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Glyphosate: Applications, Uses & Legal status

Glyphosate (IUPAC name: N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide and crop desiccant. It is an organophosphorus compound, specifically a phosphonate, which acts by inhibiting the plant enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSP). Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are used to kill weeds, especially annual broadleaf…

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Glyphosate topic overview

The analysis highlights Applications, Uses and Legal status as prominent areas in the source structure around Glyphosate.

Related topics
267
Source areas
12
Connected nodes
279
Extracted relationships
190
Related term clusters
45
Bridge connections
279

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 117 topics
Uses · 29 topics
Legal status · 20 topics
Formulations · 19 topics
Chemistry · 17 topics
Environmental fate · 16 topics
Mode of action · 14 topics
Legal cases · 10 topics
Discovery · 9 topics
Effects of use · 9 topics
Misinformation · 5 topics
Toxicity · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

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Overview

Discovery

Chemistry

Formulations

Mode of action

Uses

Environmental fate

Toxicity

Effects of use

Legal status

Legal cases

Misinformation

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How Glyphosate connects Entity context

The extracted context around Glyphosate shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Glyphosate → Anhui Huaxing Chemical Industry, Another, Asia, BASF, Bayer CropScience, Chemicals Co, Chinese, Company, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont, Given, Group Company, Jiangsu Good Harvest-Weien Agrochemical, Key, Monsanto, Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical, Nufarm, Pacific, POEA, SinoHarvest Another extracted example is Glyphosate → According, America, Annual, Another, Australia, Canada, Charles Benbrook, Dow AgroSciences, GR, Herbicide Resistant Weeds, Ian Heap, Lolium, New South Wales, Orange, PhD, Resistance, The International Survey, United States, Weed Science Society. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Glyphosate

Top relations

related to Formulations · 24
Glyphosate → Anhui Huaxing Chemical Industry, Another, Asia, BASF, Bayer CropScience, Chemicals Co, Chinese, Company, Dow AgroSciences, DuPont, Given, Group Company, Jiangsu Good Harvest-Weien Agrochemical, Key, Monsanto, Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical, Nufarm, Pacific, POEA, SinoHarvest
related to Emergence of resistant weeds · 19
Glyphosate → According, America, Annual, Another, Australia, Canada, Charles Benbrook, Dow AgroSciences, GR, Herbicide Resistant Weeds, Ian Heap, Lolium, New South Wales, Orange, PhD, Resistance, The International Survey, United States, Weed Science Society
related to Environmental fate · 18
Glyphosate → American, AMPA, Canadian, Detection, Europe, Iowa, Limited, Phosphate, Rain, Soil, Swedish, Texas, Therefore, Though, United States Geological Survey, USA, USGS, Zwitterions
related to Residues in food products · 18
Glyphosate → According, Agriculture's Pesticide Data Program, Canadian, Canadian MRL, Drug Administration's Pesticide Residue, EU Member States, European, European MRLs, European Union, Food, Health Canada, In Canada, Monitoring Program, MRL, MRLs, National Pesticide Information Center, Pesticide, United States Department
related to Discovery · 12
Glyphosate → Applied Chemistry, Cilag, Franz, Henry Martin, John, Monsanto, National Medal, Perkin Medal, Swiss, Technology, Two, United States
related to Other countries · 11
Glyphosate → California, El Salvador, In September, January, Legislative Assembly, Minnesota, On February, President Donald Trump, Prop, United States, US
related to Advertising controversies · 8
Glyphosate → California, Federal, General Mills, Made, Natural Whole Grain Oats, Nature Valley, New York, Quaker Oats
related to Glyphosate-based formulations · 8
Glyphosate → Glyphosate-based, POEA, Polyethoxylated, Roundup, Roundup Pro, Since POEA, Surfactants, US
related to Genetically modified crops · 7
Glyphosate → Agrobacterium, CP4, Current, EPSPS, Monsanto, This CP4 EPSPS, United States
related to Misinformation · 7
Glyphosate → American, GM, GMO, Kennedy Jr, Robert, Stephanie Seneff, US

Important terminology

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Important terminology

use formulations monsanto states herbicide studies toxicity weeds 2015 found herbicides may used united roundup crops soil european humans aquatic

