-EMERGENCE SELECTIVE HERBICIDESYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION PTY LIMITEDEC
FUSILADE WG HERBICIDESYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION PTY LIMITEDWG
GENFARM FLUAZIFOP POST-EMERGENCE SELECTIVE HERBICIDEGENFARM CROP PROTECTION PTY LTDEC
TRADELANDS FLUAZIFOP-P 212 EC SELECTIVE HERBICIDETRADELANDS PTY LTDEC

2 PRICE:

$77/kg
$77/L

3 ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Fluazifop-p 212g/L or kg

128 g/L formulations

1 Trade nameManufacturerForm
FUSILADE FORTE 128 EC HERBICIDESYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION PTY LIMITEDEC

2 PRICE:

$53.67/L

3 ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Fluazifop-p 128g/L

present as the butyl ester.

4 CHEMICAL GROUP: A. Aryloxyphenoxypropionate.

5 RELATED HERBICIDES:

AramoTepraloxydim 200g/L
Butroxydim 250Butroxydim 250g/kg
CheetahDiclofop200+Fenxaprop13.6+Sethoxydim20g/L+mefenpyr
CorrectPropaquizafop 100g/L
Diclofop plus sethoxydimDiclofop 200g/L + sethoxydim 20g/L
Diclofop-methyl 375Diclofop methyl 375g/L
FluazifopFluazifop-p 128g/L
FluazifopFluazifop-p 212g/L or kg
FusionButroxydim 250g/kg + fluazifop 212g/kg
Haloxyfop 130Haloxyfop 130 g/L
MotsaClethodim 200g/L + haloxyfop 50 g/L
Pinoxaden 100Pinoxaden 100g/L
PumaFenoxaprop-p-ethyl 76g/L + mefenpyr 18.8 g/L
QuizalofopQuizalofop-p-ethyl 200g/L
QuizalofopQuizalofop-p-ethyl(or tefuryl) 99.5g/L
SelectClethodim 240g/L
Sertin 186 ECSethoxydim 186g/L
Topik 240 ECClodinafop-propargyl 240g/L
Tralkoxydim 400Tralkoxydim 400g/kg
Tristar AdvanceDiclofop 250g/L + fenoxaprop 13g/L + mefenpyr 7g/L
Verdict 520Haloxyfop 520 g/L
WildcatFenoxaprop-p-ethyl 110g/L


6 GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

A post emergence, foliar absorbed, translocated grass-selective herbicide with little residual action. It is used on a very wide range of broad leaved crops for control of annual and perennial grasses.

7 APPLICATION METHODS AND TIPS:

Best results on young actively growing weeds sprayed in fine, mild weather with rain a day or two later.

Use higher rates of water in dry, warm or marginal conditions. See HerbiRate for determining the rate adjustment required to account for current conditions.

Higher rates are required after tillering of grasses.

8 WEATHER:

Rainfast in 1 hour.

Frost effects: Wait for weeds to begin actively growing after frosts for best results. If plants not damaged by frost then they are usually susceptible within a day. If plants have been severely damaged by frost then wait until till growth resumes and new leaves emerge. Frost a day or two after spraying generally has little effect.

Wind: Spray when wind is away from grass crops to avoid damage.

Inversions: Don't spray during inversions if grass crops are growing within 3 km or along cold air drainage lines.

Temperature: Higher rates may be required with at high temperatures

Delta T and relative humidity: Avoid application when Delta T is greater than

Moisture stressed weeds are relatively tolerant to fluazifop.

See HerbiRate for determining the rate adjustment required to account for current conditions.

9 ADJUVANTS:

Wetting agents: Not required with Fusilade Forte. For 212 g/L formulations use wetting agents (such as Agral or BS1000) on soft foliage crops and in warm conditions to reduce the risk of oil burn.

Spray oils: Not required with Fusilade Forte. For 212 g/L formulations use spray oils at 1-2% for maximum weed control.

10 WATER QUALITY:

Hard water: OK.

Salty water: OK.

Colloids: OK.

pH: Acidic water is OK. Highly alkaline water should be avoided or treated.

Tank life: Many weeks in rain water.

11 COMPATIBILITY:

Trace elements.

See HerbiGuide Compatibilities button.

