Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina
August 21, 2008
Interactive training now
available for FreeHand™ 1.75G herbicide and Pageant™ fungicide
Nursery and greenhouse growers, and the BASF distribution
network, now have access to a new online educational tool from
BASF Turf & Ornamentals. The company has launched an interactive
training module for its latest pest management innovations,
FreeHand™ 1.75G herbicide and Pageant™ fungicide.
Both educational, Web-based modules are available at
www.betterplants.com.
Users can select training for either FreeHand 1.75G or Pageant,
and walk through an interactive program led by BASF Technical
Specialists Kathie Kalmowitz and Todd Burkdoll respectively. A
concluding quiz gives users a chance to challenge their
retention skills.
“We’re committed to bringing growers and BASF distributors
educational tools they can use to better understand our products
as well as new and emerging weed and disease pressures,” said
Dr. Toni Bucci, BASF Turf & Ornamentals Business Manager. “These
training modules provide need-to-know, quality content in a
simple and intuitive fashion for a very busy audience.”
FreeHand 1.75G is a preemergence herbicide that combines a
granular formulation of dimethenamid-P with pendimethalin for
time-saving weed control. Pageant fungicide combines the active
ingredient boscalid, newly registered for ornamentals, with
pyraclostrobin, the active ingredient in Insignia® fungicide.
Pageant helps growers control more diseases with one application
than any other registered fungicide on the market.
For more information about BASF Turf & Ornamentals visit
www.betterturf.com and
www.betterplants.com.
About the Crop Protection Division
With sales of €3,137 million in 2007, BASF’s Crop Protection
division is a leader in crop protection and a strong partner to
the farming industry providing well-established and innovative
fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Farmers use these
products and services to improve crop yields and crop quality.
Other uses include public health, structural/urban pest control,
turf and ornamental plants, vegetation management, and forestry.
BASF aims to turn knowledge rapidly into market success. The
vision of BASF’s Crop Protection division is to be the world’s
leading innovator, optimizing agricultural production, improving
nutrition, and thus enhancing the quality of life for a growing
world population. Further information can be found on the web at
www.agro.basf.com.
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the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
BASF has more than 15,000 employees in North America, and had
sales of approximately $16.4 billion in 2007. For more
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Company. Its portfolio ranges from oil and gas to chemicals,
plastics, performance products, agricultural products and fine
chemicals. As a reliable partner, BASF helps its customers in
virtually all industries to be more successful.
With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF
plays an important role in finding answers to global challenges,
such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and
mobility. BASF has more than 95,000 employees and posted sales
of almost €58 billion in 2007. BASF shares are traded on the
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(AN). Further information on BASF is available on the Internet
at www.basf.com.
Always Read and Follow Label Directions.
Pageant and FreeHand 1.75G are trademarks of BASF. Insignia is a
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