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Roundup (herbicide)

Roundup is a brand name of herbicide originally produced by Monsanto, which Bayer acquired in 2018. Prior to the late-2010s formulations, it used broad-spectrum glyphosate-based herbicides. As of 2009, sales of Roundup herbicides still represented about 10 percent of Monsanto's revenue despite competition from Chinese producers of other glyphosate-based…

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Agriculture
Non-selective post-emergence weed control
Introduced to market
1974
Main active ingredient
Isopropylamine salt of glyphosate
Manufacturer
Bayer
Mode of action
5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) inhibitor
Surfactant
Polyethoxylated tallow amine (most common)

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Roundup (herbicide)

Nodes78
Edges77
Triples12
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025641
Components1

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Roundup (herbicide)

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Agriculture · 1
Roundup (herbicide) → Non-selective post-emergence weed control
Introduced to market · 1
Roundup (herbicide) → 1974
Main active ingredient · 1
Roundup (herbicide) → Isopropylamine salt of glyphosate
Manufacturer · 1
Roundup (herbicide) → Bayer
Mode of action · 1
Roundup (herbicide) → 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) inhibitor
Surfactant · 1
Roundup (herbicide) → Polyethoxylated tallow amine (most common)
Type · 1
Roundup (herbicide) → Herbicide
Website · 1
Roundup (herbicide) → roundup.com

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roundup glyphosate formulations monsanto bayer use cancer poea glyphosate-based used claims product herbicides herbicide ingredient cause aquatic risk products toxicity

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Roundup (herbicide)AgricultureNon-selective post-emergence weed control1.00infobox
Roundup (herbicide)Introduced to market19741.00infobox
Roundup (herbicide)Main active ingredientIsopropylamine salt of glyphosate1.00infobox
Roundup (herbicide)ManufacturerBayer1.00infobox
Roundup (herbicide)Mode of action5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) inhibitor1.00infobox
Roundup (herbicide)SurfactantPolyethoxylated tallow amine (most common)1.00infobox
Roundup (herbicide)TypeHerbicide1.00infobox
Roundup (herbicide)Websiteroundup.com1.00infobox
the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residuesinstance ofOrganizations0.80text
the European Commissioninstance ofOrganizations0.80text
Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agencyinstance ofOrganizations0.80text
and the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment have concluded that there is no evidence that glyphosate poses a carcinogenic or genotoxic risk to humansinstance ofOrganizations0.80text

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