Indaziflam was first registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2010 by Bayer Environmental Science and Bayer Advanced. The commercial and residential products that were approved ranged from technical herbicides that contained more than 95 percent of the chemical compound to fertilizers that featured miniscule amounts of indaziflam as a herbicidal ingredient.
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Whether you are a golf course superintendent considering using indaziflam on your links this year, or a chemist looking at new herbicides for research, it is a good idea to learn more about this up-and-coming multiuse pesticide.
What is Indaziflam?
Indaziflam belongs to the alkylazine class of chemicals and works as both a pre- and post-emergence herbicide for annual grasses and broadleaf weeds. This chemical compound has been cleared for use on residential and commercial property such as golf courses, lawns, walkways, cemeteries, evergreen nurseries and landscaping projects. Indaziflam works well against crabgrass, goosegrass, kyllinga, bluegrass, doveweed, swinecress, bittercress and henbit among many other plants, according to North Carolina State University Turf Research. This chemical compound has also been registered in Latin America, Asia and Australia.
Indaziflam’s International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry name is N2-[(1R,2S)-2,3-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-1H-inden-1-yl]-6-[(1RS)-1-fluoroethyl]-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine, while it is written chemically as C16H20FN5. The chemical’s mode of action involves preventing or inhibiting cellulose biosynthesis in the cell wall. In a 2012 issue of the Pakistan Journal of Weed Science, indaziflam was called the “most potent inhibitor of cellulose biosynthesis so far discovered.”
More recently than indaziflam’s 2010 registration for turf and grasses, Bayer has come out with a new formulation that features indaziflam for citrus, tree nuts, grapes and sugarcane. It is sold under the names Alion™, Specticle™ and Esplanade™. In 2013, Bayer CropScience won an Agrow Award for Best New Crop Protection Product or Trait for the ingredient indaziflam in its products. Agrow Awards honor leaders in pesticides and crop protection.
“We are incredibly honored to receive this prestigious award,” explained Hermann Stübler, head of weed control research at Bayer CropScience at the ceremony, Bayer’s website reported. “The need for new herbicides with alternative modes of action and resistance breaking capabilities is more urgent than ever. In a team effort we created and developed indaziflam, employing our leading expertise in herbicide research and our deep knowledge of weed control.”
Application risks
Indaziflam can be applied as a liquid, water soluble packet or granule formulation with groundboom, broadcast sprayers, cyclone granule spreaders or grinders, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation explained. Risks are expected to be low and should not be treated differently than other herbicides. The Department of Environmental Conservation outlined acceptable margins of exposure.
Indaziflam is becoming a popular herbicide choice, explore whether this is a useful tool for your work.
