BASF introduced its new development pipeline herbicide saflufenacil under the trade name Kixor to the scientific community at the Weed Science Society of America meeting in Chicago in early February. The meeting included nine presentations by university and BASF specialists on the novel chemistry as well as the biological performance of Kixor herbicide.
Kixor, which BASF believes has blockbuster potential, 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 world-wide patent protection through 2021.
"We're really excited about Kixor," said 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 pre-plant for fast and complete burndown of over 80 dicot weeds, including those resistant to glyphosate and other ALS-resistant biotypes, providing improved planting efficiency and timing flexibility for later in-crop herbicides. Kixor can also be used as a pre-emergence 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 non-crop segments.
Kixor, which BASF believes has blockbuster potential, 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 world-wide patent protection through 2021.
"We're really excited about Kixor," said 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 pre-plant for fast and complete burndown of over 80 dicot weeds, including those resistant to glyphosate and other ALS-resistant biotypes, providing improved planting efficiency and timing flexibility for later in-crop herbicides. Kixor can also be used as a pre-emergence 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 non-crop segments.
