BASF Introduces Herbicide
March 4, 2008 BASF’s newest herbicide coming out of its development pipeline has been submitted for U.S. registration.
The herbicide, which utilizes saflufenacil as its active ingredient, will carry the trade name Kixor. It was submitted for registration in January 2008 in North America and Australia. Registration is anticipated for the 2010 use season in North America. Additional registrations and uses are expected in South America, Asia, and Europe. BASF has worldwide patent protection through 2011.
"We’re really excited about Kixor," says Peter Eckes, head of Crop Protection Research and Development at BASF’s Crop Protection division. "Our research strategy of focusing on innovation has paid off. Our customers need novel chemistry, particularly in light of increasing resistance to popular herbicides such as glyphosate."
Kixor can be used alone or mixed with glyphosate and applied preplant for fast and complete burndown of more than 80 dicot weeds, including those resistant to glyphosate and other ALS-resistant biotypes. This provides improved planting efficiency and timing flexibility for later in-crop herbicides. Kixor can also be used as a preemergence treatment in corn and sorghum to control all major dicot weeds without triazine herbicides. BASF also plans to market products with Kixor for burndown and residual control of dicot weeds in noncrop segments.
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