Pick Up the Pace:More soybean seed trait-herbicide systems are on the way

摘要

As farmers work to curtail the spread of weed resistance, companies are picking up the pace to develop new seed trait-herbicide systems—particularly in soybeans. In the next few years, at least three programs are poised to launch.One is Bayer CropScience's Balance GT soybean performance system. The double herbicide-tolerant trait stack features tolerance to glyphosate and isoxaflutole. The latter is an HPPD inhibitor herbicide currently used only for corn and sold under the nameBalance Flexx. For soybeans, the product will be marketed as Balance Bean.Farmers who grow Balance GT soybeans will be able to use both glyphosate and Balance Bean in burn-down, pre-emergence or early post-emergence to achieve broad-spectrum control of grass and broadleaf weeds, says Allen Gent, U.S. soybean product manager for the company."This formulation will offer low volatility with residual and some reactivation control," Gent says.