Acuron

Gordon Vail, Ph.D., technical product lead for herbicides for Syngenta has announced the 2015 growing season registration of Acuron™, its new corn herbicide premix with four active ingredients.

"Syngenta developed Acuron in response to the expanding problem of weed resistance and the resulting increase in demand for residual herbicide products with multiple modes of action. The new herbicide premix combines three complementary modes of action and four active ingredients, including new bicyclopyrone, to deliver a multi-targeted approach to weed control. Syngenta anticipates Acuron will control more than 70 broadleaf weeds and annual grasses, including giant ragweed, common ragweed, marestail, kochia, Palmer amaranth, waterhemp, cocklebur and morningglory. The formulation will contain a safener, benoxacor, and its application timing is expected to be from 28 days pre-plant up to 12-inch corn.

• Pending registration, the new herbicide will offer pre- and post-emergence residual weed control in corn

• Acuron will contain four active ingredients, including new bicyclopyrone, and three modes of action

• It is anticipated to control over 70 broadleaf weeds and annual grasses