Chapter 5. Dean L. Linscott. 1981. The nature, mode of action, and toxicity of herbicides. Pages 75-94. In: David Pimentel (editor). 1981. CRC Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture. Volume 3, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 656 pages.

Keywords: nature of herbicides, mammalian toxicity, mode of action, classes: chloroaliphatics (dalapon, TCA), acetamides (alachlor, CDAA, diphenamid, metolachlor, napthalam, napropamide, pronamide, propachlor, propanil), arsenicals (cacodylic acid, DSMA, hexaflurate, MAA, MAMA, MSMA), benzoics, (chloramben, dicamba, 2,3,6-TBA), carbamates (asulam, barban, benzadox, chloropropham, cycloate,

desmediphan, phenmedipham, propham, terbutol), chlorophenoxyalkanes (dichlorprop, MCPA, MCPB, mecoprop, silvex, 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4,5-T), chloroacetics (fenac), dinitroanalines (benefin, butralin, dinitramine, fluchloralin, isopropalin, oryzalin, pendamethalin, profluralin, trifluralin), diphenylethers (bifenox, dicofop, nitrofen), glycines (glyphosate), nitrilies (bromoxynil, diclobenil), phenols (dinoseb), phenylureas (chlorbromuron, chloroxuron, diuron, fluometuron, linuron, monuron, siduron, tebuthiuron), pyradiazines (norflurazone, pyrazone), pyradines (picloram), quarternary ammonium salts (difenzoquat, diquat, paraquat), thiocarbamates (butylate, CDEC, diallate, EPTC, molinate, pebulate, triallate, vernolate), alpha-triazines (ametryn, atrazine, cyanazine, dipropetryn, hexazinone, prometone, prometryne, propazine, simazine, tebutryn), a-alpha-triazines (metribuzin), triazoles (amitrole), uracils (bromacil, terbacil), miscellaneous (acrolein, bensulide, bentazon, DCPA, endothal, ethofumsate, fosamine, monuron-TCA, oxidazon, perfluidone)

Plant systems and reactions known to be affected by organic herbicides, physical characteristics of herbicides, plant uptake by organ, plant sensitivity, major uses, precautions