A bed with a duvet. A duvet (/ËdjuËveÉª/, /ËduËveÉª/, or US /duËËveÉª/; from the French duvet [dyvÉ] down) is a type of bedding consisting of a soft flat bag filled with down, feathers, wool, silk or a synthetic alternative, and typically protected with a removable cover, analogous to a pillow and pillow case.
ALS Inhibitors. ALS Inhibitors are a family of herbicides. Herbicides that inhibit acetolactate synthase (ALS), the enzyme common to the biosynthesis of the branch-chain amino acids (valine, leucine, and isoleucine), affect many species of higher plants as well as bacteria, fungi, yeasts, and algae.
Recently, the term organic has come to imply products used in organic farming. Under this definition, an organic herbicide is one that can be used in a farming enterprise that has been classified as organic. Commercially sold organic herbicides are expensive and may not be affordable for commercial farming. Linuron is a nonselective herbicide used in the control of grasses and broadleaf weeds. 2  It works by inhibiting photosynthesis. 3  MCPA (2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid) is a phenoxy herbicide selective for broadleaf plants and widely used in cereals and pasture.