Herbicide Oxyfluorfen 24%EC

Oral Acute oral LD50 for rats and dogs >5000 mg/kg.
Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rabbits >10 000 mg/kg. Mild to moderate eye irritant; mild skin irritant (rabbits).
Inhalation LC50 for rats >5.4 mg/l.
NOEL In chronic dietary trials, NOEL for rats 40, dogs 100, mice 2 mg/kg diet.
ADI 0.003 mg/kg.
Toxicity class WHO (a.i.) U

Mode of action Selective contact herbicide, absorbed more readily by the foliage (and especially the shoots) than by the roots, with very little translocation. Uses Control of annual broad-leaved weeds and grasses in a variety of tropical and subtropical crops, by pre- or post-emergence application at rates in the range 0.25-2.0 kg/ha. Particular crops include tree fruit (including citrus), vines, nuts, cereals, maize, soya beans, peanuts, rice, cotton, bananas, peppermint, onions, garlic, ornamental trees and shrubs, and conifer seedbeds. Phytotoxicity Soya beans and cotton may be injured by contact with oxyfluorfen.