Oral Acute oral LD50 for male and female rats and mice >5000 mg/kg. Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rats >2000 mg/kg. Slight eye and skin irritation (rabbits). Not a skin sensitiser (guineapigs). Inhalation LC50 (4 h, nose only) for male rats 0.96, female rats 0.69 mg/l. NOEL (2 y) for rats 18 mg/kg b.w. daily. ADI 0.1 mg/kg b.w. (EU); 0.18 mg/kg b.w. (USA)
Other Not genotoxic, carcinogenic or neurotoxic; azoxystrobin has no effect on fertility parameters nor on foetal or infant development. Toxicity class WHO (a.i.) U
Azoxystrobin Mode of action Fungicide with protectant, curative, eradicant, translaminar and systemic properties. Inhibits spore germination and mycelial growth, and also shows antisporulant activity.
Azoxystrobin Uses Controls the following pathogens at application rates between 100 to 375 g/ha:Erysiphe graminis, Puccinia spp., Leptosphaeria nodorum, Septoria tritici and Pyrenophora teres on temperate cereals; Pyricularia oryzaeand Rhizoctonia solani on rice; Plasmopara viticola and Uncinula necator on vines; Sphaerotheca fuliginea and Pseudoperonospora cubensis on cucurbitaceae;
