Clopyralid

Clopyralid may be used as a reference standard for the determination of clopyralid in vegetables and fruits by ultra-performance liquid chromatography(UPLC) coupled with tandem mass spectrometry.

For R&D use onlynot for drug household or other uses.

Clopyralid (36-dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid) is a selective herbicide used for control of broadleaf weeds especially thistles and clovers. Clopyralid is in the picolinic acid family of herbicides which also includes aminopyralid picloram triclopyr and several less common herbicides. For control of Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense a noxious perennial weed clopyralid is one of the few effective herbicides available. It is particularly damaging to peas tomatoes and sunflowers and can render potatoes lettuce and spinach inedible. It does not affect members of the family Poaceae (grasses). Clopyralid is known for its ability to persist in dead plants and compost and has accumulated to phytotoxic levels in finished compost in a few highly publicized cases. This first came to light in Washington State when during 2000 and 2001 residues of clopyralid were detected in commercial compost and compost made at a municipal site damaged tomatoes and other garden plants planted in it. Word quickly spread to other local and state governments and in 2002 DowAgro the manufacturer of clopyralid voluntarily deregistered it for use on domestic lawns in the US and it is banned in several US states but it is found in consumer products in Europe such as Scotts Verdone Extra and Vitax Lawn Clear 2.