Product Name

Trinexapac-ethyl

Function

Plant Growth Regulator

Specification

95%Tech, 250 g/l EC

Chemical Name

ethyl 4-(cyclopropylhydroxymethylene)-3,5-dioxocyclohexanecarboxylate

CAS No.

95266-40-3

Empirical Formula

C13H16O5

Toxicology

Oral Acute oral LD50 for rats 4460 mg/kg. 

Skin and eye Acute percutaneous LD50 for rats >4000 mg/kg. Not irritant to skin or eyes of rabbits. Non-sensitising to skin (guinea pigs). 

Inhalation LC50 (48 h) for rats >5.3 mg/l. 

NOEL (2 y) for rats 115 mg/kg b.w. daily; (18 mo) for mice 451 mg/kg b.w. daily; (1 y) for dogs 31.6 mg/kg b.w. daily. 

ADI 0.316 mg/kg b.w. 

Toxicity class WHO (a.i.) U

Applications

Mode of action Plant growth regulator and retardant, which reduces stem growth by inhibition of internode elongation. Absorbed by the foliage, with translocation to the growing shoot.  Uses Used for the prevention of lodging in cereals and in winter oilseed rape, at 0.1-0.3 kg/ha. Also used in turf, at 0.15-0.5 kg/ha, to reduce mowing; and as a maturation promoter in sugar cane at 0.1-0.25 kg/ha. PhytotoxicityCould cause inhibition or growth stoppage of some plants, e.g. grasses, aquatic plants and algae.

Package

25KG/Drum, 200L/Drum, etc