2009 new herbicides & fungicides

In what follows, there are some company’s new herbicides and fungicides which are used primarily for weed control in lawn or turf.

Dow AgroSciences

Dimension (a.i.: dithiopyr, turf herbicide) specialty herbicide provides pre- and early post-emergence control of crabgrass, and season-long control of crabgrass, goosegrass, foxtail, spurge and Poa annua. With multiple formulations, including the water-based Dimension 2EW, Dimension can be used over the top of field- and container-grown nursery and landscape ornamentals, and in established lawns, golf course fairways and commercial sod farms.

Syngenta Professional Products

Barricade (herbicide) pre-emergence herbicide is supported by a money-back guarantee that the product will control crabgrass well into 2009. Customers who purchase $5,000 or more of any combination of Barricade flowable, Barricade 65WG water-dispersible granule formulation or Barricade on-fertilizer from authorized Syngenta Channel Partners between Sept. 1, 2008 and May 15, 2009 qualify for the program.

Bayer Environmental Science

The selective post-emergent herbicide controls annual and perennial grasses in turf in a single treatment. With its water-based formulation, Acclaim (herbicide) makes precautionary handling procedures easy compared to solvent-based formulations. Its timing and use is flexible, too.

Valent U.S.A. Corp.

SureGuard Herbicide received registration from the Environmental Protection Agency and has been approved by all 50 states for use in landscape settings as a preemergent and quick postemergent control of broadleaf and grass weeds such as crabgrass, spurge, bittercress and groundsel. SureGuard's active ingredient, flumioxazin, brings a unique mode of action to the LCO market that works to control glyphosate-resistant weeds and provide an overall strong resistance management alternative.

Petro-Canada

Petro-Canada launched their golf course fungicide Civitas on February 5, 2009. Civitas primes the turf genes, stimulates its natural defenses and kills or inhibits fungal diseases. It offers short reentry intervals, spray and application flexibility, and improved turf health. Available in a tote, 55-gal. and 30-gal. drums and 5-gal. pail, Civitas helps to control dollar spot, brown patch, anthracnose, spring leaf spot and several others.

Scotts Professional

To help professionals develop flexible weed management plans, Scotts Professional has created a free Pre-Emergent Weed Guide. This informative guide describes how to most effectively use its new granular herbicide, Jewel (herbicide), in rotation with its other pre-emergent herbicide products, Rout and OH2. The guide also offers sample rotation schedules for five U.S. growing regions, and identifies common weeds with photos and detailed descriptions.

Arysta LifeScience North America

Disarm (a.i.: fluoxastrobin) G granular formulation strobilurin fungicide is labeled for control of brown patch, dollar spot, gray leaf spot, pythium, red thread, zoysia patch and all major patch, spot and snow mold diseases on lawn, sports turf and sod production. Disarm G is the only strobilurin labeled for control of light-to-moderate dollar spot infestations. Coupled with exceptionally rapid systemic activity, quick rainfastness and long residual, the new formulation provides lawn turf care professionals a cost-effective strobilurin fungicide cornerstone for their disease management programs.

 
BASF Professional T & O

Grass selective, post-emergent Segment herbicide offers selective control of weed problems in centipedegrass, annual bluegrass and established fine and tall fescue turfgrasses. Segment (herbicide) is the only post-emergent grass herbicide that can be applied directly to trees or shrubs at any stage. It inhibits the biosynthesis of lipids in more than 25 grass species.

PBI/Gordon

Q4 Turf Herbicide is a patented product containing four (4) active ingredients: Quinclorac + Sulfentrazone + 2,4-D + Dicamba. Q4 Turf Herbicide offers a single product control option for yellow nutsedge suppression and grassy and broadleaf weed control in established turfgrass areas, and reduces photoxicity on cool-season grass species. It also offers the enhanced speed of a protox inhibitor benefiting the lawn care and landscape markets. Grassy weeds, such as crabgrass and foxtail will turn ghostly pale prior to the reddening that precedes weed death. Clients will see results, usually within 24 to 48 hours.

SePRO

Octane 2% SC contains the active ingredient Pyraflufen-ethyl, which when added as a tank-mix with post-emergent broadleaf weed herbicides, increases the speed of kill and broadens the weed spectrum. Because Octane is rainfast in only one hour, the risk of losing activity because of inclement weather is minimized. Octane can be applied in rates less than 4 oz. per acre stand-alone, or 1.5 oz. per acre in tank mixes.

DuPont Professional Products

DuPont TranXit (a.i.: rimsulfuron) herbicide aids in spring transition and fall overseeding. Spring use controls ryegrass to give your bermudagrass the opportunity for more rapid and complete re-establishment after winter dormancy. A fall application helps control annual bluegrass prior to overseeding for the winter.

FMC Professional Solutions

Echelon herbicide provides pre-emergence and early post-emergence control of crabgrass, goosegrass and sedges in sports turf, residential and institutional lawns. Echelon saves applicators time and money on weed control later in the season. The Echelon Assurance Program offers 100 days of sedge control when applied according to label directions.

LebanonTurf

 
LebanonTurf introduces a 19-0-6 33% MESA fertilizer with Lockup, a new herbicide from Dow AgroSciences that offers superior clover control on a dry granular — even with minimal irrigation. Lockup offers powerful, consistent control with residual activity and provides an alternative to traditional three-way type products.