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Paraquat is a non-selective contact herbicide,
absorbed by the foliage, with some translocation in the xylem.
Used for broad-spectrum control of broad-leaved weeds and grasses
in fruit orchards (including citrus), plantation crops (bananas,
coffee, cocoa palms, coconut palms, oil palms rubber, etc.), vines,
olives, tea, alfalfa, onions, leeks, sugar beet, asparagus, ornamental
trees and shrubs, in forestry, etc. Also used for general weed control
on non-crop land; as a defoliant for cotton and hops; for destruction
of potato haulms; as a desiccant for pineapples, sugar cane, soya
beans, and sunflowers; for strawberry runner control; in pasture
renovation; and for control of aquatic weeds.
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