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. 2020 Oct 22;18(10):e06273. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6273
Primary crops (available studies) Crop groups Crop(s) Application(s) Sampling (DAT) Comment/Source
Fruit crops No representative metabolism study available. The MRL review considered that for the specific uses assessed for fruit crops following soil treatment (citrus fruits, pome fruits), the metabolism is sufficiently addressed by the available rotational crop metabolism studies after bare soil application (EFSA, 2013)
Root crops Onions

Foliar, F BBCH 09–13

1× 0.1 kg, 2× 0.1 kg, 1× 0.2 kg or 2× 0.2 kg fluroxypyr/ha

Plants: 0, 3, 14, 28

Root, bulb, skin, shoots: 3 months, 3.5 months

Radiolabelled active substance: 2,6‐14C ring‐labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl (EFSA, 2019b)
Leafy crops No representative metabolism study available
Cereals/grass Spring wheat

Foliar, F BBCH 37–39

1 × 0.3 kg fluroxypyr/ha

Whole plant: 0

Stalk and leaves; heads: 28

Straw and grain: 62

Radiolabelled active substance: 2,6‐14C ring‐labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl (EFSA, 2013)
Spring wheat

Foliar, G BBCH 31

1 × 0.6 kg fluroxypyr/ha

Wheat forage: 0, 13

Straw and grain: 62

Radiolabelled active substance: 2,6‐14C ring‐labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl (EFSA, 2013)
Winter wheat

Foliar, F

BBCH 31 1 × 0.2 kg fluroxypyr/ha

Whole plant: 0, 3, 7, 14, 28

Straw and grain: 104

Radiolabelled active substance: 2,6‐14C ring‐labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl (EFSA, 2013)
Winter wheat

Foliar, F BBCH 31

1 × 0.2 kg fluroxypyr/ha

Whole plant: 0, 3, 7, 14, 28

Straw and grain: 104

Radiolabelled active substance: 2,6‐14C ring‐labelled fluroxypyr‐butoxypropyl ester (EFSA, 2013)
Pulses/oilseeds
Miscellaneous Broadleaved weed species (Galium aparine) Foliar 1 × 0.15 kg fluroxypyr/ha 7

Radiolabelled active substance: not specified

Indicative information (EFSA, 2013)

Broadleaved weed species (Stellaria media, Viola arvensis)

Foliar, G

1 × 0.075 kg fluroxypyr/ha

Whole plant: 1, 7

Radiolabelled active substance: 2,6‐14C ring‐labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl

Indicative information (EFSA, 2013)

Rotational crops (available studies) Crop groups Crop(s) Application(s) PBI (DAT) Comment/Source
Root/tuber crops Turnip Bare soil, F 0.6 kg a.s./ha

30

120(b)

366

Radiolabelled active substance: 14C‐pyridinyl‐labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl

Root and tops

Harvest intervals: 98, 183, 438 DAT(EFSA, 2013)

Turnip

Bare soil, F

0.7 kg a.s./ha

30

120

365

Radiolabelled active substance: 14C‐pyridinyl‐labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl

Root and tops

Harvest intervals: 91, 215, 428 DAT (EFSA, 2013)

Leafy crops Lettuce

Bare soil, F

0.6 kg a.s./ha

30

120(b)

366

Radiolabelled active substance: 14C‐pyridinyl labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl

Harvest intervals: 86, 113, 128, 156, 200, 225, 422, 443 DAT (EFSA, 2013)

Lettuce

Bare soil, F

0.7 kg a.s./ha

30

120

365

Radiolabelled active substance: 14C‐pyridinyl‐labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl

Harvest intervals: 77, 168, 418 DAT (EFSA, 2013)

Cereal (small grain) Wheat

Bare soil, F

0.6 kg a.s./ha

30

120(b)

366

Radiolabelled active substance: 14C‐pyridinyl‐labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl

Grain and straw

Harvest intervals: 128, 232, 458 DAT (EFSA, 2013)

Wheat

Bare soil, F

0.7 kg a.s./ha

30

120

365

Radiolabelled active substance: 14C‐pyridinyl‐labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl

Immature plant, grain, chaff and straw

Harvest intervals: 83, 156, 202, 289, 414, 467 DAT (EFSA, 2013)

Corn

Bare soil, F

0.7 kg a.s./ha

365

Radiolabelled active substance: 14C‐pyridinyl‐labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl

Fodder and grain

Harvest interval: 467 DAT (EFSA, 2013)

Pulses/oilseeds Green beans

Bare soil, F

0.6 kg a.s./ha

30

366

Radiolabelled active substance: 14C‐pyridinyl‐labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl

Whole plant and beans

Harvest interval: 94, 119, 441, 451 DAT (EFSA, 2013)

Soya beans

Bare soil, F

0.6 kg a.s./ha

120(b)

Radiolabelled active substance: 14C‐pyridinyl‐labelled fluroxypyr‐meptyl

Beans and trash

Harvest interval: 226 DAT (EFSA, 2013)

Other
Processed commodities (hydrolysis study) Conditions Stable? Comment/Source
Pasteurisation (20 min, 90°C, pH 4) Not triggered
Baking, brewing and boiling (60 min, 100°C, pH 5) Not triggered
Sterilisation (20 min, 120°C, pH 6) Not triggered
Other processing conditions

(a): Outdoor/field application (F) or glasshouse/protected/indoor application (G).

(b): The 120 DAT plot was under greenhouse conditions.