Herbicides

2,4-D is not the agent orange

Agent orange The chemical weapon "Agent Orange" or 2,4,5-T (Acid 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic) is commonly mistaken for the herbicide 2.4-D, widely used in Brazil and worldwide. The "Agent Orange" was used by the armed forces of the United States of America for the defoliation of the rainforests where the Vietcong were sheltered, using the forest as a refuge, transportation route of supplies and etc.

Difference between mode and site of action for herbicides

There's a difference!? When we refer to the site of action, we are talking rightly of the mechanism, specifically, where the herbicide will act is the point of the plant metabolism that will be modified by the herbicide molecule.