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Glyphosate
A broad-spectrum systemic herbicide that inhibits the EPSPS enzyme crucial for plant amino acid synthesis.
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)
Selective herbicide that mimics natural plant hormones, causing uncontrolled growth leading to plant death.
Atrazine
Selective herbicide blocking photosynthesis by binding to photosystem II, used primarily on corn crops.
Dicamba
A selective herbicide that mimics plant growth hormones, causing abnormalities that lead to plant death.
Sulfentrazone
A selective, pre-emergence herbicide that inhibits protoporphyrinogen oxidase, affecting cell membranes integrity.
Trifluralin
A pre-emergent, selective herbicide that inhibits root development by disrupting microtubule formation in cells.
Pendimethalin
A pre-emergent herbicide that inhibits cell division and cell elongation in roots and shoots of emerging seedlings.
Metolachlor
Selective herbicide that inhibits protein synthesis in germinating seeds, preventing the development of seedling shoots.
Simazine
A pre-emergent, triazine herbicide that inhibits photosynthesis, used mostly in orchards and vineyards.
Flumioxazin
A pre-emergent herbicide that inhibits protoporphyrinogen oxidase leading to the production of toxic radicals causing cell membrane destruction.
Glufosinate
A broad-spectrum, contact herbicide that inhibits the enzyme glutamine synthetase, leading to an accumulation of ammonia and subsequent plant death.
Isoxaflutole
A pre-emergent, selective herbicide that inhibits the enzyme 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD), interfering with carotenoid synthesis and causing bleaching.
Mesotrione
A selective herbicide that belongs to the triketone class, disrupting HPPD leading to chlorophyll degradation and whitening of plant tissue.
Paraquat
A non-selective, contact herbicide that damages cell membranes by producing superoxide radicals, leading to desiccation of green plant tissue.
Imazethapyr
A post-emergence, selective herbicide inhibiting the synthesis of branched-chain amino acids by blocking the acetolactate synthase (ALS) enzyme.
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