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Bayer CropScience sells mefenpyr in mixtures with the herbicide fenoxaprop-P-ethyl under the brand name Puma. Products based on fenoxaprop-P-ethyl are registered in over 75 countries worldwide including, alongside China, the US, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, France, Australia and India. The product can be used on wheat, rye, triticale and barley against a wide weed grass spectrum. Bayer says that in the People’s Republic of China, Puma has become the standard for effective weed grass control in cereal crops.