ATLANTIC Altra SC

HERBICIDES

ATLANTIC Altra SC

INTRODUCTION: Atrazine is a chlorinated herbicide of the triazine class. It is used to prevent pre-emergencebroadleaf weeds in crops such as maize (corn), soybean and sugarcane and on turf, such as golf courses andresidential lawns. Biocide, Pesticide, Herbicide. The principle mode of action of triazine herbicides is the inhibition ofphotosynthesis. The triazines were shown to inhibit PSII but have no effect on PSI (Trebst, 2008) Metolachlor is aselective chloroacetamide herbicide used to control annual grasses (eg Echinacloa spp., Digitaria spp., Setaria spp.,Brachiaria spp., Panicum spp. and Cyperus spp.) and certain key broad-leaved weeds (eg Amaranthus spp., Capsellaspp. and Portulaca spp.) in maize, sorghum, cotton, sugar beet, fodder beet, sugar cane, potatoes, soyabeans, peanuts, sunflowers, various vegetables and pulse crops, fruit and nut trees, and woody ornamentals.

Mode of Action: Metolachlor is a selective herbicide which is absorbed predominantly by the target weeds hypocotyls and shoots. It inhibits germination.

USAGES: Atrazine is a herbicide that is used to stop pre- and post-emergence broadleaf andgrassy weeds in crops such as sorghum, maize, sugarcane, lupins, pine, and eucalypt plantations, and triazine-tolerantcanola. In the United States as of 2014, atrazine was the second-most widely used herbicide after glyphosate, with 76million pounds (34 thousand metric tons) of it applied each year. Atrazine continues to be one of the most widely usedherbicides in Australian agriculture Metolachlor is a herbicide used to control annual grasses (eg Echinacloa spp.,Digitaria spp., Setaria spp., Brachiaria spp., Panicum spp. and Cyperus spp.) and certain key broad-leaved weeds (egAmaranthus spp., Capsella spp. and Portulaca spp.) in maize, sorghum, cotton, sugar beet, fodder beet, sugar cane,potatoes, soyabeans, peanuts, sunflowers, various vegetables and pulse crops, fruit and nut trees, and woodyornamentals.