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Chlorpropham

Action/Use:
  • Herbicide
  • ;
  • Plant Growth Regulator
Use: For use in alfalfa, beans, blueberries, caneberries, carrots, cranberries, garlic, gladioli, onions, ladino clover, safflower, seed grass, soybeans, spinach, sugarbeets, tomatoes, woody nursery stock. Inhibits potato sprouting and systemic sucker control in tobacco.
Identification
Common Name(s): Chlorpropham (BSI, ISOE, WSSA); ; chlorprophame (ISOF)
Chemistry
Properties: Melting point 38°-40°C. Soluble in ethyl and isopropyl alcohols, ketones, aromatic solvents.
Chlorpropham
Mode of Action / Resistance Management
Chemical Group: Carbamate
Mode of Action: Inhibition of mitosis/microtubule organization
Action Group: HRAC Group K2
Registration
U.S.A.: Decco*. For use as potato sprout inhibitor only.
Environmental Guidelines
Hazards: Fish: LC50 3.02-5.7 (rainbow trout); 6.3-6.8 ppm (bluegill). Bird: LD50 >2000 mg/kg (mallard)
Water Solubility: 89 mg/l at 25° C
Safety Guidelines
Signal Word: DANGER (Sprout Nip* 7A)
Toxicity Class: I
Toxicity: (Rat): Oral LD50 3800 mg/kg
Suppliers and Branded Products
Formulators' Trade Names:
Agriphar S.A. (CIP*, Endogerme CP*, Neo-Stop*)
Chema Industries (Mitofog*)
United Phosphorus Inc. (Decco* 270, Decco* 271, Decco* 273, Decco* 276)
Premix Products:
+ Clove Oil
+ Piperonyl Butoxide+ Pyrethrins
Discontinued Names:
Beet-Kleen*
Bud Nip*
C.I.P.C. 40*
Furloe*
Mitofog*
Premalox*
Prevenol 47*
Quintex*
Silone*
Spud-Nic*
Sugar Beet Herbicide*
Tripece*
Trixan*