Diuron

Function: Herbicide

Specification: 80%WP

CAS: 330-54-1

High effective agrochemical

Oral Acute oral LD50 for rats >3000 mg/kg. Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rabbits >2000 mg/kg for 80% WG. Mild eye irritant (WP formulation) (rabbits); non-irritating to intact skin (50% aqueous paste) (guinea pigs). Non-sensitising to skin (guinea pigs). Inhalation LC50 (4 h) for rats >5 mg/l. NOEL (2 y) for rats 250, dogs 125 mg/kg diet (H. C. Hodge et al., Food Cosmet. Toxicol., 1967, 5, 513). ADI (EPA) 0.002 mg/kg. Toxicity class WHO (a.i.) U; EPA (formulation) III EC classification R40| Xn; R48  R50, R53  

Diuron Mode of action Systemic herbicide, absorbed principally by the roots, with translocation acropetally in the xylem. Diuron Uses Total control of weeds and mosses on non-crop areas, at 10-30 kg/ha. Selective control of germinating grass and broad-leaved weeds in many crops, including asparagus, tree fruit, bush fruit, citrus fruit, vines, olives, pineapples, bananas, sugar cane, cotton, peppermint, alfalfa, forage legumes, cereals, maize, sorghum, and perennial grass-seed crops, at 0.6-4.8 kg/ha. Phytotoxic residues in soil disappear within 1 season at these lower rates. Diuron Formulation types SC; WG; WP