Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A herbicide, C9H10Cl2N2O2, that is used to kill weeds selectively.
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- noun The
herbicide N'-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N-methoxy-N-methyl-urea
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a herbicide that kills weeds without harming vegetables
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Subsequent hand-weeding is usually carried out 2 months after planting and again after 5 months, but in Colombia the use of the herbicide linuron at the rate of 0.75 kg/ha has been found to give excellent control over broad-leaved weeds if applied 40-50 days after planting.
Chapter 8 1987
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Chemical control gives excellent results: pre-emergence application of, for example, linuron or diuron with subsequent application of shielded sprays of paraquat, has proved successful.
Chapter 11 1987
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Afalon (linuron) are both welcome additions to a previously limited and expensive armoury.
FWi - All News 2009
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Lorox (linuron) and Sencor (metribuzin) have been available for more than 25 years, but still have good soil-residual activity on a variety of weeds including glyphosate and ALS-resistant pigweed when applied behind the planter and activated by rainfall or overhead irrigation.
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The Commission's proposals, according to the Pesticides Safety Directorate analysis, would also remove linuron, pendimethalin and metribuzin, leaving few chemical options, she said.
FWi - All News 2008
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- chemical control (linuron plus alachlor) in beans and atrazione plus metolachlor in maize;
1. Designing integrated pest management for sustainable and productive futures. 1992
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