Herbicides and Pesticides: Definitions
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Weed - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔plant growing where it is not desired
Herbicide - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔any chemical or cultured biological organism
used to destroy, prevent, suppress, or control plants
Pesticide - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a chemical used to control or destroy a pest
Control - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔management or manipulation of a pest, so it is no
longer a threat or concern
Top four chemical companies - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sygenta, Bayer, BASF,
Corteva
, Weed impacts - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lower crop and animal yields, less efficient
land use, allelopathy, animal toxicity, human allergies, crop quality, water
management, recreation, fire hazard, obstruction of visibility
Liquid formulations - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔solution, emulsifiable concentrate,
flowable
Solution (SL or S) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ex- roundup/rodeo (glyphosate),
advantages- low agitation, disadvantages- none
Emulsifiable concentrate (EC or E) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ex- Garlon (Triclopyr),
Vanquish(Dicamba), Trimec plus(MSMA), advantages- high % ai,
nonabrasive, low agitation. disadvantages- readily adsorbed by skin, easy
to over dose
Flowable (FL, F, or L) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ex- Aatrex 4L (Atrazine),
advantages- easy to handle, less abrasive than dry formulations.
disadvantages- moderate agitation
Dry formulations - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Granule, wettable powder, water
dispersible granule or dry flowable, soluble powder
and Applications 2025 Expert Verified |
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Weed - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔plant growing where it is not desired
Herbicide - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔any chemical or cultured biological organism
used to destroy, prevent, suppress, or control plants
Pesticide - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a chemical used to control or destroy a pest
Control - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔management or manipulation of a pest, so it is no
longer a threat or concern
Top four chemical companies - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sygenta, Bayer, BASF,
Corteva
, Weed impacts - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lower crop and animal yields, less efficient
land use, allelopathy, animal toxicity, human allergies, crop quality, water
management, recreation, fire hazard, obstruction of visibility
Liquid formulations - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔solution, emulsifiable concentrate,
flowable
Solution (SL or S) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ex- roundup/rodeo (glyphosate),
advantages- low agitation, disadvantages- none
Emulsifiable concentrate (EC or E) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ex- Garlon (Triclopyr),
Vanquish(Dicamba), Trimec plus(MSMA), advantages- high % ai,
nonabrasive, low agitation. disadvantages- readily adsorbed by skin, easy
to over dose
Flowable (FL, F, or L) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ex- Aatrex 4L (Atrazine),
advantages- easy to handle, less abrasive than dry formulations.
disadvantages- moderate agitation
Dry formulations - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Granule, wettable powder, water
dispersible granule or dry flowable, soluble powder
