Glyphosate is an organophosphorus herbicide. It is a non-selective, systemic, foliar-applied herbicide developed by Monsanto in the early 1970s. It is typically used in its isopropylamine or sodium salt form. The isopropylamine salt is the active ingredient in the well-known herbicide trademark "Roundup." Glyphosate is a highly effective, low-toxicity, broad-spectrum, non-selective herbicide with systemic action. It works by dissolving the waxy layer on the leaves, stems, and branches of weeds, rapidly entering the plant's translocation system to kill the weeds. It effectively controls annual and biennial grasses, sedges, and broadleaf weeds, and has excellent control over perennial weeds such as cogongrass, nutgrass, and bermudagrass. It is widely used for chemical weed control in orchards, mulberry gardens, tea plantations, rubber plantations, grassland regeneration, forest firebreaks, railway and highway wastelands, and no-till land.