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A particularly efficient form of pesticide dose transfer is seed treatment and specific formulations have been developed for this purpose. A number of pesticide bait formulations are available for rodent pest control, etc.
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).
Metribuzin (4-amino-6-tert-butyl-3-(methylthio)-1,2,4-triazin-5(4H)-one) is a herbicide used both pre- and post-emergence in crops including soy bean, potatoes, tomatoes and sugar cane. It acts by inhibiting photosynthesis by disrupting photosystem II. [2] It is widely used in agriculture and has been found to contaminate groundwater. [3]
Ammonium sulfamate is considered to be particularly useful in controlling tough woody weeds, tree stumps and brambles.. Ammonium sulfamate has been successfully used in several major UK projects by organisations like the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, English Heritage, the National Trust, and various railway, canal and waterways authorities.
As a herbicide, it was introduced in 1962, [2] and it quickly became the fourth most used herbicide in the US, with 28.5 million pounds (12.9 thousand tonnes) used in 1974. [4] Its use has declined significantly, to 15 million pounds (6.8 thousand tonnes) in 1991 to 950 thousand pounds (430 tonnes) by 1998.
Metolachlor is a popular herbicide in the United States. [3] As originally formulated metolachlor was applied as a racemate , a 1:1 mixture of the ( S )- and ( R )-stereoisomers. The ( R )-enantiomer is less active, and modern production methods afford a higher concentration of S-metolachlor, thus current application rates are far lower than ...
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.
Glyphosate (Roundup) is the principal pre-harvest systemic herbicide used for desiccation of a wide variety of crops. As a systemic herbicide it is not a true desiccant as it can take weeks rather than days for the crop to die back and dry out after application. [15] [19]