Keyword: Crop Protection

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BASF to Refocus Plant Biotech R&D

29.02.2016 - BASF has announced it will refocus its R&D efforts in plant biotechnology to concentrate on projects with highest business and technical realization potential. The move, which will...

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Dow AgroScience and Radiant Genomics Expand R&D

26.02.2016 - Dow AgroSciences and Radiant Genomics have agreed to expand their research agreement to include additional natural product targets for discovery research in both crop protection...

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Monsanto and BASF Could Strengthen Ag Ties

08.02.2016 - With the agricultural chemicals industry’s woes compounded by the planned merger of Dow and DuPont, and the likely takeover of Syngenta by ChemChina concentrating more power in the...

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BASF Launches UK Beneficial Nematodes Site

12.01.2016 - Germany’s BASF has launched what it says is the world’s largest site for producing beneficial nematodes, microscopic organisms that can control a diverse range of insect and slug...

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Bayer Criticizes EPA’s Neonics Report

11.01.2016 - Bayer CropScience has criticized the findings of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s report on neonicotinoids that suggest a connection between the pesticide ingredients and...

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BASF and Evogene in Novel Herbicide Collaboration

10.12.2015 - BASF has signed a three-year collaboration deal with Israeli plant technology company Evogene to discover and develop novel herbicides. Evogene will use its computational biology...

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EPA Asks Court to Vacate Enlist Duo Approval

27.11.2015 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has asked a federal appeals court time to vacate the agency’s own approval of the Dow AgroSciences herbicide Enlist Duo as it needs...

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BASF Expands Biological Solutions for Agriculture

05.10.2015 - BASF has expanded its production site at Littlehampton, UK, to meet growing global demand for biological solutions for agriculture and horticulture. Capacity for beneficial...