Three other herbicides notorious for persisting in dead plants and compost are copyralid, picloram,and triclopyr. They are commonly used to control broadleaf weeds like thistle, burdock ...
The herbicide treatments were glyphosate, glyphosate and metsulfuron-methyl, triclopyr, and triclopyr and metsulfuron-methyl. Metsulfuron-methyl has some soil activity, so there was concern about ...