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  2. Roundup (herbicide) - Wikipedia

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    Roundup is used most heavily on corn, soy, and cotton crops that have been genetically modified to withstand the chemical, but as of 2012 glyphosate treated approximately 5 million acres in California for crops like almond, peach, cantaloupe, onion, cherry, sweet corn, and citrus, [77] although the product is only applied directly to certain ...

  3. Herbicide - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical control including tillage and flooding were also used to control weeds. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, inorganic chemicals such as sulfuric acid, arsenic, copper salts, kerosene and sodium chlorate were used to control weeds, but these chemicals were either toxic, flammable or corrosive and were expensive and ineffective ...

  4. Alachlor - Wikipedia

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    A person mixing Lasso - A brand of alachlor made by Monsanto. Alachlor is an herbicide from the chloroacetanilide family. It is an odorless, white solid. The greatest use of alachlor is for control of annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in crops.

  5. Pesticide application - Wikipedia

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    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).

  6. Phenoxy herbicide - Wikipedia

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    In the 1970s, agrochemical companies were working to develop new herbicides to be complementary to the auxins. The aim was to find materials which would selectively control grass weeds in broad-leaf crops such as cotton and soybean. Cyhalofop: X=CH, R 1 =CN, R 2 =F Diclofop: X=CH, R 1 =R 2 =Cl Chlorazifop: X=N, R 1 =R 2 =Cl Fluazifop: X=N, R 1 ...

  7. Dicamba - Wikipedia

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    Dicamba use in the US in 2019. Usage has substantially increased since dicamba was approved for use over dicamba-resistant GMO crops in 2016. 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.

  8. Weed control - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Glyphosate-based herbicides - Wikipedia

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    As of 2015 it is used in over 160 countries. [7] RoundUp is used most heavily on corn, soy, and cotton crops that have been genetically modified to withstand the chemical, but since 2012 glyphosate was used in California to treat other crops like almond, peach, cantaloupe, onion, cherry, sweet corn, and citrus. [7]

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