glyphosate 41%SL 480g/L 95%TC

Detailed Product Description

Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine) is a broad-spectrum used to kill , especially . It is typically sprayed and absorbed through the leaves, injected into the , or applied to the stump of a tree, or broadcast or used in the cut-stump treatment as a forestry herbicide. Initially patented and sold by in the 1970s under the tradename , its U.S. expired in 2000. Glyphosate is the most used herbicide in the USA. In the US, 5-8 million pounds are used every year on lawns and yards and 85-90 million pounds are used annually in US agriculture.

Glyphosate's mode of action is to inhibit an involved in the synthesis of the , and . It is absorbed through foliage and translocated to growing points. Because of this mode of action, it is only effective on actively growing plants; it is not effective as a .

Some crops have been to be resistant to it (i.e. Roundup Ready). Such crops allow farmers to use glyphosate as a post-emergence herbicide against both broadleaf and cereal weeds. Soy was the first .