Basagran
| 1 Trade name | Manufacturer | Form |
| BASF BASAGRAN POST-EMERGENCE HERBICIDE | BASF AUSTRALIA LTD | AC |
| CROP CARE BASAGRAN POST-EMERGENCE HERBICIDE | CROP CARE AUSTRALASIA PTY LTD | AC |
ACTIVE INGREDIENT: 480 g/L bentazone as an aqueous concentrate.
4 CHEMICAL GROUP: C. - Thiazole or benzothiadiazole.
5 RELATED HERBICIDES:
6 GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
A contact herbicide.
7 APPLICATION METHODS AND TIPS:
Apply to actively growing plants.
Crop scorching may be more pronounced in hot weather.
9 ADJUVANTS:
Spray oils may improve weed control but may reduce selectivity on the crop.
10 WATER QUALITY:
Hard water
Colloids
pH
11 COMPATIBILITY:
Antagonistic with diclofop.
14 HERBICIDE RESISTANCE:
18 PROTECTIVE CLOTHING:
20 MODE OF ACTION:
Contact.
Uptake and translocation:
Physiological effects:
Residual Life and Breakdown:
Selectivity:
23 PLANT SYMPTOMS:
SECONDARY EFFECTS:
24 TOXICITY:
Summary:
Schedule 5.
Details:
Mammalian toxicity -
Acute oral LD50 - 1100 mg/kg [For comparison table salt is 3000 mg/kg]
Acute dermal LD50 - > mg/kg (rabbit).
Skin -
Eye -
Vapour inhalation - LC50 - > mg/L air (rat).
Chronic oral toxicity NOEL - ppm for two years.
Not mutagenic or teratogenic (i.e. does not cause cancer or reproductive problems).
Other Species -
Birds - toxicity.
Fish - toxicity LC50 > ppm.
Invertebrates - toxicity.
Bees - toxicity.
25 TOXICITY SYMPTOMS:
26 FIRST AID:
27 ENVIRONMENTAL FATE:
It has a half life in soil of .
It has an EPA classification for soil mobility that ranges from
Ground water contamination
Replanting intervals
Accumulation in milk and tissues.
31 PROPERTIES:
Active is a white solid.
Water solubility at 20 C. - 500 ppm at pH ;
Oil solubility - Soluble.
Octanol:Water ratio at 25 C. - at pH 5;
Vapour Pressure at 25 C. - <1 x 10-7.
Dissociation constant - pKa
Melting point - 137-139 C.
Decomposition - 200 C.
Molecular weight - 240.3.
Half life in water - days at pH5 and 35 C.
33 REFERENCES:
Ashton, F.M. and Crafts, A.S. (1981) Mode of Action of Herbicides. (Wiley-Interscience publication).
Acknowledgments:
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