Maloran, 3-(3-chloro, 4-bromophenyl)-1-methoxy-lmethylurea, is a selective herbicide nematicide used for weed control in corn. The substituted urea herbicides as a group are degraded in the soil by microbial action (3,4,7) with minimal accumulation of phytotoxic residues. Geissbuhler et al. (3) showed that cluroxuron, 3-(p­ chlorophenoxyphenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea was degraded in soil by successi...

The kinetics o f inhibition o f photosystem II electron transfer by different diuron-like herbi­ cides (ureas, triazines, triazinones. biscarbam ates, uraciles) were studied, mainly by chloro­ phyll fluorescence measurem ents. Uracil derivatives and cyanazine, a particu lar triazine, were the slowest acting com pounds. The half-times o f action were strongly tem perature-dependent and were o f ...