SipcamRotam launches new herbicide Lucto in US

SipcamRotam has announced the launch of Lucto, a pre- and post-emergence herbicide with the active ingredient Mesotrione. Lucto is labeled by the U.S. EPA for use in commercial and residential turfgrasses.

Packaged in convenient tip-and-pour one quart containers, the product is designed to eliminate bentgrass in some cool-season turfgrasses as well as control weeds at time of new seeding or turf renovation. Lucto is absorbed by weeds during emergence or through treated foliage and is active against a wide spectrum of tough-to-control broadleaf weeds as well as some weeds resistant to glyphosate, ALS-inhibiting and triazine herbicides. For additional weed control, Lucto can be combined with SipcamRotam’s Cavalcade prodiamine product.

George Furrer, vice president of specialty products at SipcamRotam said, “We’re excited to strengthen our already diverse herbicide portfolio in the T&O market with the Lucto product. The addition of Lucto means that our customers have even more options in controlling some of those tough weeds in their commercial and residential turfgrasses.”

The company expects to have the product ready to ship by early spring of 2017.