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The Etymology of Herbicide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Robert L. Zimdahl
Robert L. Zimdahl*
Affiliation:
Weed Research Laboratory, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
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Abstract

The etymology of herbicide has been traced to a U. S. trademark originally registered by William J. Reade of the Reade Manufacturing Company.

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Research Article
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Weed Science , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , April 1969, pp. 137 - 139
Copyright
Copyright © 1969 Weed Science Society of America 

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