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DALAPON

Dalapon is a low toxicity organochlorine herbicide and plant growth regulator based on sodium salt, used to control specific annual and perennial grasses, such as quackgrass, Bermuda grass, Johnson grass, cattails and rushes, chiefly in the sugar growing industry. It is also known as: basfapon B, dalapon sodium, 2-dichloropropionic acid, alpha-alpha-dichloropropionic acid, 2-dichlorpropionsaeure natrium, Dowpon, 2-DPA, gramevin, radapon, sodium dalapon, sodium 2,2-dichloropropionate and unipon.
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