U.S.: SePRO Rolling Out Unique Mode-of-Action Residual Herbicide for Permanent Crops
Brake On! preemergence residual herbicide for the control of annual grass and broadleaf weeds in permanent crops is being launched by SePRO Corporation, long known for its aquatic and horticultural products.
The active ingredient in Brake On! is fluridone, an HRAC Group 12 herbicide, that provides a unique mode-of-action relative to all other residual herbicides in crops including stone fruit, avocado, mandarin, pistachio, and pomegranate.
“This active ingredient was developed originally in aquatics and later in cotton but never commercialized in permanent crops before now,” said Duane Canfield, Marketing Leader & International Development for SePRO. “We are pleased to now make it available for use in specified orchard crops and are pursuing most orchard crops and vineyards.”
Fluridone found a home as an aquatic herbicide in 1986 and later as a cotton herbicide, specifically for resistant pigweed even though it has a very broad spectrum of grasses and small seeded broadleaf weeds it controls very well as a preemergence treatment. Full registration in cotton was granted in 2016, spurring additional research in permanent crops.
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