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Diuron

Trade Names: Di-on, Crisuron, Diater, Karmex, and Unidron. It is often used in combination with other pesticides such as bromacil and hexazinone.

Diuron is a substituted urea herbicide used to control a wide variety of annual and perennial broadleaf and grassy weeds. It is used to control weeds and mosses on non-crop areas and among many agricultural crops such as fruit, cotton, sugar cane and legumes. Diuron works by inhibiting photosynthesis.

Diuron is a general use pesticide.

Sources:

~ Wikipedia ~
~ Agent Orange Statistics ~

Pesticide Information Profiles: Facts, Toxicology, use, an overview of each pesticide's toxic effects and their expected actions in the environment.
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