Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide and crop desiccant. It is an organophosphorus compound, specifically a phosphonate. It is used to kill weeds, especially annual broadleaf weeds and grasses that compete with crops. It was discovered to be an herbicide by Monsanto chemist John E. Franz in 1970.
Glyphosate is absorbed through the stems and leaves to the various parts of the plant can be controlled monocotyledons and dicotyledonous, annual and perennial, herbaceous and shrubs and other plants more than 40 subjects.
Glyphosate soon after combined with the soil and iron, aluminum and other metal ions, and then lose activity in the soil,without adverse effects to the seed in the soil and soil micro-organisms
Specification
Items | Specifications | Result |
Appearance | White powder | White powder |
Content | ≥95.0% | 95.9% |
Formaldehyde | ≤0.8g/kg | 0.1g/kg |
Nitroso glyphosate | ≤1mg/kg | 0.26mg/kg |
Insolubles in Sodium hydroxide | ≤0.1% | 0.06% |
PH value | 4.5-6.8 | 5.3 |
Conclusion | Up to FAO standard |