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Phytotoxic Properties of Substituted Benzonitriles and Derivatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

W. A. Gentner
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr., Beltsville, Maryland
L. L. Danielson
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr., Beltsville, Maryland

Abstract

Thirty variously substituted benzonitriles and derivatives applied at equimolar exponential rates were evaluated for their phytotoxic properties in nutrient solution. The order of activity of the variously substituted benzonitriles and derivatives was dissimilar to the benzoic acids and phenoxyalkylcarboxylic acids. Several of the materials evaluated were as active as, or more active than 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile [dichlobenil]; namely, the 2,6-dibromobenzonitrile, 2,6-dichloro-β-benzaldoximeacetate, 2-bromo-6-chlorobenzonitrile, 2,3,4-trichlorobenzonitrile, and 2,3,5-trichlorobenzonitrile.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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