Uses: Small-grain cereals, maize, soybeans, peas, clover, medic and turf.
FLUMETSULAM
Common name: Flumetsulam
Chemical Name:
2′,6′-difluoro-5-methyl[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-2-sulfonanilide
N-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-5-methyl[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-2-sulfonamide
Other names: Broadstrike, Python, Scorpion (Dow)
Molecular formulae:C12H9F2N5O2S Chemical Structure:
Physical and Chemical Properties:
Molecular weight: 325.3; Physical form: Off-white, odourless solid. Density:1.77 (21 °C); Melting point: 251-253 °C; Flash point:>93 °C; Vapour pressure:3.7 ×10-7 mPa (25 °C); Partition coefficient(n-octanol and water): logP = -0.68 (25 °C, unstated pH); pKa:4.6; Solubility: In water 49 mg/l ( pH 2.5); solubility increases with pH. Very slightly soluble in acetone and methanol. Insoluble in hexane and xylene; Stability: Aqueous photolysis DT50 6-12 mo. Soil photolysis DT50 3 mo.
Purity: 97%
Uses: Small-grain cereals, maize, soybeans, peas, clover, medic and turf.
Mode of actions:
Flumetsulam is active following applications to soil and to foliage. It can be applied prior to planting and pre-emergence in soybeans and pre-emergence to early post-emergence (from 2-4 true leaves in weeds) in maize. Flumetsulam is safe to maize, soybeans and small-grain cereals, but phytotoxic to oilseed rape, cotton and sugar beet.
Toxicology:
Oral:Acute oral LD50 for rats >5000 mg/ kg. Percutaneous: Acute percutaneous LD50 for rabbits >2000 mg/kg. Slightly irritating to eyes (rabbits). Non-sensitising to skin (guinea pigs). Inhalation: LC50 (4 h) >1.2 mg/l. Phytotoxicity: Crops damaged by soil application of flumetsulam include sugar beet, cotton, oilseed rape, grain sorghum, tomatoes, and sunflowers. ADI:0.17 mg/ kg.
Environmental Profile
Ecotoxicology:
Bees: LC50 >100 μg/bee. NOEL 36 μg/bee. Birds: Acute oral LD50 for bobwhite quail >2250 mg/l. Dietary LC50 (8 d) for bobwhite quail and mallard ducks >5620 mg/l.
Daphnia: Non-toxic. Fish: LC50 (96 h) for silverside minnow >379 mg/l. Non-toxic to fathead minnow and bluegill sunfish. Other aquatic spp.: LC50 for shrimp >349.
Environmental fate:
Animals: Rapidly cleared via urine and faeces with no metabolites. 5-Hydroxy metabolite found in the hen. Soil: Availability of flumetsulam in soil is principally dependent upon soil pH and organic matter. Herbicidal activity increases as pH increases and organic matter decreases. DT50 in soil (25 °C, Plant: DT50 in maize 2 h, soya beans 18 h, Chenopodium 131 h. Metabolites depend on the species; 5-hydroxy or 5-methoxy derivatives are common.
Transport Information
Hazard Class: III(Slightly hazardous)
Other products:
Straight formulated products: Flumetsulam 80% WDG
Mixtures:
Thifensulfuron-methyl+bentazone+flumetsulam Florasulam+flumetsulam