What is a selective weedkiller?

Answer 1

they are synthetic auxin (hormone for plant growth) which applied to lawns and weeds , when they are sprayed it affect the board leaves weeds as they take large amount of wide killer , so they the weed growth and speed up the respiration rate ,thus exhausting thier food stores and die fast ,so it doesnot comete with crops for spaces and minerals and light

Answer 2

Herbicides which target specific plants or types of plants are what selected weedkillers are. For example, the product line in question may target weeds over turf, such as in the glysophate-containing herbicide Roundup.

Answer 3

Herbicides that target specific plants or plant types describe selective weedkillers. Selective weedkillers such as the glyphosate-containing herbicide Roundup targets weeds, not plants. The targets tend to be broadleaf, such as carpet weed, chick weeds, dandelions and ground ivy; grassy, such as barnyard grass, crabgrass, fall panicum, goose grass and yellow foxtail; and sedge such as purple and yellow nutsedges, Star of Bethlehem, wild garlic and wild onion.

Answer 4

They are called herbicides, not "weedicides." Herbicides include such chemicals as Roundup (glyphosate), 2,4-D, etc.

Answer 5

A weedkiller that kills only weeds not flowers or your precious plants.

Answer 6

2,4-d selective weed killer.

Answer 7

DET and BHT