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Photochemical Degradation of Diuron and Monuron

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

L. W. Weldon and
F. L. Timmons
L. W. Weldon
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
F. L. Timmons
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Considerable attention has been given during recent years to the fate of herbicides sprayed onto soil surfaces. The effect of light upon herbicides also has been studied extensively. Payne and Fults by means of a biological test found that the potency of 2,4–D was increased by exposure to ultraviolet light. Hansen and Buchholtz found that when a solution containing 2,4–D and riboflavin was exposed to light the activity of 2,4–D was reduced. They tentatively identified the breakdown product as 2,4–dichlorophenol. Later Bell positively identified it.

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Weeds , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1961, pp. 111 - 116
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Copyright © 1961 Weed Science Society of America 

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