Glyphosate

Function: Herbicide

Specification: 75.7% WSG

CAS: 1071-83-6

High effective agrochemical

Oral: Acute oral LD50 for rats 5600, mice 11 300, goats 3530 mg/kg. Skin and eye: Acute percutaneous LD50 for rabbits >5000 mg/kg. Eye irritant; non-irritating to skin (rabbits).
Inhalation: LC50 (4 h) for rats >4.98 mg/l air.

Glyphosate Mode of action: Non-selective systemic herbicide, absorbed by the foliage, with rapid translocation throughout the plant. Inactivated on contact with soil. Glyphosate Uses:Control of annual and perennial grasses and broad-leaved weeds, pre-harvest, in cereals, peas, beans, oilseed rape, flax and mustard, at c. 1.5-2 kg/ha; Glyphosate control of annual and perennial grasses and broad-leaved weeds in stubble and post-planting/pre-emergence of many crops; as a directed spray in vines and olives, at up to 4.3 kg/ha; in orchards, pasture, forestry and industrial weed control, at up to 4.3 kg/ha. As an aquatic herbicide, at c. 2 kg/ha.