Product Name

Paraquat

  Chemical Name

1,1′-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridinium

  Empirical Formula

C12H14N2

  CAS Number

4685-14-7

  Molecular Weight

186.3

  Chemical Formula of
  Active Ingredient

  Applications

Paraquat is used to control broad-leaved weeds and grasses, being less effective on deep rooted plants such as dandelions. It does not harm mature bark, and is thus widely used for weed control in fruit orchards and plantation crops, including coffee, cocoa, coconut, oil palms, rubber, bananas, vines, olives and tea, ornamental trees and shrubs and in forestry. Other uses include weed control in alfalfa, onion, leeks, sugar beet, asparagus. It is used for weed control on non-crop land and can be used as a defoliant for cotton and hops before harvesting. Paraquat is used as a desiccant for pineapples, sugar cane, soya beans and sunflower.