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Adult Bee Toxicity
0.0063 Oral LD50 in µg/bee
Larval Bee Toxicity
Unknown Oral LD50 in µg/bee
Chemical Group
Avermectin
Adult Bee Toxicity
0.0063
Adult Bee Toxicity Group
High
Larval Bee Toxicity
Unknown
Persistence Half-Life (days)
301
Persistence Rating
High
Relative Index of Systemic Activity
1.24
Registered Uses (USA)

A wide variety of agricultural uses (>100 different crops) including vegetables, tree fruits, other fruits, tree nuts, cotton, palm, tobacco, and other crops. Landcape uses include trees. Other uses include non-crop uses.

Use Categories
Agriculture
Landscape
Non-crop
Seed Treatment Use
No
Seed Treatment Crops
Toxicity Reference(s)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2017. Preliminary Ecological Risk Assessment for the Registration Review of Emamectin Benzoate. 118 pp.

Systemic Reference(s)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2017. Preliminary Ecological Risk Assessment for the Registration Review of Emamectin Benzoate. 118 pp. Also, Burkhard, R., H. Binz, C. Roux, M. Brunner, O. Ruesch, and P. Wyss. 2015. Environmental Fate of Emamectin Benzoate after Tree Micro Injection of Horse Chestnut Trees. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry / SETAC 34(2):297–302. Also, Coslor, C., C. Vandervoort, and J. Wise. 2019. Control of Insect Pests Using Trunk Injection in a Newly Established Apple Orchard. International Journal of Fruit Science 19(2):151–164. Also, Doccola, J. and P. Wild. 2012. “Tree Injection as an Alternative Method of Insecticide Application.” In Insecticides - Basic and Other Applications, edited by Sonia Soloneski. InTech.

Persistence Reference(s)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2017. Preliminary Ecological Risk Assessment for the Registration Review of Emamectin Benzoate. 118 pp.