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Benfluralin
General Information
- Product Names:
Team (Dow Agrosciences) formulated with Trifluralin
Balan (Dow Agrosciences)
Greenskeeper Balan (Lebanon Seaboard Corp)
Lawn and Crabgrass Preventer (Lebanon Seaboard Corp)
Lawn Fertilizer with Team Crabgrass Control (Lebanon Seaboard Corp)
Helena XL2G (Helena Chemical Co.)
Shaw's Crabgrass Control and Fertilizer (Knox Fertilizer Co. Inc)
Premium Lawn Food with Crabgrass Control (Knox Fertilizer Co. Inc.)
Balan 2.5G (Knox Fertilizer Co. Inc.)
The Andersons Tee Time Fertiliser (The Andersons Lawn Fertilizer Division)
Balan Dry Flowable (Loveland Products Inc)
Dintec Agrichemicals (Finchimica SPA)
Quali-Pro OB-2G Herbicide (Makhteshim Agan)
XL (United Phosphorus) formulated with Oyzalin
- Chemical Class: Dinitroaniline Herbicide
- Uses: Applied to non-bearing fruit and nut trees, non-bearing berries, non-bearing vineyards, turf, ornamentals, rights of way, Christmas tree plantations, lettuce, alfalfa, Johnsongrass seedlings (residential), chickweed, lambsquarters, purslane, knotweed, clover, pigweed, plantain,crabgrass, foxtail, goosegrass, and Poa annua, barnyardgrass and fescue.
- Alternatives: Organic Lawn care, Least-toxic right of way managment,
Least-toxic invasive weed managment, Organic agriculture - Beyond Pesticides rating:
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Yes ()
- Endocrine Disruption: Yes ()
- Reproductive Effects: Not documented
- Neurotoxicity: Not documented
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes ()
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: Yes ()
- Birth/Developmental: Not documented
- Detected in Groundwater: Not documented
- Potential Leacher: Not documented
- Toxic to Birds: Yes ()
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes ()
- Toxic to Bees: Not documented
Additional Information
- Regulatory Status:
- Supporting information:
