Groundwater Quality in Kentucky: 2,4-D

Authors

Bart Davidson, University of KentuckyFollow
R. Stephen Fisher, University of Kentucky

Abstract

2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, commonly known as 2,4-D, is an herbicide used for selective control of broadleaf and grassy weeds in crops such as corn and wheat, along roadways and rights-of-way, and on pasture and rangeland. 2,4-D is the most widely used herbicide in the world, and the third most widely used in North America after metolachlor and atrazine. 2,4-D is a synthetic, organic, white to yellow, odorless, crystalline powder that dissolves readily in water. It is widely used today primarily because of its low cost.

Publication Date

2007

Series

Series XII

Report Number

Information Circular 18

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.ic18.12

Notes

© 2007 Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky

Repository Citation

Davidson, Bart and Fisher, R. Stephen, "Groundwater Quality in Kentucky: 2,4-D" (2007). Information Circular--KGS. 14.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_ic/14