FMC announces Dodhylex active as global brand for tetflupirolimet herbicide

FMC Corporation today announced Dodhylex active (pronounced DOH'-deh-leks) as the global brand for the herbicide tetflupirolimet (tetflupyrolimet, CAS 2053901-33-8, HRAC 28).

“The global brand will ensure that growers around the world recognize this new mode of action in the newest herbicide products that FMC expects to begin launching in 2025,” he said. Diane Allemang, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at FMC.

"Growers around the world will have confidence that Dodhylex active-powered products contain FMC's patented active ingredient, backed by seven years of research, development and field testing."

According to a company statement, the name Dodhylex is derived from the site of action – dihydroorotate dehydrogenase – combined with the flexibility of use in both transplanted and direct-seeded rice and the herbicide's ability to block the nutrients necessary for the survival of the plant. weed.

“Dodhylex active is the first HRAC/WSSA Group 28 active ingredient and the first new herbicide with a new mode of action in the industry in more than three decades,” he said. Seva Rostovtsev, vice president and chief technology officer. "This new herbicide mode of action was discovered at the FMC Stine Research Center."

In the release, FMC maintains that studies show Dodhylex active provides season-long control of important weeds in the rice market, as well as major broadleaf weeds and sedges.

FMC is also testing the active ingredient Dodhylex on other crops, including sugar cane, wheat, soybeans and corn.

In May this year, the Cultivar Magazine published material related to the subject: “FMC and Syngenta announce commercialization of new herbicide in Asia".