Herbicides (US: /ˈɜːrbɪsaɪdz/, UK: /ˈhɜːr-/), also commonly known as weed killers, are substances used to control undesired plants, also known as weeds...

Roundup is a brand name of herbicide originally produced by Monsanto, which Bayer acquired in 2018. Prior to the late-2010s formulations, it used broad-spectrum...

Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide and defoliant, one of the tactical use Rainbow Herbicides. It was used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal...

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...

Herbicide safeners are organic compounds used to enhance the effectiveness of herbicides, to make them "safer". They minimize the effect of the herbicide...

The Rainbow Herbicides are a group of tactical-use chemical weapons used by the United States military in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Success...

Phenoxy herbicides (or "phenoxies") are two families of chemicals that have been developed as commercially important herbicides, widely used in agriculture...

heterocycles of similar structure. This salt is one of the most widely used herbicides worldwide. It is quick-acting and non-selective, killing green plant tissue...

Glyphosate-based herbicides are usually made of a glyphosate salt that is combined with other ingredients that are needed to stabilize the herbicide formula and...

Chlorophenoxy herbicides are a subclass of phenoxy herbicides which includes: MCPA, 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T and mecoprop. Large amounts have been produced since...

herbicide. Many sulfonylureas are also used as herbicides, because they can interfere with plant biosynthesis of certain amino acids. As herbicides sulfonylureas...

largely within the 20th century and coinciding with the development of herbicides. Weeds are controlled in much of the world by hand (roguing) or with crude...

Preemergent herbicides are a form of chemical weed control which prevent germinated weed seedlings from becoming established. In some areas of the world...

is usually referred to by its ISO common name 2,4-D. It is a systemic herbicide that kills most broadleaf weeds by causing uncontrolled growth, but most...

(IUPAC name: N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide and crop desiccant. It is an organophosphorus compound, specifically a...

majority of these species contain genes that make them either tolerant to herbicides or resistant to insects. Other common traits include virus resistance...

Boliviana negra is a relatively new form of coca that is resistant to a herbicide called glyphosate. Glyphosate is a key ingredient in the multibillion-dollar...

Imazaquin is an imidazolinone herbicide, so named because it contains an imidazolinone core. This organic compound is used to control a broad spectrum...

are abundant broadleaf weeds, a chemical herbicide (weed killer) can be useful. There are chemical herbicides meant for controlling broadleaf weeds. Perennial...

equipment affects drift problems. Sprayer tanks contaminated with another herbicide are one source of drift. With placement (localised) spraying of broad...

as 2,4-D and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), are sold as herbicides. Broad-leaf plants (dicots), such as dandelions, are much more susceptible...

pesticides. Herbicides which are derivatives of dinitroanilines, and mostly derived from trifluralin, the most common dinitroaniline herbicide, include benfluralin...

spraying an estimated 19 million U.S. gallons (72,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong...

selective herbicide used for control of broadleaf weeds, especially thistles and clovers. It is in the picolinic acid family of herbicides, which also...

broad-spectrum herbicide produced by several species of Streptomyces soil bacteria. Glufosinate is a non-selective, contact herbicide, with some systemic...

Flufenacet is an oxyacetanilide herbicide applied before crops have emerged. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana it causes similar symptoms to the...

application refers to the practical way in which pesticides (including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, or nematode control agents) are delivered to...

1016/j.pestbp.2007.04.004. Heap I. "List of Herbicide Resistant Weeds by Herbicide Mode of Action". HRAC (Herbicide Resistance Action Committee). Retrieved...

Chlorthiamide is an organic compound with the chemical formula C7H5Cl2NS used as an herbicide. v t e...

enzyme is absent from animal genomes, making it an attractive target for herbicides such as glyphosate. A glyphosate-resistant version of the enzyme's gene...