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Scientists in Poland and the US have reformulated the herbicide dicamba to reduce its environmental impact.
The use of chemicals in agriculture is widespread, however, there are increasing concerns about their other environmental effects. Dicamba, used to control broadleaf weeds in grain fields and grasslands, is known to enter the environment via water runoff and evaporation following its application.
In an attempt to reduce its volatility, a team led by Robin Rogers, from the University of Alabama, and Juliusz Pernak, from Poznan University of Technology, has formulated dicamba as an ionic liquid…
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Read the original journal article in Green Chemistry:
Ionic liquid forms of the herbicide dicamba with increased efficacy and reduced volatility
O. Andreea Cojocaru, Julia L. Shamshina, Gabriela Gurau, Anna Syguda, Tadeusz Praczyk, Juliusz Pernak and Robin D. Rogers
Green Chem., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3GC37143C
