·         Key Features & Benefits:

Ø  Rapid Burn-Down: Destroys green plant tissue upon contact, with visible wilting and desiccation often noticeable within hours to 48 hours.

Ø  Non-Selective Action: Controls a broad spectrum of emerged weeds, grasses, and broadleaf weeds without affecting mature brown stems and bark of crops.

Ø  No Residual Activity: Deactivates quickly upon contact with the soil, leaving no residual carryover to harm subsequent rotational crops.

Ø  Rainfast Formula: Becomes non-washable (rainfast) within minutes of application, ensuring effectiveness even if it rains shortly after spraying.

Ø  Ideal for No-Till Farming: Controls only the above-ground foliage, leaving roots intact to hold the soil and prevent erosion.

·         Crops suitability:

Ø  Plantations & Cash Crops: Cotton, sugarcane, rubber, and tea.

Ø  Fruits & Orchards: Grapes, banana, citrus, coffee, and coconut palms.

Ø  Cereals & Grains: Rice/paddy and wheat.

Ø  Vegetables & Root Crops: Potato.

·         Commonly used for:

Ø  Weed Control in Plantations & Orchards: Used to manage both grassy and broadleaf weeds in tea, coffee, rubber, and orchards. Directed sprays are used to avoid damaging the main crops.

Ø  Pre-Planting / Pre-Emergence: Applied before crop planting to clear fields for conservation agriculture and no-till farming.

Ø  Crop Desiccation: Used to dry out crops like cotton and potato prior to harvest, making the mechanical or manual harvesting process easier.

Ø  Aquatic Weed Management: Used to control unwanted submerged and emergent aquatic vegetation.

Ø  Non-Crop Areas: Used for clearing weeds along bunds, roadsides, and ditches.

·         Mode of entry: Contact

·         Mode of action:

Ø  Photosynthetic Disruption: When absorbed by the foliage, paraquat interferes with electron transfer in the photosystem I complex during photosynthesis.Oxidative Stress: This interference generates destructive reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as superoxide radicals.

Ø  Cell Destruction: These free radicals destroy cell membranes and cytoplasm, leading to rapid desiccation (drying out) of the green foliage, often visible within 24 to 48 hours.

·         Mode of application: Foliar spray

·         Dose: 100ml in 15-liter water