In future Indaziflam will also be available for do-it-yourself gardeners with a range of products under the Bayer Advanced™ brand.
Bayer CropScience has received the first registration worldwide for its new herbicidal active ingredient indaziflam in the United States. Indaziflam will initially be available in 2011 for professional users operating in the commercially attractive turf segment and will be marketed under the brand name Specticle™. This is to be followed by planned entries into the ornamental and industrial vegetation management segments. Furthermore, Bayer CropScience plans to offer non-professional gardeners a range of indaziflam-based products under the Bayer Advanced™ brand. “Registration in the U.S. is a very important milestone. It paves the way for global use of indaziflam as a new base herbicide in crops such as fruits and vines, nuts, citrus varieties, olives and sugar cane,” said Dr. Rüdiger Scheitza, member of the Board of Management of Bayer CropScience AG with responsibility for global portfolio management.
Scheitza added that the company anticipates global annual peak sales potential of more than €150 million for products based on indaziflam. Bayer CropScience has a strong position in the global herbicide market and is a leader in the key cereals, sugar beet and rice segments.
Indaziflam belongs to the chemical class of alkylazines. The new compound controls a broad spectrum of weeds and offers excellent long-lasting efficacy at low application rates. This makes indaziflam an environmentally compatible and pioneering active ingredient in the global herbicides market.