New BASF Herbicide Promises Fast, Complete Burndown

Matt Hopkins Posted by Matt Hopkins|10 March 2009

BASF’s new Kixor herbicide is “designed to deliver fast, complete burndown, residual
control, and crop flexibility,” says a company press release. BASF says that
Kixor controls more than 90 broadleaf weeds, including glyphosate-tolerant weeds, and can be
used on more than 30 crops — including corn, sorghum, soybeans, and cereals. Kixor will be available in four
different formulations to meet a range of needs.

Kixor, which is scheduled for US release in third-quarter 2009, “inhibits a key step in chlorophyll biosynthesis
at protoporphyrinogen oxidase, leading to a toxic buildup of protoporphyrinogen and resulting in fast, complete control,”
says the manufacturer, adding that “the speed with which Kixor controls weeds is remarkable.”

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