HUNTER (HERBICIDES)

HUNTER (Butachlor 50% EC)

  • It is Selective systemic herbicide.
  • It is absorbed primarily by the germinating shoots and secondarily by roots with translocation through out of the plant and acts by inhibition of protein synthesis.
  • Pre- emergence control of most annual grasses, some broad leaved and many aquatic weeds in transplanted rice.
  • Non- phototoxic to paddy, cotton, barley, wheat, groundnuts, sugar beet and some brassicas.
  • Compatible with other herbicides.

Product Name

:

 Butachlor
Type of pesticide

:

 Herbicides
Chemical name

:

 N-(butoxymethyl)-2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)acetamide
Empirical Formula

:

C17H26CINO2
CAS No.

:

 [23184-66-9]
UN No

:

 1993
Packing group

:

 III
IMDG

:

 Class-3[Environmentally Hazardous Substance, Liquid, N.O.S. (Butachlor)]
Shelf-life

:

 Two years under normal storage conditions.

DESCRIPTION
No definitive mode of action is known at the molecular level. Reported to inhibit cell division, by blocking protein synthesis.it is reported that chloroacetamides inhibit synthesis of very long chain fatty acids.
Mode of action
Selective systemic herbicide, absorbed primarily by the germinating shoots, and secondarily by the roots with translocation through out the plant, giving higher concentrations in vegetative parts than in reproductive parts.
Applications
A selective systemic pre and post emergence herbicide.
It is use to control annual grass as well as broad leave weeds.
It is absorbed principally through the roots & foliage.
It inhibits photosynthesis and interferes with other enzymatic activities.
It is used in combination with other herbicides.
Structure Formula

:
Physical Properties
Appearance

:

 Clear aromatic orange aromatic liquid
Butachlor content, percent by mass

 

 85.0% Min.
Acidity (as H2SO4),percent by mass,Max

:

 0.2% Max.
Moisture Content, percent by mass, Max.

:

 0.3% Max.
Material insoluble in acetone, percent by mass,Max.

:

 0.15% Max.
Compatibility

:

 Compatible with most of Insecticides.
TOXICITY  DATA
Mammalian Toxicity WHO (a.i.) U; Unlikely to present acute hazard
Environmental Toxicity Rapidly metabolised in plants to water soluble metabolites,leading eventually to mineralisation.it is non toxic for mallard ducks, bobwhite quail.
Formulation

:

 50% EC
Trade name

:

 Hunter
Packing detail

:

 250ml, 500ml, 1ltr, 5ltr
Recommendations
Crop Weed Species Dosage/acre(ml) Dilution in Water (Liter) Waiting Period

(days
Paddy (Transplanfed)

 

 Cyperusdifformis, Cyperusiria,Echinochloacrusgalli EchinochloacolonumElusine.indicaEclipta alba,Fimbristylismiliacea, Ludwigiapurviflora, Sphenocleazeylancia 1000-1600 100-200 90-120

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