The PP formulation, mixing pyrazosulfuron with pretilachlor (Yipaole in Chinese), first registered in ICAMA by Shandong Jinan Kesai Agrochem Co., Ltd. has a remarkable sealing effect on various kinds of weeds including barnyard grass, moleplant seed, arrowhead, rhizoma alismatis and nutgrass flatsedge. Based on market research, it is found that the total area under the application of Kesai Agrochems effervescent tablet product Yipaole (16.5% pretilachlor+pyrazosulfuron) across the country is estimated to reach thousands of millions of mu¹. Yipaole was granted the "Award for the Most Market Potential" at the Second South China Pesticide Product Power List. It is thus clear that this convenient type of effervescent tablets is welcomed among the farmers. Therefore, it is believed that there will be more and more farmers using and benefiting from the product.

PP is a new introduced pesticide formulation which has distinctive advantages. It is unique in soil-sealing weeding in the paddy field, which greatly reduces the labor intensity in applying the pesticide and is safe for the environment. Kesai Agrochem Co., Ltd.s product manager introduced the application method of Yipaole which is easy and convenient: apply 200-270 g/mu¹ (35-50 tablets) in the north of China, and 150-200 g/mu (27-35 tablets) in the south of China. Throw one tablet each time and an area of one mu will be covered within two minutes. In land parcels of large quantities of worst weeds, a larger amount of the tablets can be used. It will achieve good effect when applied before the crops are transplanted or after they turn green after transplantation with a water layer of 3-5 cm deep in the land parcels and water retention lasting 5-7 days.

Note: 1. 1ha=15mu