Common name:

Clethodim

Chemical name:

(E,E)-(±)-2-[1-[[(3-chloro-2-propenyl)oxy]imino]propyl]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-3-

hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one

 Toxicity:

Oral LD₅₀ for bobwhite quail > 2000 mg/kg. Dietary LC₅₀ for mallard ducks > 6000 mg/kg. LC₅₀ (96 h) for rainbow trout 67, bluegill sunfish > 120 mg/L. Daphina LC₅₀ (48 h) > 120 mg/L. Algae EC₅₀ (5 d) for fresh-water algae 57.8 mg/L. Bees LD₅₀ (contact) > 100μg/bee. Worms LC₅₀ 454 mg/kg soil. Environmental fate:Metabolised to the sulfoxide and sulfone in animals. Metabolised to the sulfoxide, sulfone and S-methyl sulfoxide in plants. Aerobic DT₅₀ in soil 1-3 d.

 Usage:

Post-emergence control of annual and perennial grasses, in a wide range of broad-leaved crops (incluring such field crops as soya beans, cotton, flax, sulflowers, alfalfa, peanuts, oilseed rape, sugar beet, tobacco, and potatoes.), vegetable crops, trees and vines. To be used with a nonphytotoxic crop oil concentrate.