Fenoxaprop p ethyl

Action:

Systemic, Selective & Contact Herbicide

Mode of Action:

Fenoxaprop-ethyl is a aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicide which is selective against perennial and annual grass weeds in many crops. used for post-emergence control of annual grass weeds, from the two-leaf stage up to full tillering, in spring and winter wheat, spring and winter barley, rice, turf and various broadleaf crops.

Chemical group:

Aryloxyphenoxypropionate

Toxicological information:

Acute oral LD 50 for rats =3150-4000 mg/kg

Biochemistry:

Fatty acid synthesis inhibition in grasses, by inhibition of acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase). Rapidly hydrolyzed in plants to acid which is still herbicidal active.

Uses:

Product Name	Weed	Dosage	Time
Wheat and barley	grassy weeds	0.8 to 1 lit per hectare	at tillering stage of weed