12 EQUIPMENT:

Boom sprays applying 30 - 100 L/ha with 100 degree flat fan nozzles producing droplets in the 150-200 micron VMD range at 150-400 kPa are common.

Aircraft applying 20 - 30 L/ha with 150-200 micron VMD droplets. (Syngenta recommends a minimum of 30 L/ha).

Hand spraying with hollow cone nozzles such as Spraying Systems D8 disc or Number 45 are suitable.

Use 100 mesh filters for smaller nozzles and 50 mesh for larger nozzle sizes.

13 SPRAYER DECONTAMINATION:

If the sprayer has been used for sulfonyl urea (e.g. chlorsulfuron or metsulfuron) or hormone herbicides (e.g. 2,4-D or MCPA) then it needs to be thoroughly cleaned before using fluazifop on broad leaved crops. Use the decontamination procedure for the product last used.


Clean Up:

Remove filters and nozzles and manually clean separately. Rinse with soapy water or water plus wetting agent and run through boom. Rinse with water.

Decontamination:

Remove the nozzles and screens and clean separately and allow to soak in a mixture of 500 mL chlorine bleach per 10 L water for at least 30 minutes.

Rinse sprayer with soapy water (eg 500 mL or g of Drive, Dynamo, Omo or Surf per 100 L water) or water plus 0.25% wetting agent and run through boom. Fill with 1% solution of ammonia and allow to stand for several hours. Triple rinse with water. Or use a commercial spray tank and equipment cleaner.

Rinse nozzles and filters in water and replace.



Ensure equipment has been cleaned before moving on to spray cereal crops with other products.


14 HERBICIDE RESISTANCE:

Some populations of grasses are resistant to fluazifop.

Resistance is expected to occur after repeated applications.

15 REPLANTING INTERVALS:

CropTime
Cereals12 weeks

16 WITHHOLDING PERIODS:

CropTypeTime
Bean; BroadGrazing7 weeks*
Bean; BroadHarvest5 weeks
Bean; CommonGrazing7 weeks*
Bean; CommonHarvest5 weeks
Bean; FabaGrazing7 weeks*
Bean; FabaHarvest5 weeks
Bean; NavyHarvest5 weeks
Bean; NavyGrazing7 weeks*
BlackcurrantHarvest28 days
BlueberryHarvest28 days
BrassicasHarvest6 weeks
BroccoliHarvest6 weeks
Brussels sproutsHarvest6 weeks
CabbageHarvest6 weeks
CanolaGrazing21 days*
CanolaHarvest17 weeks
CapsicumHarvest11 weeks
CarrotHarvest7 weeks
CauliflowerHarvest6 weeks
CeleryHarvest8 weeks
ChickpeaGrazing7 weeks*
ChickpeaHarvest7 weeks
CitrusHarvestNot required
CloverGrazing21 days*
CottonHarvest14 weeks
CucumberHarvest21 days
CucurbitsHarvest5 weeks
Custard appleHarvest14 days
Forage cropsGrazing7 weeks*
GherkinHarvest21 days
GrapeHarvest28 days
HopsHarvest10 weeks
Kiwi fruitHarvest14 days
LettuceHarvest28 days
LeucaenaGrazing7 weeks*
LeucaenaHarvest17 weeks
LinseedGrazing21 days*
LinseedHarvest17 weeks
LucerneGrazing6 weeks*
LupinGrazing7 weeks*
LupinHarvest17 weeks
LycheeHarvest14 days
MangoHarvest14 days
MedicGrazing21 days*
OnionHarvest5 weeks
PassionfruitHarvest14 days
PawpawHarvest14 days
Pea; FieldGrazing7 weeks*
Pea; FieldHarvest7 weeks
Pea; GreenGrazing7 weeks*
Pea; GreenHarvest7 weeks
Pea; PigeonGrazing7 weeks*
Pea; PigeonHarvest17 weeks
PeanutGrazing6 weeks*
PeanutHarvest6 weeks
PersimmonsHarvest14 days
PineappleHarvest14 days
Pome fruitHarvestNot required
Poppy; OilseedHarvest12 weeks
PotatoHarvest10 weeks
PulsesGrazing7 weeks*
PumpkinHarvest5 weeks
RockmelonHarvest5 weeks
Seed cropsGrazing7 weeks*
SoybeanGrazing7 weeks*
SoybeanHarvest17 weeks
SquashHarvest21 days
Stone fruitHarvestNot required
StrawberryHarvest28 days
SunflowerGrazing14 weeks*
SunflowerHarvest14 weeks
TomatoHarvest28 days
VetchGrazing21 days*
WatermelonHarvest5 weeks
ZucchiniHarvest21 days

