UPL’s Latest Corn Herbicide Offers New Active Ingredient

UPL Corp. announced the EPA registration of Intrava DX, a preemergent herbicide for corn. The Group 5 herbicide will be available for use this season, and aims to offer control over atrazine- and HPPD-resistant pigweeds as well as a broad spectrum of grasses and broadleaf weeds.

Intrava DX contains amicarbazone, a new active ingredient for the corn market that has no known resistance issues. Partnered with metribuzin, these active ingredients should offer 30-plus days of residual control. 

“UPL is bringing this market-changing product to the corn market today to give growers an effective and long-lasting residual solution to growing threats from atrazine and HPPD-resistant weeds,” said Carlos d’Arce, a herbicide portfolio marketing lead for UPL Corp., in a news release. “We are also committed to building on this novel active ingredient in corn to develop an exciting Intrava brand portfolio as part of our growing pipeline of proprietary crop protection and biological products.”

Field testing has shown that Intrava DX herbicide has the flexibility to be used across customized herbicide programs based on conditions, weed spectrum and tank-mix partners. In most fields, the herbicide is best used as a foundational pre-emergent solution for farmers who typically utilize a two-pass herbicide application. Farmers with reduced or no-till acres, or those looking for a complementary tank-mix option for elevated resistance management, may also benefit from implementing Intrava DX. 

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