Impacts of Dicamba Herbicides on Agriculture, Environment

New! EPA should revoke Monsanto weed killer approval, groups tell U. S. court  
(Tina BELLON, Reuters; August 29, 2018)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pesticides-dicamba/epa-should-revoke-monsanto-weed-killer-approval-groups-tell-u-s-court-idUSKCN1LE2G2

Exclusive:  U. S. seed sellers push for limits on Monsanto, BASF weed killer
(Tom POLANSEK, Reuters; August 16, 2018)
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pesticides-monsanto-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-seed-sellers-push-for-limits-on-monsanto-basf-weed-killer-idUKKBN1L124Z

July 15 Dicamba injury update.  Different year, same questions
(Kevin BRADLEY, University of Missouri; July 19, 2018)
https://ipm.missouri.edu/IPCM/2018/7/July-15-Dicamba-injury-update-different-year-same-questions/

Dicamba drift puts natural areas at risk, environmental groups warn
(Johnathan HETTINGER, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; March 1, 2018)
http://www.stltoday.com/news/science/dicamba-drift-puts-natural-areas-at-risk-environmental-groups-warn/article_8e4b0c3e-11dd-5bc0-9871-e16c5a28fb59.html

Farmers, Conservationists Challenge Trump's EPA, Monsanto over Crop-Damaging Pesticide
(Press Release, EarthJustice; February 12, 2018)
https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2018/farmers-conservationists-challenge-trump-s-epa-monsanto-over-crop-damaging-pesticide

Research on the Impact of Dicamba Micro-rates on Non-Dicamba Tolerant Soybeans
(Stevan KNEZEVIC, Crop Watch - University of Nebraska-Lincoln; January 10, 2018)
https://cropwatch.unl.edu/2018/research-impact-dicamba-drift-non-dicamba-tolerant-soybeans


Dicamba:  A Synthetic Auxin Class of Herbicides 


Chemistry:

Compound Name:  3,6-Dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid

Molecular Formula:  C8H6Cl2O3

Compound Summary for CID 3030
(PubChem Open Chemistry Database)
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/dicamba



Interactive Graphic:


Dicamba drift damage
(Kevin BRADLEY, University of Missouri/Han HUANG, Reuters; October 15, 2017)
http://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/rngs/MONSANTO-DICAMBA/010051ML3P1/index.html


Selected Research Articles:


Dicamba:  Past, Present and Future
(Bob HARTZLER, 2017 Integrated Crop Management Conference - Iowa State University)
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://scholar.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1261&context=icm

In-situ plant hyperspectral sensing for early detection of soybean injury from dicamba
(HUANG et al., 2016)
https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/60663500/Publications/Huang/2016/Huang%20et%20al%202016_BE_149_51-59.pdf

Environmental Fate and Toxicology of Dicamba
(NISHIMURA et al., 2015)
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/emon/pubs/fatememo/dicamba.pdf

Understanding Pesticide persistence mobility for groundwater and surface water protection
(KERLE et al., 2007)
https://passel.unl.edu/Image/Robles%20VazquezWilfredo1129928587/EFATE_general.pdf

Dicamba Factsheet
(Caroline COX, 1994)
https://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/dicamba-NCAP.pdf



Website:


Dicamba:  A Menace to Monarchs
(Center for Biological Diversity)
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/pesticides_reduction/dicamba-a-menace-to-monarchs.html


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