Glyphosate is a kind of organic phosphorusherbicide. It is a kind of non-selective systemic stem leaf herbicide. It wasdeveloped by the Monsanto Company in the early 1970s. It is typically used inthe form of its isopropylamine salt or sodium salt. The isopropylamine salt isthe active component of a famous trademark herbicide "Roundup". Theproto-drug is a white or slightly yellow crystalline powder with the meltingpoint being at 232~236 ℃(decomposition), it is easily soluble in water, acetone, chlorobenzene, ethanol,kerosene and xylene. Glyphosate is a highly efficient, low toxicity,broad-spectrum systemic Herbicide. This product can dissolve the surface waxlayer of the weed leafy shoots stem and rapidly penetrate into the plantconduction system effects, thus resulting in the death of the weeds. It caneffectively control annual, biennial Gramineae, sedges and broadleaf weeds aswell as perennial weeds such as sexual abuse grass, nutsedge, and bermudagrass.It is therefore widely applied to the chemical weeding in orchards, mulberryfields, tea plantations, rubber park, prairie update, forest firebreak,railways, highways wasteland and no-tillage farmland.