05/21/2008 Kixor Herbicide

Kixor" Herbicide. I'm Greg Martin with today's Line On Agriculture. In the fight to find better means of controlling weeds companies are pulling out all the stops. With the phase out of organophosphates, producers are looking at what their options will be in the very near future. Peter Eckes is the Senior Vice President of Global Research and Development with BASF's Crop Protection division. They are working on a number of possibilities. ECKES: We are currently in the launch phase for a number of new treatments in almonds, in tomatoes, grapes, cherries and also cotton. And further more we are developing a number of new products for applications in lettuce, in citrus fruits and apples. According to Eckes one new product is showing some exciting results. ECKES: Kixor" is the newest herbicide in our portfolio and it's really I think an impressive body of good technology in BASF. Now it's bad news for weeds because Kixor" can control over 80 different broadleaf weeds and we are happy to launch this new product in the years 2009-2010 as mentioned before here in the U.S. Kixor" was submitted for registration in January and hopes to have registration by 2010. BASF has world-wide patent protection through 2021. ECKES: Now Kixor's" highly effective as I said to many dicot weeds and it's really focused on dicot weeds and it controls most importantly dicot weeds that are resistant to to triazines that are resistant to ALS inhibitor and most importantly, resistance to glyphosate. So from that standpoint Kixor" is a good tool for farmers really and gives them new possibility for resistance management into the future. Kixor" can be used alone or mixed with glyphosate and applied pre-plant. ECKES: Now the product delivers fast and very good broadleaf burn down. It has a good overall residual activity in soil and therefore you can get actually season long broadleaf control with this product. Kixor" will also be the umbrella name for multiple products and will eventually be registered for worldwide use. BASF is the world's leading chemical company. For more information visit the BASF website. That's today's Line On Agriculture. I'm Greg Martin on the Northwest Ag Information Network.