Silvicide

Type of chemical used to kill brush and trees

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As herbicides are pesticides used to kill unwanted plants, silvicides are special pesticides (cacodylic acid or MSMA, for instance) used to kill brush and trees. They can wipe out entire forests or specific, unwanted forest species.

## See also

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* Bioherbicide
* Deforestation
* List of environmental health hazards
* Soil contamination
* Surface runoff

## References

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## Further reading

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* Allard, J. (1974) Arsenical silvicide effects on human health. See Norris, L.A. (1974a). p 4.
* Tarrant, R.F. and Allard, J. (1972) Arsenic levels in urine of forest workers applying silvicides. Arch. Envir. Health 24:277-280.

## External links

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Media related to Herbicides at Wikimedia Commons

General Information

* National Pesticide Information Center, Information about pesticide-related topics
* National Agricultural Statistics Service

Regulatory policy

* US EPA
* UK Pesticides Safety Directorate
* European Commission pesticide information
* pmra Pest Management Regulatory Agency of Canada

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Pest control: herbicides

Anilides/anilines|

* acetochlor
* alachlor
* asulam
* benfluralin
* butachlor
* diethatyl
* diflufenican
* dimethenamid
* flamprop
* metazachlor
* metolachlor
* oryzalin
* pendimethalin
* pretilachlor
* propachlor
* propanil
* trifluralin

Aromatic acids|

* aminopyralid
* chloramben
* clopyralid
* dicamba
* picloram
* pyrithiobac
* quinclorac
* quinmerac

Arsenicals|

* cacodylic acid
* copper arsenate
* DSMA
* MSMA

HPPD inhbitors|

* flurochloridone
* isoxaflutole
* leptospermone
* mesotrione
* nitisinone
* sethoxydim
* sulcotrione

Nitriles|

* DCBN
* bromoxynil
* ioxynil

Organophosphorus|

* bensulide
* bialaphos
* ethephon
* fosamine
* glufosinate
* glyphosate
* piperophos

Phenoxy|

| Auxins|

* 2,4-D
* 2,4-DB
* dichlorprop
* fenoprop
* MCPA
* MCPB
* mecoprop
* 2,4,5-T

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ACCase inhibitors|

| FOP herbicides|

* chlorazifop
* cyhalofop
* diclofop
* fenoxaprop
* fluazifop
* haloxyfop
* quizalofop

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DIM herbicides|

* sethoxydim
* clethodim

Protox inhibitors|

| Nitrophenyl ethers|

* acifluorfen
* aclonifen
* bifenox
* fluorodifen
* fomesafen
* lactofen
* nitrofen
* oxyfluorfen

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Pyrimidinediones|

* butafenacil
* saflufenacil

Triazolinones|

* carfentrazone
* sulfentrazone

Pyridines|

* dithiopyr
* fluroxypyr
* imazapyr
* thiazopyr
* triclopyr

Quaternary|

| Photosystem I inhibitors|

* cyperquat
* diquat
* paraquat

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Thiocarbamates|

* Benthiocarb
* Butylate
* S-Ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate
* prosulfocarb

Triazines|

| cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors|

* indaziflam

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Photosystem II inhibitors|

* ametryn
* atrazine
* cyanazine
* hexazinone
* metamitron
* metribuzin
* prometon
* prometryn
* propazine
* simazine
* simetryn
* terbuthylazine
* terbutryn

Ureas|

| Photosystem II inhibitors|

* chlortoluron
* DCMU
* difenoxuron
* isoproturon
* linuron
* monuron
* monolinuron
* tebuthiuron

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ALS inhibitors|

* chlorsulfuron
* flazasulfuron
* metsulfuron-methyl
* sulfometuron methyl
* tribenuron

Others|

* 3-AT
* aminocyclopyrachlor
* Bentazon
* clomazone
* dinoseb
* dinoterb
* juglone
* methazole
* metam sodium
* pyribenzoxim

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