An agricultural insecticide for caterpillar control in cotton, pulses, fruit, vegetables, herbs, trees and ornamentals.
9. APPLICATION METHODS AND TIPS:
Best results on brown eggs and newly hatched larvae. Ensure thorough coverage.
Best results when temperature is less than 24C and relative humidity is greater than 65%.
Soft on lacewings, ladybirds and bugs but may reduce parasitoid wasps, ants, beetles, spiders and tachinid flies. Dangerous to bees.
10. ADJUVANTS, WETTERS, OILS:
None recommended
11. EQUIPMENT:
Ground (water): 50-250 L water/ha with hydraulic nozzles to produce a target VMD of 150-250 microns. 250 L water/ha preferred for vegetable and orchard applications.
Aerial (water): 30 L water/ha with hydraulic nozzles to produce a target droplet size range of 150-250 microns.
Under condition of high temperature and low humidity adjust spray volume and droplet size upwards.
12. SPRAYER WASH OUT AND DECONTAMINATION:
Triple rinse with water plus wetting agent.
13. WATER OR CARRIER DATA:
Use clean water with a pH of 5-9.
Ground (water): 50-100 L water/ha. Target VMD of 150-250 microns.
Aerial (water): 30 L water/ha with target droplet size range of 150-250 microns.
Tracer II only - Aerial (ULV): 5 L oil/ha minimum.
Under condition of high temperature and low humidity adjust spray volume and droplet size upwards.
14. WEATHER:
Avoid high temperature strong winds, inversion conditions, imminent rain or any other conditions that may reduce the quality of spray coverage or result in drift from the area to be treated.
Ground or aerial application (water):
Do not spray when the temperature exceeds 28°C or when relative humidity is less than 40%. Best results are achieved when the temperature is below 25°C and the relative humidity is greater than 65%.
Aerial application (ULV):
Do not spray when the temperature exceeds 32°C or when the relative humidity is greater than 40%.
15. RAINFASTNESS:
30 mins
16. SOIL:
17. PLANT HEALTH and OTHER EFFECTS:
18. WITHHOLDING PERIODS:
Apple: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Apple: Harvest - 3 days.
Bananas: Harvest - not required when used as directed.
Beans: Harvest - 3 days.
Beetroot: Harvest - 3 days.
Berries (except grapes): Harvest - 1 day.
Brassica leafy vegetables: Harvest - 3 days.
Broccoli: Harvest - 3 days.
Brussels Sprouts: Harvest - 3 days.
Cabbage: Harvest - 3 days.
Carrot: Harvest - 3 days.
Cauliflower: Harvest - 3 days.
Chickpeas: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Chickpeas: Harvest - 14 days.
Cotton: Cutting and grazing - Do not graze crop, stubble or gin trash or cut for stockfeed.
Cotton: Harvest - 28 days.
Eggplant: Harvest - 3 days.
Grapes (for export wine): refer to wine grid or exporter.
Grapes: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Grapes: Harvest - 14 days.
Green beans: Harvest - 3 days.
Green peas: Harvest - 3 days.
Herbs (culinary): Harvest - 3 days.
Kiwifruit: Harvest - 7 days.
Lettuce: Harvest - 3 days.
Nashi: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Nashi: Harvest - 3 days.
Parsnip: Harvest - 3 days.
Peaches: Harvest - 7 days.
Pear: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Pear: Harvest - 3 days.
Peas: Harvest - 3 days.
Peppers: Harvest - 3 days.
Pome fruit: Harvest - 3 days.
Pome fruits: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Potato: Harvest - 3 days.
Pulses: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Pulses: Harvest - 14 days.
Radish: Harvest - 3 days.
Sorghum: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Sorghum: Harvest - 14 days.
Soybeans: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Soybeans: Harvest - 14 days.
Spinach: Harvest - 3 days.
Stone fruit (except peaches): Harvest - 3 days.
Stone fruits: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Swede: Harvest - 3 days.
Sweet corn: Harvest - not required when used as directed.
Tomato: Harvest - 1 day.
Turnip: Harvest - 3 days.
Vegetables (leafy): Harvest - 3 days.
