Chlornidine Explained

Chlornidine is a preemergent herbicide. It is a dinitroaniline used in China^[1] and India^[2] on soybeans, corn, cotton, sorghum, and peanuts.

It is similar to other dinitroanilines and inhibits the emergence of soybeans less than any other dinitroaniline, though it had unimpressive control of velvet-leaf and giant foxtail.^[3]

Chlornidine shares the same mode of action as other dinitroaniline herbicides such as trifluralin which involves inhibition and depolymerization of microtubule formation, effectively preventing germinating seeds' cell division.^[4]

It has been manufactured by Ansul.

Notes and References

1. Web site: chlornidine . Compendium of Pesticide Common Names.
2. Elucidation of electrochemical reduction behavior of dinitro group containing pesticides Chlornidine, Dipropalin and Prodiamine residues in soil, water and agricultural formulations . 1 April 2015 . 10.5281/zenodo.5595667 . Kukkambakam Chandra Mohan . T. Chandraiah . M. Nagaraju . N. Y. Sreedhar . Journal of Indian Chemical Society . 92 . 467–471 .
3. Harvey . R. G. . Field Comparison of Twelve Dinitroaniline Herbicides . Weed Science . 1973 . 21 . 6 . 512–516 . 10.1017/S0043174500032379.
4. Giglio . Anita . Vommaro . Maria Luigia . Dinitroaniline herbicides: a comprehensive review of toxicity and side effects on animal non-target organisms . Environmental Science and Pollution Research . 1 November 2022 . 29 . 51 . 76687–76711 . 10.1007/s11356-022-23169-4. 36175724 . 9581837 . 2022ESPR...2976687G .