Table 5.
Currently available bioherbicides on the market for weed control around the world. Information adapted and sourced from: [6,7,9,11,29,32,46,51,93,100,108,109,110].
| Commercial Name | Active Constituents | Use/Target Plant(s) | Country Available | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenger Organic Weed Killer® | d-Limonene and castor oil | Grass and broadleaf weeds | USA | N/A |
| Barrier H° | 22.9% citronella oil | Ragwort | Europe, Japan, USA | 2015 |
| Beloukha®/Scythe® | Rapeseed oil, nonanoic acid and pelargonic acid | Non-selective control of seedlings and young weeds | Australia, USA | N/A |
| Bialaphos® | Streptomyces hygroscopicus | Broad-spectrum and post-emergence bioherbicide | Eastern Asia | 2016 |
| Bioweed™ | Pine oil (10% concentration) + sugar | Herbaceous and grassy weeds | Australia | N/A |
| Camperico™ | Xanthomonas campestris pv. poae (JT-P482) | Turf grass weeds | Japan | 1997 |
| Di-Bak Parkinsonia™ | Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae, Macrophomina phaseolina and Neoscytalidium novaehollandiae | Parkinsonia aculeata (parkinsonia) | Australia | 2013 |
| GreenMatch® | Lemon grass oil | Broadleaf and grassy weeds | USA | 2008 |
| Katana® | Pelargonic acid | Broadleaf and grassy weeds | USA | 2016 |
| Lockdown®/Collego™ | Flumioxazin and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. aeschynomene | Residual control of various broadleaf weeds | USA | N/A |
| Matratec® | Clove oil, lactic acid, lecithin, n-butyl ester and wintergreen oil | Broad-spectrum, non-selective | USA | N/A |
| Myco-Tech®/Chontrol®/EcoClear™ | Acetic acid, citric acid and Chondrostereum purpureum | Non-selective to green foliage and deciduous trees and shrubs | Belgium, Canada, The Netherlands | 2005 |
| Opportune™ | Streptomyces strain RL-110 T | Pre/Post emergent herbicide (broadleaf and sedges) | USA | 2013 |
| Organic Interceptor® | Pine oil | Knockdown and pre-emergent herbicide | New Zealand | N/A |
| Organo-Sol®/Kona™/Bioprotec™ | Lactic acid, citric acid, Lactobacillus rhamnosus (LPT–21), L. casei (LPT–111), L. lactis ssp. cremoris (M11/CSL), L. lactis ssp. Lactis (LL64/CSL and LL102/CSL) | Non-selective, post-emergent herbicide | Canada | 2010 |
| Phoma® | Phoma macrostoma 94–44B (Macrocidins A, B) | Broad spectrum of broadleaf weeds | Canada, USA | 2016 |
| Sarritor® | Flumetsulam and Sclerotina minor | Broadleaf weeds | Australia, Canada | 2007 |
| SolviNix™ LC and WP | Tobacco soft green mosaic, Tobamovirus cepa U2 | Tropical soda apple (Solanum viarum) | USA | N/A |
| Stump out™ | Sodium bicarbonate and Cylindrobasidium laeve | Acacia and Poa species | South Africa | 1997 |
| Weed Slayer® | Eugenol, clove oil, molasses | Grassy weeds | USA | N/A |
| WeedZap® | Cinnamon oil, clove oil, lactose and water | Non-selective, small broadleaf and grassy weeds | USA | N/A |
| Woad Warrior® | Puccinia thalaspeos | Isatis tinctoria (dyer’s woad) | USA | 2002 |