dicamba

Also known as 3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid

Dicamba (3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid) is a selective systemic herbicide first registered in 1967. Brand names for formulations of this herbicide include Dianat, Banvel, Diablo, Oracle and Vanquish. This chemical compound is a chlorinated derivative of o-anisic acid.

Research

589 papers

Inheritance of dicamba-resistance in allotetraploid Chenopodium album.Pest management science · 2022
Sweet dicamba: a carbohydrate pro-herbicide strategy.RSC chemical biology · 2025
A Non-Volatile Pro-Dicamba Herbicide Inspired by Meclofenoxate.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
Dicamba resistance in kochia from Kansas and Nebraska evolved independently.Pest management science · 2021
Dicamba-Based Herbicides: Herbicidal Ionic Liquids versus Commercial Forms.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2020

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Mass: 219.969

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chemical formula: C₈H₆Cl₂O₃
canonical SMILES: COC1=C(C=CC(=C1C(=O)O)Cl)Cl
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Contents

Use as an herbicide
Drift
Toxicology
Humans
Mammals
Aquatic animals
Birds and bees
Genetically modified crops
Resistance
Environmental fate
Use on dicamba-tolerant crops
Lawsuits
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It was described in a 2007 study supported by Monsanto as a "widely used, low-cost, environmentally friendly herbicide that does not persist in soils and shows little or no toxicity to wildlife and humans." Despite its success in improving crop yields, dicamba has attracted controversy. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), dicamba's primary ecological risk is for non-target terrestrial plants from exposure through spray drift, whereby dicamba inadvertently migrates to non-targeted neighboring areas, damaging those plants.