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Metolachlor is an organic compound that is widely used as an herbicide. It is a derivative of aniline and is a member of the chloroacetanilide family of herbicides. It is highly effective toward grasses.

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Metolachlor is an organic compound that is widely used as an herbicide. It is a derivative of aniline and is a member of the chloroacetanilide family of herbicides. It is highly effective toward grasses.

It is used in Australia, Uganda and India.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “metolachlor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.