Pendimethalin 

Function: Herbicide

Specification: 98%TC, 40%SC, 33%EC

CAS: 40487-42-1

High effective agrochemical

Oral Acute oral LD50 for rats >5000, male mice 1620, female mice 1340, rabbits >5000, beagle dogs >5000 mg/kg. Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rabbits >2000 mg/kg. Non-irritating to skin and eyes (rabbits). Inhalation LC50 for rats >320 mg/l. NOEL In 2 y feeding trials, rats receiving 100 mg/kg diet showed no ill-effects. Water GV 20 mg/l (TDI 5 mg/kg b.w.). Toxicity class WHO (a.i.) III; EPA (formulation) III EC classification R43| N; R50, R53  

Pendimethalin Mode of action Selective herbicide, absorbed by the roots and leaves. Affected plants die shortly after germination or following emergence from the soil. Pendimethalin Uses Control of most annual grasses and many annual broad-leaved weeds, at 0.6-2.4 kg/ha, in cereals, onions, leeks, garlic, fennel, maize, sorghum, rice, soya beans, peanuts, brassicas, carrots, celery, black salsify, peas, field beans, lupins, evening primrose, tulips, potatoes, cotton, hops, pome fruit, stone fruit, berry fruit (including strawberries), citrus fruit, lettuce, aubergines, capsicums, established turf, and in transplanted tomatoes, sunflowers, and tobacco. Applied pre-plant incorporated, pre-emergence, pre-transplanting, or early post-emergence. Pendimethalin also used for control of suckers in tobacco. Phytotoxicity Injury to maize may occur if used as a pre-plant, soil-incorporated treatment. Pendimethalin Formulation types EC; GR; SC; WG.

2000L