Syngenta and FMC to Commercialize Breakthrough Technology That Transforms Grass Weed Control in Rice in Asia

BASEL, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #Agriculture–Syngenta Crop Protection and FMC Corporation announced today an agreement to bring to market a breakthrough technology to control grass weeds in rice in Asia. The new active ingredient Tetflupyrolimet, discovered and developed by FMC with support from Syngenta for the development in rice, marks the first major herbicide with a novel mode of action (DHODH – HRAC Group 28) in over three decades, promising relief to farmers challenged by weed resistance to exis