Paraquat
| Description | Mode of action | Uses |
| A herbicide used to control common weeds in a wide range of agricultural and amenity situations. | 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; and in pasture renovation.
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