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Bayer CropScience adds CSI Safener 500FS to its line of sorghum seed treatments

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Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
January 6, 2009

Product demonstrates excellent seed safety, improved plantability

With the addition of CSI™ Safener 500FS to its product line, Bayer CropScience just added the perfect complement to a strong lineup of sorghum seed treatments.

CSI Safener 500FS adds another line of protection for sorghum growers shielding treated grain and forage sorghum seed from the phytotoxic effects of metolachlor or S-metolachlor herbicides.

As a new herbicide seed-applied safener, CSI Safener 500FS demonstrates excellent seed safety for up to 18 months following treatment.

“Research shows that in addition to providing outstanding seed protection, CSI Safener 500FS has excellent seed stability,” says Jennifer Riggs, Bayer CropScience Product Development Manager. “The product is detectable on the seed for more than 18 months, assuring that protected seed can be carried over from one season to the next.”

Additionally, CSI Safener 500FS complements other Bayer CropScience sorghum seed treatment products, such as Poncho® seed-applied insecticide and Vortex® fungicide. Field studies with CSI Safener 500FS over the last three years show excellent herbicide safening properties; when the product is utilized with Vortex, Allegiance® fungicide and Poncho, enhanced plant stands, plant vigor and yields are obtained.

“Growers like that CSI Safener 500FS is easy to use,” Riggs says. “Sorghum seed treated with this new safener has improved plantability, resulting in less buildup on the planter plates and more accurate seed placement in the ground. Studies done in the Bayer Seed Treatment Application Center show sorghum treated with the new safener in combination with Vortex, Allegiance and Poncho plant similarly to planting untreated seed.”

“We’re excited to bring CSI Safener 500FS to market to add to our expanding seed treatment product line,” says Kerry Grossweiler, Bayer CropScience Marketing Product Manager – Seed Treatments. “This addition shows the continued commitment Bayer CropScience shares with growers in finding reliable seed treatments for sorghum.”

For additional information on CSI Safener 500FS, sorghum growers can contact their local Bayer CropScience representative or call 1-866-99-BAYER (1-866-992-2937).

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 5.8 billion (2007), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of about 17,800 and is represented in more than 120 countries.

Always read and follow label directions. Bayer (reg’d), the Bayer Cross (reg’d), Poncho®, Vortex®, Allegiance® and CSI™ are trademarks of Bayer.

 

 

 

 

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