Kodiwa launches chlorofluoropyridine ester herbicide in Portugal, addressing tightened European regulations and resistance pressure.

This release comes at a time when pesticide regulations in the European Union are becoming increasingly stringent, with traditional herbicide ingredients gradually being restricted, and weed resistance continuing to escalate. Lortama is primarily aimed at the main weed species in corn planting systems, with technical features such as a long application window, compatibility with other herbicides or foliar fertilizers, strong selectivity for corn varieties, and flexible crop rotation. The problem of resistant weeds in corn fields is becoming increasingly severe, with multiple weed species including Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) and various species of barnyard grass (Echinochloa) already showing resistance to herbicides with multiple modes of action. In corn planting systems on the Iberian Peninsula, some populations of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) have even developed resistance to five different modes of action herbicides. The core technological highlight of this ...