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Active ingredient | Glufosinate-ammonium | ||
Chemical name | ammonium (?-2-amino-4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)butanoate | ||
Classification | Herbicide / Agrochemical | ||
Formulation | 95%TC, 200 G/L SL, 18%SL | ||
Biochemistry | Glutamine synthetase inhibitor; leads to accumulation of ammonium ions, and inhibition of photosynthesis. | ||
Mode of action | Non-selective contact herbicide with some systemic action. Translocation occurs only within leaves, predominantly from the leaf base to the leaf tip. | ||
Usage | Glufosinate-ammonium is used for control of a wide range of annual and perennial broad-leaved weeds and grasses in fruit orchards, vineyards, rubber and oil palm plantations, ornamental trees and bushes, non-crop land, and pre-emergence in vegetables. Also used as a desiccant in potatoes, sunflowers, etc. For control of annual and perennial weeds and grasses in glufosinate-tolerant crops (oilseed rape, maize, soya beans, sugar beet) developed through gene technology. Applied at 0.4-1.5 kg/ha | ||
Mammalian Toxicology | Oral: Acute oral LD50 for male rats 2000, female rats 1620, male mice 431, female mice 416, dogs 200-400 mg/kg. Skin and eye: Acute percutaneous LD50 for male rats >4000, female rats c. 4000 mg/kg. Not a skin or eye irritant. Inhalation: LC50 (4 h) for male rats 1.26, female rats 2.60 mg/l air (dust); for rats >0.62 mg/l air (aerosol). |

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