Weeds are a major challenge for farmers who grow perennial crops such as tea and grapes. Weeds compete with plants for nutrition and impede their growth. Manual weeding increases the cost of cultivation and reduces the income of farmers. Understanding these worries, Bayer India introduced the herbicide Alion PLUS, a breakthrough long-term weed control product.

Alion PLUS is a combination herbicide containing indaziflam and glyphosate that can be used to control a wide variety of annual grass and broadleaf weeds in tea plantations and grape fields. It is effective for both foliar (on the leaves) and pre-emergence (before the weeds have sprouted) control. This herbicide works on weeds that have developed an herbicide resistance while still being safe for the crops.

Billy goat weed

Broadleaf button weed

Indian crowfoot grass

Congress weed

Bermuda grass

Purple nut sedge

Slender amaranth

Alion PLUS is a combination of indaziflam and glyphosate herbicides.

Indaziflam, part of the alkyalazine group, disrupts plant growth by blocking cellulose synthesis. This interference not only curbs meristem growth but also functions as a soil herbicide, preventing weed germination and emergence.

In contrast, a glycine derivative operates as a non-selective systemic herbicide. It hampers protein synthesis by inhibiting the activity of an enzyme known as 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) within the aromatic acid pathway. This disturbance prevents the production of essential aromatic amino acids necessary for plant protein synthesis.