Product Name

Metolachlor

Function

Herbicide

Specification

 97%TC 960g/l EC,720g/l EC,500g/l EC

Application 

Selective herbicide. Control of annual grasses (Echinochloa, Digitaria, Setaria, Brachiaria, Panicum, and Cyperus) and some broad-leaved weeds (Amaranthus, Capsella, Portulaca) in maize, sorghum, sugar cane, soya beans, peanuts, cotton, sugar beet,fodder beet, potatoes, various vegetables, sunflowers, and pulse crops. Often used in combination with broad-leaved herbicides, toextend the spectrum of activity. 

Mode of Action

Selective herbicide, absorbed predominantly by the
hypocotyls and shoots. Inhibits germination.

Toxicology 

Oral Acute oral LD50 for rats 2780 mg/kg. 
Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rats >3170 mg/kg.
Inhalation LC50 (4 h) for rats >1.75 mg/l air. 
Toxicity class WHO (a.i.) III

Storage Stability

Stable for 2 years after receipt of order if stored under recommended conditions. After 2 years, the compound should be  re-analyzed for chemical purity before use.