Bayer has launched a new herbicide for the global market against resistant weeds.

In recent years, global agriculture has been facing an increasingly serious problem of herbicide resistance, especially with the constant spread of weed populations resistant to major herbicides such as glyphosate, which seriously threatens food security and the sustainable development of agriculture. Therefore, major agrochemical brands are working on new active ingredients, writes AgroPages. In particular, Bayer has released a new herbicide Icafolin, whose mechanism of action is classified under the HRAC group 23. It can effectively inhibit microtubule tissue. Existing representatives of this group include chlorpropham, barban, and carbamide. Icafolin is considered the first new post-emergence herbicide for field crops in the last 30 years. "Bayer's herbicide Icafolin, applied in the form of icafolin-methyl, is classified in the HRAC group 23, inhibiting microtubule tissue and preventing the division and elongation of weed cells, leading to growth cessation. This mechanism does ...