Syngenta Group Partners with Kyoyu Agri to Bring Cyclopyranil Rice Herbicide to Asia

Syngenta and Kyoyu Agri have agreed a strategic collaboration to bring Cyclopyranil, a novel Kyoyu Agri-developed rice herbicide, to selected rice markets across Asia. Cyclopyranil is Syngenta's first rice herbicide with a PPO-inhibiting mode of action (Herbicide Group 14), effective at low application rates and usable pre- or post-emergence. Under the agreement, Syngenta will market Cyclopyranil-based products in a number of Asian countries.

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Market context

Herbicides are crop protection chemicals that farmers use to suppress weeds that compete with crops for light, water and nutrients. Rice is one of the world's most important staple crops, and weed control is a constant cost and yield concern in rice paddies, so growers continually seek effective options. Demand is driven mainly by Asian rice production, where smallholder and commercial farms rely on a mix of pre- and post-emergence products. Over time, repeated use of the same herbicide modes of action has allowed weeds to develop resistance, which pushes growers and suppliers toward chemistries with different mechanisms. Products that work at low application rates tend to be attractive to distributors and farmers because they reduce volume handled and can ease logistics. For the broader market, new modes of action in rice can reshape competition among established agrochemical suppliers, influence regional pricing of older active ingredients, and affect how licensing and co-marketing deals are structured between innovators and global crop protection companies.

Source: official release on syngentagroup.com. Summary and context written by Market Krystal.