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. 2024 Apr 4;10(7):e29128. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29128

Table 4.

Different herbicides and their mechanisms of action.

Herbicide Mechanisms of action Reference
Phosphinic acid Glutamine synthase Inhibition [[108], [109], [110], [111], [112], [113], [114], [115]]
Imidazolinone,
Sulfonylurea,
Triazolopyrimidine
Inhibit the acetohydroxyacid synthase
Pyridazinone, Isoxazole,
Pyrazole, Triketone,
Triazole, Isoxazolidinone,
Diphenylether
Inhibition of phytoene desaturase or 4- hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase
Chloroacetamide,
Oxyacetamide, Acetamide
Inhibit fatty acid synthase
Benzoic acid, Pyridine carboxylic acid,
Quinoline carboxylic acid
Stimulate the transport inhibitor response protein 1
Diphenyl ether, thiadiazole, phenylpyrazole, oxadiazole, pyrimidinone, triazolinone Protoporphyrinogen inhibition
Phtalamate, semicarbazone auxin transport inhibition