Product Name

Fomesafen

Function

Herbicide

Specification

95%tc

Chemical Name

2-[(2-chlorophenyl)methyl]-4,4-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidinone   

CAS No.

72178-02-0

Empirical Formula

C15H10ClF3N2O6S

Toxicology

Oral Acute oral LD50 for male rats 1250-2000, female rats 1600 mg/kg. Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rabbits >1000 mg/kg. Mild skin irritant; mild to moderate eye irritant (rabbits). Extreme skin sensitiser (Magnusson & Kligman test), not a skin sensitiser (ear/flank Stevens test, guinea pigs). Inhalation LC50 (4 h) for male rats 4.97 mg/l. NOEL (2 y) for rats 5 mg/kg b.w. daily; (18 mo) for mice 1 mg/kg b.w. daily (liver tumours in mice due to peroxisome proliferation - not relevant to man); (6 mo) for dogs 1 mg/kg b.w. daily. NOEL developmental toxicity for rabbits 2.5 mg/kg b.w. daily. ADI 0.05 mg/kg. Other Genotoxicity negative. Not oncogenic. Toxicity class WHO (a.i.) III; EPA (formulation) III EC classification Xn; R22

Applications

Fomesafen Mode of action Selective herbicide, absorbed by both leaves and roots, with very limited translocation in the phloem. Fomesafen Uses Early post-emergence control of broad-leaved weeds in soya beans. Applied at 200-400 g/ha. Phytotoxicity Non-phytotoxic to soya beans and to other crops such as beans of the genus Phaseolus and the leguminous cover crops Pueraria and Calapogonium. Fomesafen  Formulation types ME; SL. 

Package

25KG/Drum, 25KG/Bag.