BAY MKH 3586 - a new herbicide for broad spectrum weed control in corn (maize) and sugar cane

BAY MKH 3586 (amicarbazone, BSI proposed) is a new triazolinone herbicide being developed internationally within the Bayer organization. BAY MKH 3586, a photosynthesis inhibitor, has demonstrated excellent activity against many major annual dicotyledonous weeds in corn and sugar cane. Control of many annual grasses has also been demonstrated in sugar cane. BAY MKH 3586 is typically soil applied in corn preplant or pre-emergence. BAY MKH 3586 also demonstrates excellent contact activity on emerged weeds providing burndown as well as residual weed control in reduced and zero tillage corn production systems. In sugar cane, BAY MKH 3586 can be applied either preemergence or postemergence. Field experiments conducted between 1989 and 1998 in the USA, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Philippines and Thailand, among others, have demonstrated the utility of BAY MKH 3586 in controlling many economically important weeds. In corn, BAY MKH 3586 has demonstrated control of velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti), common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album), pigweed species (Amaranthus spp.) common cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium), and morningglory species (Ipomoea spp.) amongst others. In sugar cane, BAY MKH 3586 has demonstrated control of painted spurge (Euphorbia heterophylla), morningglories, marmeladegrass (Brachiaria plantaginea) and southern sandbur (Cenchrus echinatus) amongst others. Applied in combination with many commercial herbicides, BAY MKH 3586 broadens and enhances the spectrum and efficacy of weed control in corn and sugar cane.