Prometryn 96%TC, 50%WP, 40%WP, 25%WP, 50%SC, 500g/lSC Herbicide

Active ingredient

Common name:

prometryn (BSI from 1984, E-ISO, WSSA); prometryne ((f) F-ISO, JMAF and, until 1984, BSI)

Chemical name: 

N,N'-bis(1-methylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine  

Mode of Action: 

Selective systemic herbicide, absorbed by the leaves and roots, with translocation acropetally through the xylem from the roots and foliage, and accumulation in the apical meristems.

Characteristics and Uses: 

Used pre-emergence, at 0.8-2.5 kg/ha, in cotton, sunflowers, peanuts, potatoes, carrots, peas and beans; post-emergence, at 0.8-1.5 kg/ha, in cotton, potatoes, carrots, celery and leeks.

Toxicity: 

Oral:Acute oral LD50 for rats >2000 mg/kg.

Skin and eye:Acute percutaneous LD50 for rats >3100, rabbits >2020 mg/kg. Not irritant to skin and slightly irritant to eyes of rabbits. Not a skin sensitiser (guinea pigs).

Inhalation:LC50 (4 h) for rats >5170 mg/m3.