Flurtamone
Action/Use:
- Herbicide
Use:
For use on cotton, winter cereals (barley, wheat), spring crops (sunflower, peas). Controls some grasses and broadleaf weeds. Bacara*, Carat*, Ingot* for use on cereals; Cline*, Nikeyl* for use on spring crops.
Identification
Common Name(s): Flurtamone (ANSI, BSI); ; Flurtamone (ISOE, draft)
Chemistry
Class: Furanone.
Formula: C18H14F3 NO2.
Properties: Light yellow, powdery solid. Melting point 148.5°C. Molecular weight 333.3.
Mode of Action / Resistance Management
Mode of Action: Bleaching inhibition of carotenoid biosynthesis at the phytoene desaturase step (PDS)
Action Group: HRAC Group F1; WSSA Group 12
Registration
Outside U.S.A.: Bacara*, Carat* in France and Germany. Cline*, Nikeyl* in France. Ingot* in U.K.
Environmental Guidelines
Soil Particle Adsorption: Low potential leaching based on water solubility and octanol/water partition coefficient. Low to intermediate mobility
Water Solubility: 11.9 mg/kg
Safety Guidelines
Signal Word: CAUTION
Toxicity Class: III
Toxicity: (Rat): Oral LD50 >5000 mg/kg. (Rabbit): Dermal LD50 >5000 mg/kg. Nonirritating to eyes, skin
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
Premix Products:
+ Aclonifen
- Cline* — Bayer CropScience
- Nikeyl* — Bayer CropScience
+ Diflufenican
- Bacara* — Bayer CropScience
- Carat* — Bayer CropScience
+ Diflufenican+ Isoproturon
- Ingot* — Bayer CropScience
Discontinued Names:
Benchmark*