* Stock destined for slaughter on the domestic market can be sold within the withholding period if they are put on clean feed for 7 days before slaughter. Stock for export markets should not eat treated pasture or feed within the withholding period and also require 7 days on untreated feed even after the withholding period before slaughter (i.e. the ESI).


17 RE-ENTRY PERIOD:

Wear protective clothing if in contact with the crop before the spray has dried.

18 PROTECTIVE CLOTHING:

Overalls, boots and washable hat. Use gloves and face shield when handling the concentrate.

19 SOIL:

Soil pH, clay content and organic matter have little direct effect on performance. Poorer results may occur under waterlogged conditions.

20 MODE OF ACTION:

Inhibits acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (ACC)

Post emergence with little residual activity.

Uptake and translocation:

Absorbed through leaves and green stems and translocated throughout the plant. Fluazifop-p is accumulated in the rhizomes and stolons of perennial grasses and the meristems of annual and perennial grasses.

Translocation is rapidly reduced as plants become stressed.

Physiological effects:

Residual Life and Breakdown:

21 SELECTIVITY:

Crop tolerance:

In hot conditions a transient oil burn may occur on soft foliage.

Canola occasionally show some damage to applications made after the 6 leaf stage.

Lupins may be sensitive at the budding to flowering stage.

Lucerne may be sensitive to applications before the 3 leaf stage.


Varietal sensitivities:

Effect on Clover Species:

Usually none but avoid spraying during flowering.

Effect on Medic Species:

Usually none but avoid spraying during flowering.

Effect on Lucerne:

Usually none but avoid spraying during flowering and before the 3 leaf stage of seedlings.

Effect on Native Plants:

Unusually none. Some species may show a transient oil burn.

22 DISEASE AND INSECT EFFECTS:

Disease and insect attack that reduces the growth rate or leaf area may lead to poorer control.

Sprayed Lupins may be slightly more susceptible to brown leaf spot infection.

23 PLANT SYMPTOMS:

Symptoms usually start to develop about 1 week after spraying with yellowing and or reddening of young leaves followed by tip death. Growing points turn brown and rot, shoot tips can be easily pulled out after 2-3 weeks. More mature leaves may remain green for extended periods before the grass eventually dies.

Fluazifop accumulates at the growing points, both above ground and in the roots, rhizomes and stolons of grasses.

SECONDARY EFFECTS:

24 TOXICITY:

Summary:

Low toxicity. Inhalation is the most likely route of exposure.

May irritate eyes and skin.

Moderately hazardous to fish.

Details:

Poison schedule: S6

Mammalian toxicity: Low.

Acute oral LD50: >2000 mg/kg (rat), Not harmful. [For comparison table salt is 3000 mg/kg]

Acute dermal LD50: >4000 mg/kg (rabbit). Not harmful.

Skin: Moderate irritant. Slight skin sensitiser. Significant skin uptake doesn't occur.

Eye: Slight irritant.

Vapour inhalation: LC50 >5.24 mg/L air, 4 hours (rat) for fluazifop-p-butyl. Not harmful.

Chronic oral toxicity: NOEL mg/kg for two years. Prolonged exposure may cause liver and kidney disorders.

Unlikely to be carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic based on animal studies (i.e. does not cause cancer). Long term exposure has produced embryo/foetotoxic effects in animal studies.

Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI): 0.003 mg/kg/day.

Other Species:

Birds: Low toxicity: LD50 >3528 mg/kg.

Fish: Moderate toxicity: LC50 = 20 mg/L for 96 hours for rainbow trout.

Invertebrates: Moderate toxicity: EC50 = 20 mg/L for 48 hours for Daphnia magna.

Bees: Very Low toxicity. Contact LD50 > 0.2 mg/kg

Arthropods: toxicity.

Earthworms:

Algae: EbC50 = 0.23 mg/L for 72 hours for green algae. ErC50 = 0.84 mg/L for 72 hours for green algae.

