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Herbicides
Pre-harvest Interval
:
Wheat grain and straw can be harvested 79 days after treatment.
Re-cropping
:
The following crops may be grown safely the year following an application: field peas, field corn,
canary seed, CLEARFIELD canola, non-CLEARFIELD canola, lentils, spring wheat, durum wheat, spring barley,
sunflower, tame oats, flax, chickpea. The following crop may be grown safely two years following an application:
mustard (condiment type only). Winter wheat can be grown 3 months after treatment. There are insufficient data for
other following crops. Conduct a field bioassay (a test strip grown to maturity) the year before growing any crop
other than those listed above.
Environmental Precautions
These products are highly toxic to non-target plants. Avoid situations where drift may occur. Leave a 15-metre buffer
zone between sprayed and sensitive areas such as such as ponds, wetlands, streams, woodlots and shelterbelts.
AC 299,263,120 AS contains a petroleum distillate, which is moderately to highly toxic to aquatic organisms. Avoid
contamination of aquatic systems during application. Do not contaminate these systems through direct application,
disposal of waste or cleaning of equipment.
Toxicity
AC 299,263,120 AS: Low mammalian toxicity. Acute oral LD
50
(
rats) = 5,000 mg/kg. Starane: has a low mammalian
toxicity. Acute oral LD
50
(
rats) = 3,738 mg/kg. MCPA ester 600: moderate acute mammalian toxicity. Acute oral LD
50
(
rats) = 1,046 mg/kg. This product contains a petroleum distillate, which is moderately to highly toxic to aquatic
organisms. Avoid contamination of aquatic systems during application.
Storage
Store above 5°C. Store in a cool, dry place away from children, animals, food, feed or fertilizers.
Keep from freezing.
Amitrol 240
Group 11
Formulation
Product
Company
Active ingredient
Formulation
Container size
Amitrol (PCP# 25684)
Nufarm Agriculture Inc.
Amitrol
231
g/L
10
L
Crops, Rate and Staging
Crops
Rate
Weeds controlled
Day to plant
Pre-seed: wheat, barley, canola*
1.7
L/acre
dandelion, annual weeds
0 - 1
Pre-seed: corn and soybeans
3.3 - 6.7
L/acre
quackgrass, canada thistle, broadleaf and
annual weeds
10 - 14
days
Pre-seed: white beans
dandelion, annual weeds
Pre-seed: field peas
1.7
L/acre
dandelion, annual weeds
5 - 7
Post harvest
5.0 - 6.6
L/acre
Canada thistle, perennial sow-thistle
Alfalfa/clover stand removal
1.7 - 3.4
L/acre
alfalfa, dandelion, annual weeds
Established shelterbelts
7.6 - 11.3
Canada thistle, cattails, dandelions,
hoary cress, field horsetail, leafy spurge,
milkweed, perennial sow thistle, poison ivy,
quackgrass, toadflax
Spot treatments for pasture and
non-crop land
0.165
L in 25 L of water to
treat 10 x 10 m. area
*
The Canola Council of Canada recommends that Amitrol 240 not be used prior to canola grown for export market.
Altitude FX/Altitude FX2 (cont’d)