SAN ANTONIO, Texas — DuPont is launching a new dicamba herbicide that will be available for use on the company’s Pioneer brand Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans in 2017.
FeXapan is a new low-volatility formulation of dicamba that provides broad spectrum control of broadleaf weeds, including herbicide-resistant weeds such as kochia, marestail, waterhemp and Palmer amaranth.
“Soybean growers have an urgent need for updated herbicide solutions that help them fight the shifting weed populations they see in their fields,” Tim Glenn, president of DuPont Crop Protection, said in a news release.
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“Competitive weeds and the rapid encroachment of herbicide-resistant weed populations are limiting yield and grower profitability.”
FeXapan has received regulatory approval in Canada and the United States and will be available in both countries in 2017.
The product compliments the company’s new A-Series soybeans, which are the highest yielding soybeans in Pioneer’s history.
The class averaged a 2.3 bushel per acre yield advantage against 10,000 check varieties in Pioneer test plots conducted at more than 400 locations across the U.S.
The company is introducing 54 new A-Series varieties for the 2017 growing season, including some early maturing varieties suitable for Canada. The launch includes 30 Roundup Ready 2 Xtend varieties that span a maturity range from 00.2 to 7.2.
DuPont has also developed Lumisena, its first fungicide seed treatment that will be available for use on Pioneer brand soybeans in Canada and the U.S. in 2018.
Lumisena combats phytophthora, which is the most prevalent yield-limiting soybean disease in the U.S. It provided an average 1.7 bushel per acre yield advantage over metalaxyl, the industry standard seed treatment, in thousands of trials.
“Wet, cool conditions common during the early part of the growing season can increase incidence of the disease, making it critical for seed to have the best protection possible,” Steve Reno, DuPont Pioneer’s business director for the U.S. and Canada, said in the news release.
