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Flupyradifurone

Adult Bee Toxicity
1.20 Oral LD50 in µg/bee
Larval Bee Toxicity
Unknown Oral LD50 in µg/bee
Chemical Group
Butenolide
Adult Bee Toxicity
1.20
Adult Bee Toxicity Group
High
Larval Bee Toxicity
Unknown
Persistence Half-Life (days)
265
Persistence Rating
High
Relative Index of Systemic Activity
1.05
Registered Uses (USA)
A wide variety of agricultural uses (>100 different crops) including vegetables, tree fruits, grapes, other fruits, tree nuts, beans, potatoes, corn, soybeans, canola, other oilseed, wheat, oats, barley, other cereal grains, cotton, peanuts, and other crops. Landcape uses include trees and landscape plantings. Other uses include nursery uses and non-crop uses.
Use Categories
Agriculture
Nursery
Landscape
Non-crop
Seed Treatment Use
Yes
Seed Treatment Crops

canola, rapeseed, soybean

Further Information

Xylem-mobile from both soil and foliar applications. The risk assessment references a steep dose-response curve.

Toxicity Reference(s)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2014. Environmental Fate and Ecological Risk Assessment for Foliar, Soil Drench, and Seed Treatment Uses of the New Insecticide Flupyradifurone (BYI 02960).

Systemic Reference(s)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2014. Environmental Fate and Ecological Risk Assessment for Foliar, Soil Drench, and Seed Treatment Uses of the New Insecticide Flupyradifurone (BYI 02960). Also, Nauen, R., P. Jeschke, R. Velten, M. Beck, U. Ebbinghaus-Kintscher, W. Thielert, K. Wölfel, M. Haas, K. Kunz, and G. Raupach. 2015. Flupyradifurone: A Brief Profile of a New Butenolide Insecticide. Pest Management Science 71(6):850–862.

Persistence Reference(s)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2014. Environmental Fate and Ecological Risk Assessment for Foliar, Soil Drench, and Seed Treatment Uses of the New Insecticide Flupyradifurone (BYI 02960).

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