Agronomic implications of paraquat ban in Brazil
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Background Paraquat is a broad spectrum herbicide used particularly in burndown, pre-plant of row crops and the pre-harvest desiccation some crops. In Brazil, paraquat was re-evaluated by Anvisa, leading to prohibition production sales on September 22, 2020, until July 31, 2021. Objective The objective this review characterize use Brazil describe status other countries, agronomic implications its ban, possible [...]
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Weed Science
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2675-9462']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51694/advweedsci/2022;40:seventy-five009