New poa control product registered

After several years of testing around the U.S., the company Arysta LifeScience announced in March that the post-–emergent herbicide Xonerate (amicarbazone) has been registered by the Environmental Protection Agency. The product's major use will be as a poa control agent, and it is labeled for use on tees, fairways and roughs. It is not currently labeled for use on greens.

Data from research trials around the country shows generally very good (more than 90 percent) poa control, but there are…