Vegetables (Root and tuber): Harvest - 3 days.
All other crops: Cutting and grazing - Do not allow livestock to graze crops, stubble or residues.
Apple: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Apple: Harvest - 3 days.
Bananas: Harvest - not required when used as directed.
Beans: Harvest - 3 days.
Beetroot: Harvest - 3 days.
Berries (except grapes): Harvest - 1 day.
Brassica leafy vegetables: Harvest - 3 days.
Broccoli: Harvest - 3 days.
Brussels Sprouts: Harvest - 3 days.
Cabbage: Harvest - 3 days.
Carrot: Harvest - 3 days.
Cauliflower: Harvest - 3 days.
Chickpeas: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Chickpeas: Harvest - 14 days.
Cotton: Cutting and grazing - Do not graze crop, stubble or gin trash or cut for stockfeed.
Cotton: Harvest - 28 days.
Eggplant: Harvest - 3 days.
Grapes (for export wine): refer to wine grid or exporter.
Grapes: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Grapes: Harvest - 14 days.
Green beans: Harvest - 3 days.
Green peas: Harvest - 3 days.
Herbs (culinary): Harvest - 3 days.
Kiwifruit: Harvest - 7 days.
Lettuce: Harvest - 3 days.
Nashi: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Nashi: Harvest - 3 days.
Parsnip: Harvest - 3 days.
Peaches: Harvest - 7 days.
Pear: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Pear: Harvest - 3 days.
Peas: Harvest - 3 days.
Peppers: Harvest - 3 days.
Pome fruit: Harvest - 3 days.
Pome fruits: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Potato: Harvest - 3 days.
Pulses: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Pulses: Harvest - 14 days.
Radish: Harvest - 3 days.
Sorghum: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Sorghum: Harvest - 14 days.
Soybeans: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Soybeans: Harvest - 14 days.
Spinach: Harvest - 3 days.
Stone fruit (except peaches): Harvest - 3 days.
Stone fruits: Cutting and grazing - 14 days.
Swede: Harvest - 3 days.
Sweet corn: Harvest - not required when used as directed.
Tomato: Harvest - 1 day.
Turnip: Harvest - 3 days.
Vegetables (leafy): Harvest - 3 days.
Vegetables (Root and tuber): Harvest - 3 days.
All other crops: Cutting and grazing - Do not allow livestock to graze crops, stubble or residues.
19. PLANT BACK PERIODS or RECROPPING INTERVALS:
20. MODE OF ACTION:
A group 5A, spinosyn insecticide that alters the function of nicotinic and GABA-gated ion channels.
Acts by contact and ingestion.
Larvae stop feeding soon after spraying but may take up to 3 days to die.
21. PESTICIDE RESISTANCE:
Some species may be resistant or develop resistance with continued application. Rotate with products from alternative groups.
Use according to the Insecticide Resistance Management Strategy for cotton. Do not apply more than 3 applications to any cotton crop in one season. Do not apply more than 4 times to vegetables. Do not apply more than twice to chickpeas, pulses, sorghum and soybeans. Product can be applied either twice to the crop during flowering or once up to 14 days before harvest.
22. TOXICITY:
Poison schedule - S5
Summary: Low toxicity.
Details:
Poison schedule - S5
Mammalian toxicity -
Acute oral LD50 - > 2000 mg/kg (rats), [For comparison table salt is 3000 mg/kg]
Acute dermal LD50 - >2000 mg/kg (rabbit).
Skin - Slight irritation for Tracer. Moderate irritation and slight sensitisation for Tracer II.
Eye - Slight irritation for Tracer. Moderate irritation for Tracer II.
Vapour inhalation - LC50 - >5180 mg/L air (rat) for active ingredient.
Chronic oral toxicity NOEL - ppm for two years.
Not mutagenic, carcinogenic or teratogenic in tests (i.e. does not cause cancer or reproductive problems).
Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) - 0.02 mg/kg/day.
NOEL - 2.4 mg/kg/day.
23. TOXICITY SYMPTOMS:
Repeated exposure may cause allergic disorders.
24. FIRST AID:
If SWALLOWED - Rinse mouth with water. Give a glass of water to drink.
