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The Selective Herbicidal Properties of Several Variously Substituted Phenoxyalkylcarboxylic Acids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

W. C. Shaw
Affiliation:
Field Crops Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Md.
W. A. Gentner
Affiliation:
Field Crops Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Md.
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The discovery of the herbicidal properties of the phenoxyalkylcarboxylic acids created an impetus in research on the development of new herbicides. A number of these compounds are now being used commercially as pre-planting, pre-emergence, and post-emergence treatments for the control of dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous, annual and perennial weeds in a variety of weed-crop situations.

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Copyright © 1957 Weed Science Society of America 

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