Oral Acute oral LD50 for rats >6500 mg/kg. Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rabbits >5000 mg/kg. Slightly irritating to eyes and skin (rabbits). Not a skin sensitiser. Inhalation LC50 (4 h) for rats >5 g/l. NOEL For rats 1.4 mg/kg daily, mice 9.2 mg/kg daily, for dogs 10 mg/kg daily. ADI RfD 0.014 mg/kg daily Other Negative in the Ames test; negative for oncogenicity.
Applications
Mode of action Rapidly absorbed by roots and leaves and translocated throughout the plant, when applied as a foliar spray or a soil drench. Uses Control of a wide range of Basidiomycete fungi on rice, cereals, field crops and turf, by foliar application and as a seed treatment. It is particularly effective for foliar treatment of Rhizoctonia, Puccinia and Corticium, and for seed treatment of Ustilago, Tilletia and Pyrenophora. Applied as a foliar treatment in rice at 50-150 g/ha; higher rates (200-300 g/ha) are required when used in rice as a seedling box treatment. Registered for use in rice (Japan, China, Korea), turf (Japan) and potatoes (Latin America). Formulation types FS; SC; WG; WP.