BASF is proving that Kixor™ can really kick butt.

During a plot tour in Belleville, IL today, growers and dealers got a look at what Kixor™ powered Sharpen herbicide can do to glyphosate-resistant Mare’s-tail. Belleville Research Center station manager Ron Krausz with Southern Illinois University showed off the plot trials. “It is a burndown type product because of its mode of action, so we can actually apply it to Mare’s tail that is up in the spring early and get good control,” he said.

Krausz told the group that Kixor could be the long-awaited replacement for atrazine. “We’re seeing the same level of control with this compound by itself as we saw with atrazine, back when we could use atrazine at 3-4 pounds to the acre,” he said.

The Belleville tour was one of over 100 plot tours planned by BASF this summer to demonstrate the performance of Kixor® herbicide technology.

See photos from the BASF Kixor Herbicide Technology plot tour in Belleville here on Flickr.

Listen to an interview with Ron Krausz here: