Table 1.4.Categories Of Toxicityfrom the FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE AND RODENTICIDE ACT. U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Pesticides Regulation Division

ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION

Z_{LD50=The dose level that will kill 50 percent of test animals. Minimum of 14 days observation. Animals fasted for oral}

studies.

Y_{LC50=The air concentration that will kill 50 percent of test animals exposed for a period of 1 hour. Minimum of 14 days}

observation. Vapor or gas may be expressed in ppm..

X_{=None required based on acute toxicity; however, nature of product and use pattern may require appropriate}

precautionary statements.

1998 New Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Production Guide

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