This Technical Paper updates information in Forestry Commission Field Book 8 The use of herbicides in the forest. It provides a summary of recent Forestry Commission research findings concerning the use of herbicides in forestry, and also explains relevant changes in legislation and approved products. Key herbicides cited in this publication: atrazine, cyanazine, cycloxydim, clopyralid, dichlobenil, diflufenican, glufosinate-ammonium, glyphosate, lenacil, metamitron, metazachlor, napropamide, oxadiazon, pendimethalin, propyzamide, simazine.

Note: This is an archive publication, published in 1999. Always consult the most recent guidance for up-to-date information. This publication is no longer available in hardcopy.