Nufarm brings together experts to discuss weed control

A group of 9 renowned Brazilian experts in weed management met in the city of São Paulo last week to discuss the best technologies available and under development aimed at controlling weeds in soybean crops. The TecNufarm Herbicides meeting also addressed the relevance of the practice of managing weed resistance to herbicides.

During the event, organized by the company Nufarm within the TecNufarm program, invited experts presented a series of scientific works with an emphasis on the use of pre-emergent herbicides with broad residual effects in soybean farming, with emphasis on the product ZethaMaxx, one of the so-called star products of the company, today positioned among the leaders in the global agrochemicals market.

“The mechanism of action of this unique, innovative herbicide favors the preservation of molecules such as glyphosate and ‘ACCase’ enzyme inhibitors in weed management”, highlights Murilo Borges, agronomist, herbicides manager at Nufarm. According to him, ZethaMaxx provides residual action on a broad spectrum of weeds resistant and tolerant to glyphosate and other herbicides, such as horseweed, trapoeraba, bittergrass, crow's foot grass, pigweed and others, "hence its fit adequate agronomic management as a strategic tool for oilseed productivity”, continues the executive.

According to the Nufarm executive, the herbicide ZethaMaxx, in addition to acting efficiently on monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants, is also safe in terms of selectivity for soybean crops, including due to the absence of carry over to subsequent cultures. “This is a product capable of giving farmers peace of mind when managing soybean weeds,” says Borges.

Borges emphasizes that Nufarm carries out ongoing research with the aim of offering solutions for weed control in the most important crops in Brazilian agribusiness.

“New innovative products and solutions are in the works and will soon be launched on the market. Field results obtained with the application of ZethaMaxx®, as well as the new products we are developing, were presented in this edition of TecNufarm and show that we are in the right direction, aligned with the main expectations of soybean farmers in relation to weeds”, concludes Borges .

Consultants and researchers from entities and companies Embrapa Soja, Agrocon (SP), Ceres Consultoria (MT), Fundação Chapadão (MS), Centro Universitário de Várzea Grande (Univag-MT), Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) participated in TecNufarm Soja. RS), State University of Northern Paraná (UENP), Fundação ABC (PR) and State University of Maringá (UEM-PR).