Media Focus | KingAgroot’s New Patented Compounds Flufenoximacil and Flusulfinam Reported by Farmers’ Daily
Abstract:
On December 14th, Farmers’ Daily (the 6th page) published an article titled Technology Empowers Plant Protection to Safeguard Food Security, focusing on the new patented compounds Flufenoximacil and Flusulfinam independently developed by KingAgroot CropScience. The full text is reproduced below.
Technology Empowers Plant Protection to Safeguard Food Security
By Zhang Wanxuan, reporter of Farmers’ Daily
Nowadays, the new wave of global technological revolution and industrial transformation holds immense potential for new opportunities. With the iterative upgrading of technologies, agriculture development is being enhanced by the power of technology. However, at the same time, China still faces many challenges such as the “two-skin” problem between science & technology and industry development, as well as the “bottleneck” issues in core technologies, making it difficult to meet new requirements for the development of new quality productive forces in agriculture under new circumstances. Taking non-selective herbicides as an example, since paraquat was globally banned or restricted from using in 2014, glufosinate, developed by Germany in the 1980s, has become the primary alternative. However, the market gap left by paraquat has not been completely filled.
In September 2024, reviewed by the National Pesticide Registration Review Committee, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs approved the registration of Flufenoximacil as a new pesticide from KingAgroot CropScience Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “KingAgroot CropScience”). This marks the first introduction of a brand-new compound of non-selective herbicides in nearly 40 years, which is a vivid manifestation of the steady progress of China’s agricultural research capabilities, and also a demonstration of the unwavering determination of the academia, industry and research institutions in overcoming the “bottleneck” issues in core technologies.
Agricultural technology innovation has played a crucial role in accelerating the development of new quality productive forces in agriculture and securing stable and increased food production in China. As an active participant in China’s agricultural technology innovation, KingAgroot CropScience’s newly created and launched non-selective herbicide Flufenoximacil has achieved a significant breakthrough from “0” to “1” in the commercialization of China’s independently created non-selective herbicides. Additionally, its new rice herbicide Flusulfinam provides new management tools for the control of noxious weeds in rice. These two herbicides will contribute to improving food yield and quality, thereby solidly safeguarding national food security.
As global agricultural innovation entities are currently thriving, it’s a crucial period for China to build up agricultural strength and foster global leading agri-tech enterprises. Chinese agri-tech enterprises like KingAgroot CropScience are becoming important forces in accelerating the green, intelligent and digital transformation of China’s agriculture industry, and are striving to safeguard food security in China and even globally through scientific and technological innovation.
