The present invention provides a process for controlling unwanted plants comprising applying, to the unwanted plant, a herbicidally effective amount of one or more compound selected from acivicin, derivatives of acivicin, salts of acivicin or salts of derivatives of acivicin.;The present invention also provides certain derivatives of acivicin, salts of acivicin and salts of acivicin derivatives.
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