- Fluroxypyr-meptyl is a synthetic auxin-like herbicide that is used to control woody and broadleaf weeds. Synthetic auxin herbicides act by mimicking the most abundant plant hormone (auxin), indole-3-acetic acid →uncontrolled growth and death of the weeds
- Its chemical structure belongs to the category of aryloxycarboxylic acids
- Fluroxypyr is usually commercialized as an ester form, fluroxypyr-meptyl, which rapidly degrades into its active acid form, fluroxypyr (DOW, 2011; Jang et al., 2021)
- Fluroxypyr-meptyl is of low toxicity by the oral, dermal and inhalation routes, with an oral LD50 . . .
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