AgroPages-Jiangsu Polychem releases wheat filled herbicide Qiuyi in China-Agricultural news

On 16th July, Jiangsu Polychem Biological Agriculture Company released its revolutionary herbicide Qiuyi in China’s Shandong Province, which is an isoproturon.pretilachlor.halosulfuron-methyl 47% wettable powder for control of wheat field resistant weeds and overall worst weeds.

The product Qiuyi contains exclusively certified ingredients. A one-off application protects wheat fields to be free of weeds throughout the entire season. The Qiuyi is positioned to reach Yuan100 million sales for a single product, which will be of great market potential.

Qiuyi was granted registration by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2016, followed by 3-year field trials in China, before being released to the market. Qiuyi has four distinctive features: 1) High safety. Its use at recommended doses has no impact on wheat emergence and early-stage growth, to be applied before cold weather, which is a proper time for application; 2) Broad herbicidal spectrum. It can both block weeds and kill weeds, to be used for control of wheat beckmannia, alopecurus japonicas, foxtail, aegilops tauschii, bromegrass, bluegrass, chickweed, malachium aquaticum, flixweed and shepherd’s purse; 3) Wide period for application. It is applicable beginning from plantation up to 4-5-leaf stage; 4) Long lasting effect. It lasts as long as 2-3 months, which ensures effective control of weed damage during the wheat growth period, with just a one-off application.

Jiangsu Polychem Biological Agriculture Company was founded in March 2014, which was launched among Jiangsu Institute of Ecomones Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Agrochem Laboratory Co., Ltd. and Changzhou August Agrochem Company Ltd., being established as the sole formulation sales platform of the three companies in China.

As its mother company is a sulfonylurea herbicide industry leader with strong research and production capacity, which gives Polychem the advantage of growing its businesses throughoutChina.

Polychem keeps in close step with international mainstream research and development trends, being granted a number of exclusive registrations of sulfonylurea technical and formulations. The company has long been dedicated to sulfonylurea herbicide research and development, having gained large amounts of patented technologies. In the meantime, the company is running at the forefront of new compound promotions and application activities.