Amitrole
Action/Use:
- Herbicide
Use:
Annual grasses, annual and perennial broadleaf weeds, poison ivy in noncropland; semi-aquatic weeds in marshes, drainage ditches.
Identification
Common Name(s): Amitrole (ANSI, ISO, BSI, WSSA); ; Aminotriazole (France, Great Britian, New Zealand, Spain, USSR); ; ATA (JMAF)
Chemistry
Class: Aminotriazole.
Properties: Tech: Off-white, powder or white to greenish flakes. Melting point 157°-159°C. Sparingly soluble in ethyl acetate. Insoluble in oils, ether, acetone.
Mode of Action / Resistance Management
Chemical Group: triazole
Mode of Action: bleaching: Inhibition of carotenoid biosysnthesis (unknown target)
Action Group: HRAC Group F3; WSSA Group 11
Environmental Guidelines
Hazards: Nontoxic
Water Solubility: Soluble
Safety Guidelines
Signal Word: CAUTION
Toxicity Class: III
Toxicity: Tech (Rat): Oral LD50 >10,000 mg/kg. Dermal LD50 >5000 mg/kg. Slightly irritating to eyes and not irritating to skin
Handling/storage: Harmful if swallowed. Avoid contact with skin, eyes, clothing. Do not contaminate vegetation, ponds, or waterways
Protective Clothing: Long-sleeved shirt and long pants. Chemical-resistant gloves.
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
Formulators' Trade Names:
Hektas Ticaret T.A.S. (Hektazol*)
B.V. Industrie- & Handelsonderneming Simonis (Wopro-aminotriazol*)
Premix Products:
+ Ammonium Thiocyanate
- Vidazole* — Makhteshim Agan Group
- Weedazole* — Makhteshim Agan Group
+ Atrazine+ Simazine
- Simatrol* 55
+ Diuron
- Kill-Net* — Agriphar S.A.
+ Diuron+ Simazine
- Simazol Plus* — Makhteshim Agan Group
+ Glyphosate+ Oxyfluorfen+ Terbuthylazine
- TagG2* — Zelam Ltd.
Discontinued Names:
Amino Triazole Weedkiller 90*
Amizine*
AT*
Cytrol Amitrole-T*
Diurol*
Fenamine*
Fenavar*
Herbixol*
Herbizole*
Kleer-Lot*
Laiterra*
Phoscatrol*
Uracom*
Ustilan* GW
Wopro-amitrole*
