BASF Receives EPA Registration for Sharpen Herbicide
17 March 2014 BASF announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) federal registration of Sharpen herbicide for pre and post-emergence applications on rice. Sharpen herbicide offers rice growers flexible control of broadleaf weeds.
Previously available to rice growers as a preplant herbicide, Sharpen herbicide can now also be added to current preemergence and post-emergence herbicide programs. Sharpen herbicide targets weeds such as Palmer amaranth, morningglory, Texasweed and hemp sesbania with an additional site of action.
According to BASF, Eric Webster, Ph.D., of Louisiana State University has studied Sharpen herbicide for several years, testing application rates and timing of this unique herbicide.
“This is a herbicide that offers growers broad-spectrum control on broadleaf weeds,” said Webster. “Mainly, we have seen Sharpen herbicide control hemp sesbania, Texasweed and jointvetch very well.”
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