Diquat Herbicide Is Developed for Weed Control
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Science, Agriculture, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Farms, Farming, Rural Life
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: England
- Date: 1955
Article abstract: Diquat, a nonselective herbicide, was developed for vegetation control, resulting in new methods in agriculture that conserved resources and protected the environment.
Summary of Event
In 1955, R. J. Fielden, a chemist with Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) of England who was synthesizing compounds for the company’s dyestuffs division, produced a new compound by combining ethylene dibromide and 2,2’-bipyridine. The resulting soluble salt, diquat dibromide, was sent to the company’s Jealott’s Hill Research Station in Berkshire,...
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