It has been 40 years since a new weed-killing chemical mechanism has been introduced into the crop protection marketplace. The decades since have seen weeds become resistant to existing herbicides, resulting in these problematic plants escaping growers’ best efforts to neutralize them.
 
“We’ve been giving weeds a herbicide diet, and they keep finding ways to get around that diet,” says Ron Geis, a Market Development Specialist with Corteva Agriscience. “There’s been nothing waiting in the wings when one process fails, so herbicides should have multiple modes of action to keep weeds off balance.”
 
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