Specification :

formulations: 20% SL, 42% Tech

Paraquat is the trade name for N, N2-dimethyl-4, 42-bipyridinium dichloride, one of the most widely used Herbicides in the world. Paraquat, a viologen, is quick-acting and non-selective, killing green plant tissue on contact. Paraquat is also toxic to human beings and Animals.

Paraquat is sold in about 130 countries for use on large and small farms, plantations and estates and in non-agricultural weed control. It is a quick acting, non-selective Herbicide, which destroys green plant tissue on contact and by translocation within the plant.

Paraquat was first synthesized in 1882. Its herbicidal properties were discovered only in 1955 in the ICI ( now Zeneca) laboratories, who produced it commercially in 1961. This chemical type of Herbicide - a bipyridyl - is shared with few other pesticides. One, the related diquat, is also a Zeneca product.

Paraquat is redistributed within the plant, but does not harm mature bark. Being a Herbicide, Paraquat protects crops by controlling a wide range of annual and certain perennial weeds that reduce crop yield and quality by competing with the crop for water, Nutrients, and light. <

The key characteristics that distinguish the non-selective contact Herbicide Paraquat from other active ingredients used in plant protection products are:
Paraquat is non-selective, which means it kills a wide range of annual grasses and broad-leaved weeds and the tops of established perennial weeds.
Paraquat is very fast-acting.
Paraquat is rain-fast within miNutes of application.
Paraquat becomes biologically inactive upon contact with soil.

Uses and uSage:
Paraquat is used to control broad-leaved weeds and grasses, being less effective on deep rooted plants such as Dandelions. Paraquat does not harm mature bark, and is thus widely used for weed control in fruit Orchards and plantation crops, including coffee, cocoa, cocoNut, oil palms, rubber, Bananas, vines, Olives and tea, ornamental trees and shrubs and in Forestry. Other uses include weed control in Alfalfa, Onion, Leeks, sugar beet, Asparagus. Paraquat is used for weed control on non-crop land and can be used as a defoliant for Cotton and hops before harvesting. Paraquat is used as a desiccant for pineApples, sugar cane, soya Beans and Sunflower. In pineApples, for example, Paraquat is applied after harvest to accelerate the drying out process and enabling plants to be burnt after 3-5 weeks, compared to 13 weeks after the alternative cutting and natural drying.
Paraquat is increasingly used to destroy weeds in preparing land for planting in combination with no-till agricultural practices which minimise ploughing and help prevent soil erosion. Although toxic to fish, Paraquat is used as an aquatic Herbicide where it is absorbed by plant matter and silt.