Butachlor is a herbicide of the acetanilide class.[3] It is used as a selective pre-emergent herbicide[1] to control annual grasses and some broad-leaved weeds. It was introduced circa 1970.[4] It is extensively used in India in the form of granules and emulsifiable concentrate in rice as post emergence herbicide, and 2,699 tonnes (5,950,000 lb) was sold in India in 2005-06, declining to 372 tonnes (820,000 lb) in 2009-10.[5]

Application

Butachlor is typically applied at 1.25-2 kg/ha active ingredient.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Merck Index, 11th Edition, 1498
  2. ^ Butachlor at Sigma-Aldrich
  3. ^ PPDB, retrieved 2019-10-03.
  4. ^ PPDB, retrieved 1-2025-March
  5. ^ a b Choudhury PP, Singh R, Ghosh D and Sharma AR. 2016. Herbicide Use in Indian Agriculture. ICAR - Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, 110 p. https://dwr.icar.gov.in/Downloads/Information_Bulletin/Information%20Bulletin%20No%20-%2022%20-%20Herbicide%20Use%20in%20Indian%20Agriculture.pdf
  • Butachlor in the Pesticide Properties DataBase (PPDB)
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butachlor
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