India: Best Agrolife Receives Registration for Indigenous Manufacturing of Critical Corn Herbicide
Best Agrolife Limited, one of the leading players in the Indian agrochemical industry, on Friday has been granted the registration for the indigenous manufacturing of tembotrione technical 94% u/s 9(4) by the Central Insecticides Board & Registration Committee in the 439th meeting, reports Business Standard. The company has a pivotal positioning in rice and soybean crops and this registration will help it in consolidating its portfolio in the herbicides segment further. The company has decided to launch its commercial formulation under the brand name ‘Tombo’ in early June 2022.
A new generation corn herbicide tembotrione shows a fast efficacy in the control of weeds. It is a post-emergence herbicide that dissipates rapidly in the environment without causing any crop phytotoxicity. Tembotrione has a low rate of application per hectare and hence poses almost nil environmental risks. A product with a high level of crop tolerance tembotrione assures higher grain yield and profitability.
Commenting on this new development, Vimal Alawadhi, MD, Best Agrolife Ltd., said, “Corn demand in the domestic and global market is fast increasing as this cereal crop is highly sought as a staple food, animal, poultry feed, and for industrial uses. In the future, corn will also contribute substantially to Methanol production. Among the corn-growing countries, India ranks fourth in area and seventh in production, representing around 4% of the world corn area and 2% of total production. Though the productivity in India is almost half of the world the average per day productivity of Indian corn is at par with many lead corn-producing countries.”
Read more at Business Standard.
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