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 (guinea
pigs).
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
Applications
Mode of action Fungicide with protectant, curative, eradicant,
translaminar and systemic properties. Inhibits spore germination and mycelial
growth, and also shows antisporulant activity. 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; Phytophthora
infestans and Alternaria solani on potato and
tomato; Mycosphaerella arachidis, Rhizoctonia
solani and Sclerotium rolfsii on peanut; Monilinia spp.
andCladosporium carpophilum on peach; Pythium spp.
and Rhizoctonia solani on turf; Mycosphaerella spp. on
banana; Cladosporium caryigenum on
pecan; Elsino?fawcettii, Colletotrichum spp. andGuignardia
citricarpa on citrus; Colletotrichum spp. and Hemileia
vastatrix on coffee. Phytotoxicity Good crop safety, except on some varieties of apple (e.g.
McIntosh, Cox).