CAS No.: 1912-24-9
Properties:
White powder or white milky viscous liquid. It is used to stop pre- and post-emergence broadleaf and grassy weeds in major crops. The compound is both effective and inexpensive, and thus is well-suited to production systems with very narrow profit margins, as is often the case with Maize. Atrazine is the most widely used Herbicide in conservation tillage systems, which are designed to prevent soil erosion.
Mode of action:
Selective systemic herbicide, absorbed principally through the roots, but also through the foliage, with translocation acropetally in the xylem and accumulation in the apical meristems and leaves.
Usage:
Pre- and post-emergence control of annual broad-leaved weeds and annual grasses in maize, sorghum, sugar cane, pineapples, chemical fallow, grassland, macadamia nuts, conifers, and industrial weed control. Used also in combinations with many other herbicides.