Specifications
- Pk:50 mg
- Standards:Certified reference material, TraceCERT®
- CAS No.:103055-07-8
- Description:Lufenuron
- Environmentally Preferable:
- Storage conditions:2…8 °C
- Hazard class description:H317 - H410
- Shipping conditions:STD
- MDL No.:MFCD00867616
- M-Clarity quality level:MQ300
- Synonym(s):1-[2,5-Dichloro-4-(1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoropropoxy)phenyl]-3-(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)urea
- Molecular weight:511,15
Specifications
About this item
Lufenuron is an insect growth regulator used to control biting and sucking insects and belongs to the group of benzoylphenylurea insecticides.
This systemic insecticide is known to be an inhibitor of chitin synthesis in the cuticle of insects. Lufenuron is used for the control of lepidopteran and coleopteran larvae and is extensively applied in cotton maize sugar beet potatoes grapes citrus and ornamentals farms. Lufenuron is also used in veterinary medicine as a flea control treatment and as an anti-fungal agent for dogs and cats.
Lufenuron is not approved for use in European Union (EU) as per Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 (repealing Directive 91/414/EEC). However the maximum residue level (MRL) for Lufenuron (any ratio of constituent isomers) is set from 0,01 mg/kg to 2 mg/kg for products of plant and animal origin following Reg. (EU) 2020/856. The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has established an MRL of 0,01 to 0,2 ppm. Lufenuron has to be monitored in the Multiannual Control Programme for Pesticides Residues (MACP) run within the EU and EFTA in/on products of plant origin.