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4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors (HPPD inhibitors) are a class of herbicides that prevent growth in plants by blocking 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase, an enzyme in plants that breaks down the amino acid tyrosine into molecules that are then used by plants to create other molecules that plants need.
Amaranthus tuberculatus, commonly known as roughfruit amaranth, [4] rough-fruited water-hemp, [5] tall waterhemp, or common waterhemp, [6] [7] is a species of flowering plant. It is a summer annual broadleaf with a germination period that lasts several months. [8] Tall waterhemp has been reported as a weed in 40 of 50 U.S. states. [9]
Dicamba is a selective and systemic herbicide that kills annual and perennial broadleaf weeds. [10] Its primary commercial applications are weed control for grain crops and turf areas. It is also used to control brush and bracken in pastures, as well as controlling legumes and cacti.
Lactofen is applied as a foliar spray and is commonly used to control broadleaved weeds in soybeans, cereals, potatoes and peanuts. It may be combined with oil or fertilizer adjuvants and surfactants. Some formulations include solvents such as xylenes and cumene. [1] It is also used as a fungicide for Sclerotinia white moulds on soybean. [4] [5 ...
Triclopyr is a selective weedkiller used to control dicotyledonous weeds (i.e. broadleaf plants) while leaving monocotyledonous plants (mostly bulbs, grasses and conifers) unaffected, [2] or to control rust fungus on soybean crops.
Diflufenican (sometimes called DFF) is a herbicide used to control weeds including wild radish and wild turnip weeds or suppress capeweed, crassula, marshmallow or shepherd's purse, in clover pasture, lupins, lentils or field peas.
Glyphosate-based herbicides are herbicides made of a glyphosate salt usually combined with other ingredients needed to stabilize the formula and allow penetration into plants. Roundup was the first glyphosate-based herbicide, developed by Monsanto in the 1970s.
This is a list of herbicides. These are chemical compounds which have been registered as herbicides . The names on the list are the ISO common name for the active ingredient which is formulated into the branded product sold to end-users. [ 1 ]