Australia clears Bayer's herbicide indaziflam

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority(APVMA) has approved Bayer CropScience's herbicide, Specticle (indaziflam 200g/L), for the pre-emergent control of summer grass, crowsfoot grass and winter grass in turf on golf course fairways.

Indaziflam ,one  of  the  most  recent  herbicides  to  be  introduced  by  Bayer,  is sold as Specticle for use on turf and as Alion for use on perennial crops  such  as  citrus,  tree  nut,  vines,  pome and  stone fruits. The product  is  active via the inhibition of cellulose biosynthesis on meristematic cell growth and  can  be  applied either pre-emergence  on  its  own,  or post-emergence  in conjunction  with  other  herbicides.  As  well  as  crop  use,  the  product  is  also used in industrial vegetation management in the USA. This was expanded to Canada in 2014.  Indaziflam first received approvals in the USA and Chile in 2010.