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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] The University of Hertfordshire maintains a database of the chemical and biological properties of these materials, [ 2 ] including their brand names and the countries and dates where and when they have been ...
A manual backpack-type sprayer Space treatment against mosquitoes using a thermal fogger Grubbs Vocational College students spraying Irish potatoes. Pesticide application is the practical way in which pesticides (including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, or nematode control agents) are delivered to their biological targets (e.g. pest organism, crop or other plant).
In agricultural parlance, desiccation is divided into two distinct groups: "true desiccants" and pre-harvest systemic herbicides. [14] [15] True desiccants are not chemical desiccants, rather they are contact herbicides which kill only the parts of the plant they touch. They induce plant death/defoliation rapidly and dry down occurs within a ...
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Weed control is a type of pest control, which attempts to stop or reduce growth of weeds, especially noxious weeds, with the aim of reducing their competition with desired flora and fauna including domesticated plants and livestock, and in natural settings preventing non native species competing with native species.
The glyphosate-based herbicide RoundUp (styled: Roundup) was developed in the 1970s by Monsanto. Glyphosate was first registered for use in the U.S. in 1974. [4] Glyphosate-based herbicides were initially used in a similar way to paraquat and diquat, as non-selective herbicides. Attempts were made to apply them to row crops, but problems with ...
In the United States as of 2014, atrazine was the second-most widely used herbicide after glyphosate, [16] with 76 million pounds (34 thousand metric tons) of it applied each year, [19] [20] nearly identical to its usage in 1974, of 76.8 million pounds. [21] Atrazine continues to be one of the most widely used herbicides in Australian ...
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 likely to be present in run off water. [citation needed] An injunction in the case of Center for Food ...