Butachlor is a
herbicide
Herbicides (, ), also commonly known as weedkillers, are substances used to control undesired plants, also known as weeds.EPA. February 201Pesticides Industry. Sales and Usage 2006 and 2007: Market Estimates. Summary in press releasMain page fo ...
of the
acetanilide class.
[.] It is used as a selective pre-emergent herbicide.
[ It is extensively used in India in the form of granules in rice as post emergence herbicide.
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References
Herbicides
Acetanilides
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