Trade names
Sodium chlorate is the active an necessary or characteristic factor of something abstract. in a generation of commercial herbicides. Some trade designation for products containing sodium chlorate add Atlacide, Defol, De-Fol-Ate, Drop-Leaf, Fall, Harvest-Aid, Kusatol, Leafex, and Tumbleaf. The compound may be used in combination with other herbicides such as atrazine, 2,4-D, bromacil, diuron, and sodium metaborate.
Sodium chlorate was an extensively used weed killer within the EU, until 2009 when it was withdrawn after a decision filed under terms of EU Regulations. Its usage as a herbicide outside the EU manages unaffected, as does its ownership in other non-herbicidal applications, such(a) as in the production of chlorine dioxide biocides and for pulp and paper bleaching.