What does a herbicide with a basis of triazine do?

I'm doing a bio paper on the effects of herbicides in the Patuxent River. I need to know what this particular herbicide does. (i.e. prevent grassy weeds, broadleaf?)

What does a herbicide with a basis of triazine do?
You know, I'll never understand why you kids don't just research this for yourself. It is much faster and at least you know the information is relaible.





I put "triazine herbicide uses" into google and the second site returned gives you all the onformation you needed. You could have done that yourself more easily tha coming here and typing in your question.





Shakes head in disbelief.





"atrazine, a triazine herbicide used in corn and sorghum for control of broadleaf weeds and grasses. Still used because of its low cost and because it works as a synergist when used with other herbicides, it is a photosystem II inhib"








"Atrazine is a triazine herbicide registered for the control of broadleaf weeds and some grassy weeds. Atrazine works by inhibiting photosynthesis.





• Usage on corn accounts for approximately percent of total U.S. domestic usage (in pounds), followed by sorghum at 10 percent and sugarcane at 3 percent. All other uses take up the remaining one percent. About 75 percent of the field corn acres grown in the U.S. is treated with atrazine."
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