| abstract |
THE INVENTION PROVIDES A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WEEDS IN CERTAIN VALUABLE CROPS E.G. OF FLAX, LINSEED, LUCERNE, PEAS OR BEANS, POTATOES, OR SUGAR CANE, AND IN NON-CROP AREAS, BY APPLYING TO SAID WEEDS A SULPHONYLCARBAMIC ESTER OF THE FORMULA: 1-X,4-(H3C-O-CO-NH-SO2-)-BENZENE WHEREIN X IS NITRO, PRIMARY AMINO, METHYLAMINO, NMETHYLFORMYLAMINO, OR METHOXYCARBONYLAMINO, OR A SALT THEREOF. |