Kixor herbicide technology from BASF
Farm and Ranch January 19, 2010 Kixor herbicide technology is something new from BASF. Dr. Dan Westberg of BASF says Kixor has a different mode of action. Westberg: “Specifically designed to control the toughest broadleaf weeds facing growers today. So many of those that are either ALS resistant, glyph sate resistant or triazine resistant.” Westberg says the Kixor herbicide technology controls over 70 different broadleaf weeds. Westberg: “Say in the Pacific Northwest in wheat country controlling things like prickly lettuce, kochia, Russian thistle, whether you are in a fallow situation or pre-plant for your wheat, or also being used in chickpea and dry field pea for control of those weeds and also mayweed chamomile, which can be a real problem in your pulse crops.” Westberg says one thing farmers will notice is the speed of control you get from Kixor technology, which mixes well with Roundup. Westberg: “We are three to five times faster than you would see with glyphosate and 2-4-D. So what that will mean, particularly in a fallow situation, get those weeds out quicker so they are not pulling that moisture off you are trying to conserve in that fallow period. It is really the first comment we get back from someone who works with it for the first time, is just how bloody fast it is. Really, within three to five days you will see complete control.” BASF will have four products from the Kixor technology with the one for use in cereals and pulses being called Sharpen herbicide. I’m Bob Hoff and that’s the Northwest Farm and Ranch Report on the Northwest Ag Information Network.
