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butachlor

butachlor noun: an acetanilide herbicide.

Noun

butachlor (uncountable)

  1. An acetanilide herbicide.
    • The most novel attribute of AKR17A1, first reported in this study, is its capability to metabolize butachlor, a persistent rice field herbicide that adversely affects agro-ecosystem and non-target organisms.2015 September 16, “A Novel Aldo-Keto Reductase (AKR17A1) of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 Degrades the Rice Field Herbicide Butachlor and Confers Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses in E . coli”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about butachlor

What does butachlor mean?
Butachlor means an acetanilide herbicide.
What part of speech is butachlor?
Butachlor is a noun.

Words near butachlor in the dictionary

  1. but's
  2. but-
  3. buta
  4. butabarbital
  5. butacaine
  6. butachlor
  7. butaclamol
  8. butadiene
  9. butadienes
  10. butadienoate
  11. butadienoates

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