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Aldicarb

Aldicarb

Adult Bee Toxicity
>0.16 Oral LD50 in µg/bee
Larval Bee Toxicity
Unknown Oral LD50 in µg/bee
Chemical Group
Carbamate
Adult Bee Toxicity
>0.16
Adult Bee Toxicity Group
Non-definitive
Larval Bee Toxicity
Unknown
Persistence Half-Life (days)
10
Persistence Rating
Low
Relative Index of Systemic Activity
1.08
Registered Uses (USA)

Six crops: cotton, dry beans, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, and sweet potatoes.

Use Categories
Agriculture
Seed Treatment Use
No
Seed Treatment Crops
Further Information

Xylem-mobile. A definitive oral acute toxicity value is available for adult alfalfa leafcutter bee (Megachile rotundata), reported as 0.431 µg/bee in the Pesticide Properties Database (Lewis et al. 2016).

Toxicity Reference(s)

Lewis, K.A., J. Tzilivakis, D. Warner, and A. Green. 2016. An international database for pesticide risk assessments and management. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal 22(4):1050-1064.

Systemic Reference(s)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2017. Aldicarb Interim Registration Review Decision, Case Number 0140. 56 pp.

Persistence Reference(s)

Lewis, K.A., J. Tzilivakis, D. Warner, and A. Green. 2016. An international database for pesticide risk assessments and management. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal 22(4):1050-1064.