25 TOXICITY SYMPTOMS:

Swallowing may cause nausea, vomiting and central nervous depression.

Solvent breathed in during ingestion or vomiting may cause bronchopneumonia, pulmonary oedema and lung scarring.

Repeated and long skin exposure may cause degreasing and contact dermatitis.

Inhalation may cause headaches, dizziness and nausea. High concentrations may cause central nervous system depression, loss of coordination, impaired judgement and eventual unconsciousness.

26 FIRST AID:

If SWALLOWED: Rinse mouth with water. Do NOT induce vomiting. Do NOT give anything by mouth to a semiconscious or unconscious patient. If vomiting occurs then position the patient to reduce the risk vomit entering lungs. Contact a doctor as solvent entering the lungs may cause problems.

If in EYES: Irrigate with plenty of water. See a doctor.

If on SKIN: Rinse with plenty of water, remove contaminated clothing, wash with soap and water.

If INHALED: Remove patient to fresh air. If breathing is laboured or patient is blue then administer oxygen. If breathing stops apply artificial respiration and see a doctor. If heart stops beating then apply external cardiac massage.

Advice to doctor: Treat symptomatically. Consider administering activated charcoal and a laxative. If gastric lavage is considered necessary, prevent aspiration of gastric material.

Contact the Poisons Information Centre on 131126.

27 ENVIRONMENTAL FATE:

Half life in soil:

Half life in water: days at pH5 and 35 C.

It has an EPA classification for soil mobility that ranges from

Ground water contamination

Accumulation in milk and tissues.

pH stability:

Photolysis rate:

Hydrolysis half life:

Biodegradation rate:

28 REGISTERED CROPS:

See HerbiGuide Species Solution tab.

29 REGISTERED WEEDS:

See HerbiGuide Species Solution tab.

30 REGULATION AND LEGAL:

UN number: 3082

CAS numbers: 79241-46-6 fluazifop-p. 143-28-2 Oley alcohol. 11-87-5 octan-1-ol.

Hazchem code: 2X

NOHSC classification: Harmful.

Land transport:

Dangerous goods class: Not classified as dangerous goods for land transport.

Sea transport:

Proper shipping name: ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, LIQUID, N.O.S. (CONTAINS FLUAZIFOP-P-BUTYL) MARINE POLLUTANT.

Class: 9

Packaging group: III

EPG: None allocated.

31 PROPERTIES:

Colour: Amber/brown for EC.

Odour: Hydrocarbon odour for EC.

Form: Liquid emulsifiable concentrate or Solid wettable granule

Empirical formula:

Water solubility: Miscible with water. mg/L at 25 C at pH ;

Oil solubility:

Octanol:Water ratio: LogPow = at 25 C at pH 5;

Soil organic carbon absorption coefficient (Koc):

Vapour Pressure: at 25 C.

% volatile by volume: approx. 80% for EC.

Dissociation constant: pKa

Melting point: C.

Boiling point: C.

Molecular weight:

Bulk density:

Specific gravity: 0.0945 g/cm3 at 20 C for EC.

pH: 6.9 as 1% aqueous solution.

Flammability: Non-flammable Liquid.

Flashpoint: 84 C for EC.

Flammability limits: 0.6-7 for EC

Autoignition: C.

Combustibility: Combustible C1 for EC.

Stability: Reacts with oxidizing agents and chlorine bleach (ammonia).

Corrosivity:

Shelf Life: 2 - 3 years (longer for granules).

(When Stored under Ideal Conditions)


32 SPILLS:

Extinguish possible sources of ignition.

Absorb spill with earth, sand, clay or absorbent material.

Avoid contamination of waterways.

Ventilate area after cleanup.

33 FIRE:

Extinguish with water spray, foam, carbon dioxide or dry agent.

Toxic fumes may be released in fire. Wear breathing apparatus or avoid smoke.

Prevent fire water entering drains and waterways.

34 COMMENTS:

35 REFERENCES:

Ashton, F.M. and Crafts, A.S. (1981) Mode of Action of Herbicides. (Wiley-Interscience publication).

Kearney, P.C. and Kaufman, D.D. (1976). Herbicides. Chemistry, degradation and mode of action. Vol 1 & 2.

Acknowledgments:

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