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Fomesafen is the ISO common name [2] for an organic compound used as an herbicide. It acts by inhibiting the enzyme protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) [3] which is necessary for chlorophyll synthesis. Soybeans naturally have a high tolerance to fomesafen, [3] [4] via metabolic disposal by glutathione S-transferase.
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]
Pendimethalin is a K1-group (in Australia group D, or numerically group 3) according to the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) classification and is approved in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Oceania for different crops including cereals (wheat, barley, rye, triticale), corn, soybeans, rice, potato, legumes ...
Atrazine is a chlorinated herbicide of the triazine class. [2] It is used to prevent pre-emergence broadleaf weeds in crops such as maize (corn), [3] soybean [3] and sugarcane and on turf, such as golf courses and residential lawns.
Chlorpropham or CIPC is a plant growth regulator and herbicide used as a sprout suppressant for grass weeds, alfalfa, lima and snap beans, blueberries, cane fruit, carrots, cranberries, ladino clover, garlic, seed grass, onions, spinach, sugar beets, tomatoes, safflower, soybeans, gladioli and woody nursery stock.
As of 2005, 87% of U.S. soybean fields were planted with glyphosate resistant varieties. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] While the use of Roundup Ready crops has increased the usage of herbicides measured in pounds applied per acre, [ 9 ] it has also changed the herbicide use profile away from atrazine , metribuzin , and alachlor [ citation needed ] which are more ...
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 ]