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NOMENCLATURE
Common name: Paraquat
Chemical abstracts name: 1,1��-dimethyl-4,4��-bipyridinium
CAS RN: [4685-14-7]
INTRODUCTION
Non-selective contact herbicide, absorbed by the foliage, with some translocation in the xylem.
Broad-spectrum control of broad-leaved weeds and grasses in fruit orchards (including citrus), plantation crops (bananas, coffee, cocoa palms, coconut palms, oil palms, rubber, etc.), vines, olives, tea, alfalfa, onions, leeks, sugar beet, asparagus, ornamental trees and shrubs, in forestry, etc. Also used for general_weed control on non-crop land; as a defoliant for cotton and hops; for destruction of potato haulms; as a desiccant for pineapples, sugar cane, soya beans, and sunflowers; for strawberry runner control; in pasture renovation; and for control of aquatic weeds. For control of annual weeds, applied at 0.4-1.0 kg/ha.
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