Glyphosate relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 190 structured relationships around Glyphosate. Examples in this analysis include Glyphosate → causes → autism and is partially responsible for the recent increase in concussions and Glyphosate → is a → one in a 100-year discovery that is as important for reliable global food production as penicillin is for battling disease. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Glyphosatecausesautism and is partially responsible for the recent increase in concussions0.90text
Glyphosateis aone in a 100-year discovery that is as important for reliable global food production as penicillin is for battling disease0.90text
Glyphosateis awhite powder that0.90text
Glyphosateis aacid molecule0.90text
Glyphosateis acarcinogen0.90text
Glyphosateis aapproved herbicide for killing weeds0.90text
Roundup have been approved by regulatory bodies worldwideinstance ofwhich allows farmers to use glyphosate as a post-emergence herbicide against weeds.While glyphosate and formulations0.80text
concerns about their effects on humansinstance ofwhich allows farmers to use glyphosate as a post-emergence herbicide against weeds.While glyphosate and formulations0.80text
the environment have persistedinstance ofwhich allows farmers to use glyphosate as a post-emergence herbicide against weeds.While glyphosate and formulations0.80text
couch grassinstance offor control of perennial weeds0.80text
folatesinstance ofThese amino acids are used in protein synthesis and to produce secondary metabolites0.80text
ubiquinonesinstance ofThese amino acids are used in protein synthesis and to produce secondary metabolites0.80text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Glyphosate bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Use, States and Formulations. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Glyphosate
    • Use
    • States
    • Formulations
    • Herbicide
    • United
    • Toxicity
    • Cancer
    • Herbicides
    • European
    • Studies
    • Aquatic
    • Humans
  • glyphosate
    • Use
    • States
    • Formulations
    • Herbicide
    • United
    • Toxicity
    • Cancer
    • Herbicides
    • European
    • Studies
    • Aquatic
    • Humans
  • glyphosate-based herbicides
    • Herbicides
    • Formulations
    • Species
    • Aquatic
    • Effects
    • Also
    • Cancer
    • Used
    • Use
    • May
    • United
    • Found
  • weeds
    • Crops
    • Roundup
    • Species
    • Herbicide
    • Monsanto
    • Soil
    • Agency
    • Glyphosate-based
    • Also
    • Cancer
    • European
    • Glyphosate
  • broadleaf weeds
    • Crops
    • Roundup
    • Species
    • Herbicide
    • Monsanto
    • Soil
    • Agency
    • Glyphosate-based
    • Also
    • Cancer
    • European
    • Glyphosate
  • crops
    • Weeds
    • Soil
    • Agricultural
    • Glyphosate-based
    • Herbicides
    • Glyphosate
    • Use
    • Agency
    • Aquatic
    • Effects
    • Epa
    • Health
  • roundup ready crops
    • Weeds
    • Soil
    • Effects
    • Use
    • Agricultural
    • Also
    • Glyphosate-based
    • Herbicide
    • Herbicides
    • Glyphosate
    • Report
    • Humans
  • world health organization
    • Agency
    • Cancer
    • Humans
    • Assessment
    • Studies
    • Carcinogenic
    • Acid
    • Exposure
    • Risk
    • European
    • United
    • Toxicity

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Glyphosate, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Glyphosate with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Glyphosate — Overview · splits 162 ⟂ 118
Glyphosate — Uses · splits 250 ⟂ 30
Glyphosate — Legal status · splits 259 ⟂ 21
Glyphosate — Formulations · splits 260 ⟂ 20
Glyphosate — Chemistry · splits 262 ⟂ 18
Glyphosate — Environmental fate · splits 263 ⟂ 17
Glyphosate — Mode of action · splits 265 ⟂ 15
Glyphosate — Legal cases · splits 269 ⟂ 11
Glyphosate — Discovery · splits 270 ⟂ 10
Glyphosate — Effects of use · splits 270 ⟂ 10
Glyphosate — Misinformation · splits 274 ⟂ 6
Glyphosate — Toxicity · splits 277 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Glyphosate

Nodes280
Edges279
Triples190
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007143
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Glyphosate to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Applications, Uses & Legal status, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Glyphosate · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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