Chemical class:herbicide

Toxicity: Acute oral LD50 for rat is 129-157mg/kg, acute dermal LD50 for rat is 911mg/kg

Function: 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. For control of annual weeds, applied at 0.4-1.0 kg/ha. Formulation types.

Paraquat is a quick touch-killing, non-selective herbicide, then loses activity in earth without leaving toxicity in the soil. It is used to control broad spectrum weeds and grasses, absorbed by the foliage, destroying green plant tissue on contact and by translocation within the plant. It is also used as a crop desiccant and defoliant, and as an aquatic herbicide.