ACTION: Herbicide.
USE: A selective, soil-active herbicide applied preplant or preemergence. Shallow, mechanical soil incorporation may be necessary to improve weed control. Controls most annual grasses and certain broadleaf weeds in corn, dry beans, peanuts, soybeans.
FORMULATIONS: Emusifiable concentrate, granule, microencapsulated.
PREMIX PARTNERS:Atrazine; Oxyfluorfen; Prometryn; Terbuthylazine.
Identification
COMMON NAME: Alachlor (ANSI, ISO, BSI, JMAF, WSSA); Alachlore (ISO-F).
EXP. CODE NUMBERS: CP 50144.
OTHER CODE NUMBERS: 15972-60-8 (CAS); 090501 (SHA).
Chemistry
COMPOSITION: 2-Chloro-2',6'-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl)acetanilide(IUPAC).
CLASS: Acetanilide.
PROPERTIES: Tech: Colorless crystals, molecular weight 269.77. Melting point 39.5°-41.5°C; specific gravity 1.133 at 25°/15.6°C. Soluble in ethyl acetate.