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NEW DELHI: Agri-input firm Syngenta and FMC Corporation announced an agreement to commercialise a breakthrough herbicide technology that aims to control grass weeds in rice crops in Asia.
The new active ingredient ‘Tetflupyrolimet’, discovered and developed by the FMC with support from Syngenta, can be applied in traditional transplanted and direct-seeded rice.
Under the agreement, Syngenta and FMC will both bring Tetflupyrolimet-based products to key rice markets in Asia, an official statement said on May 17.
Syngenta will register and commercialise Tetflupyrolimet in China — the world’s largest rice market.
The company will also commercialise products containing mixtures of Tetflupyrolimet for rice in India, Vietnam, Indonesia, as well as in Japan and South Korea, it said.
Syngenta is one of the world’s leading agriculture companies, comprising Syngenta Crop Protection and Syngenta Seeds.