If in EYES - Irrigate for 15 minutes with plenty of water. Will irritate eyes.
If on SKIN - Rinse with plenty of water, remove contaminated clothing, wash with soap and water. May irritate skin.
If INHALED - Remove patient to fresh air.
If patient has symptoms or is concerned contact a doctor immediately.
Advice to doctor - Treat symptomatically. No specific antidote.
Call Poisons Information Centre on 13 11 26
25. PROTECTIVE CLOTHING:
Safety goggles and face shield.
Elbow length PVC gl;oves.
Cotton overalls and washable hat.
Boots.
26 RE ENTRY PERIODS and OTHER SAFETY ISSUES:
27. PROPERTIES:
Product appearance - Off white to light tan powder with a rubber like odour.
Shelf Life -
Product Flammability - Does not burn. Non flammable. Non combustible.
Half life in water - days at pH5 and 35 C.
Water solubility at 25 C. - insoluble but miscible with water.
Oil solubility -
Octanol:Water ratio at 25 C. - at pH 5.
Vapour Pressure at 25 C. - Low. 1.6-2.4 x 10-10. Non volatile.
Dissociation constant - pKa.
Melting point - C.
Boiling point -
Molecular weight -
Density - 0.23 g/cc
Not corrosive.
28. ENVIRONMENTAL FATE:
Summary - Dangerous to bees. Soft on lacewings, ladybirds and bugs but may reduce parasitoid wasps, ants, beetles and tachinid flies.
Fish - Slight to moderate toxicity LC50 3.49-30 ppm.
Invertebrates - Slight toxicity. LC50 and EC50 10-100 mg/L
Bees - High toxicity. LD50 0.06 ug/bee. Dangerous to bees. Foraging bees not affected after spray has dried. Soft on lacewings, ladybirds, spiders and bugs but may reduce parasitoid wasps, ants, beetles and tachinid flies.
Toxic to oysters
Toxic to diatoms. EC50 0.1-0.2 mg/L.
Algae - slight toxicity. EC50 8 mg/L.
Earthworms - low toxicity. LC50 >1000mg/kg soil.
It has a half life in soil of 9-17 days. Broken down by sunlight and microbial action.
It has an EPA classification for soil mobility that ranges from
Ground water contamination is extremely unlikely. It is not susceptible to leaching.
Accumulation in milk and tissues - It does not accumulate in the body.
Potential for bioaccumulation is low.
LogPow <3.
BCF <100.
Soil and Groundwater: The breakdown of spinosad in soils is largely dependent on photolysis. The photolysis
half-life in soil is 8 - 9 days. It will degrade faster in soils with higher moisture content and higher temperature.
Half-life estimates for spinosad in soil under aerobic conditions are from 9 -17days. Spinosad is stable to heat
but will break down in ultraviolet light. No information was found for the other components.
Surface Water: Spinosad is stable to hydrolysis at acid and neutral pHs in the absence of UV light. At high pH
( = 9) the half-life in water is approximately 200 days. However in the presence of light, spinosad hydrolyses in
water rapidly (half-life < 1day). No information was found for the other components.
Vegetation: Spinosad is not taken up significantly by plants at the roots and on foliage. No information was
found for the other components.
29. COMPATIBILITY:
See HerbiGuide for compatability with other herbicides, insecticides and fungicides.
See HerbiGuide for a full list of pesticide compatibilities.
Tracer is not compatible with mineral oil.
Tracer II is compatible with mepiquat.
30. REGISTERED CROPS, INSECTS and DISEASES.
See Herbiguide Species Solutions Tab for registered uses.
31. GOVERNMENT AND REGULATORY INFORMATION:
Dangerous Goods Class - Not a dangerous good.
Hazchem Code - Non allocated.
Packaging Group - Non allocated.
Initial Emergency Response Guide IERG -
UN Number - Non allocated.
NOHSC Classification and phrases - Hazardous.
Risk phrases: R36 - Irritating to eyes
32. References:
MSDS Tracer 2/2001, Tracer II 2/2001, Label 49066/0704 Tracer, 52429/1203 Tracer II.
Acknowledgments:
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