A wide variety of agricultural uses (>100 different crops) including vegetables, tree fruits, grapes, other fruits, tree nuts, beans, potatoes, soybeans, sugar beet, and other crops. Landcape uses include commercial turf; in residential settings only citrus trees are labeled for use. Other uses include nursery uses and non-crop uses.
Xylem and phloem-mobile. EPA (2009) indicated that studies conducted on bee colonies at less than the maximum application rate "suggest there is potential for mortality in adults and pupae, massive perturbation of brood development, and early brood termination as a result of spirotetramat use." Spirotetramat together with its two major degradates are much more persistent than any of these alone, with a half-life value in aerobic soil of 222 days (used by EPA in its modeling).
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2009. EFED Environmental Risk Assessment for the Proposed Uses of Spirotetremat on the Production of Cotton, Soybean, Legume Vegetables, Tropical Fruit, Pistachio, Okra, and Dried Prunes, Review of Risk to Pollinators and Groundwater Label Requirement Revision. 216 pp.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2009. EFED Environmental Risk Assessment for the Proposed Uses of Spirotetremat on the Production of Cotton, Soybean, Legume Vegetables, Tropical Fruit, Pistachio, Okra, and Dried Prunes, Review of Risk to Pollinators and Groundwater Label Requirement Revision. 216 pp.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2009. EFED Environmental Risk Assessment for the Proposed Uses of Spirotetremat on the Production of Cotton, Soybean, Legume Vegetables, Tropical Fruit, Pistachio, Okra, and Dried Prunes, Review of Risk to Pollinators and Groundwater Label Requirement Revision. 216 pp.