Inhibitor of acetolactate synthase, a key enzyme in branched chain amino acid biosynthesis. Prepn: M. Los, EP 41623; idem, US 4798619 (1981, 1989 both to Am. Cyanamid). Description: R. Paxman et al., Proc. 38th N. Z. Weed Pest Control Conf., 73 (1985). Mode of action: D. Shaner et al., Proc. Br. Crop Prot. Conf. - Weeds 1985, 147. Determn in soil: O. Nováková, Chromatographia 39, 62 (1994). Persistence in soil: S. Vizantinopoulos, P. Lolos, Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 52, 404 (1994). Field trials in sod: K. A. Griffin et al., Crop Sci. 34, 202 (1994).