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(1)Colorcom Paraquat is used to control broad-leaved weeds and grasses, being less effective on deep rooted plants such as dandelions.
(2)Colorcom Paraquat does not harm mature bark, and is thus widely used for weed control in fruit orchards and plantation crops, including coffee, cocoa, coconut, oil palms, rubber, bananas, vines, olives and tea, ornamental trees and shrubs and in forestry.
(3)Colorcom Paraquatis used for weed control on non-crop land and can be used as a defoliant for cotton and hops before harvesting.
(4)Colorcom Paraquat is used as a desiccant for pineapples, sugar cane, soya beans and sunflower.
(5)In pineapples, for example, paraquat is applied after harvest to accelerate the drying out process and enabling plants to be burnt after 3-5 weeks, compared to 13 weeks after the alternative cutting and natural drying.