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VIPER, a new herbicide solution for Canadian field pea growers in 2009 - Latest herbicide from BASF delivers a new mode of action for weed control in field peas

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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
January 13, 2009

BASF Canada has received registration for VIPER® herbicide from the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). With this registration, field pea growers have a new broad-spectrum herbicide that delivers a new way to control weeds in field peas.

“Weeds have a powerful new enemy and peas have a new ally,” stated Chris Vander Kant, brand manager for Western herbicides for BASF Canada. “Proven by its performance in 29 GrowForwardTM Yield Challenge sites across Western Canada this past summer, VIPER delivers terrific control of both grasses and broadleaf weeds with unprecedented rotational freedom.”

VIPER has a new mode action which delivers solid weed resistance management, for both contact and systemic weed control. As a result, this herbicide controls resistant biotypes of wild mustard and volunteer canola. VIPER also has strong activity on resistant biotypes of kochia.

“The VIPER did very well on everything, it was probably the cleanest peas we had,” said Mike Adelman, a grower from Strasbourg, Saskatchewan. “We’ll definitely be using VIPER again next year and a lot more acres of it.”

VIPER, which is registered for all soil zones across Western Canada, also offers excellent rotational freedom. The year following an application of VIPER, pea growers have the ability to seed any type of canola (including CLEARFIELD® XCEED™ canola), canary seed, chickpeas, corn, lentils (including CLEARFIELD varieties), durum wheat, flax, spring barley, spring wheat, sunflowers (including CLEARFIELD varieties), field peas and tame oats.

VIPER controls such broadleaf weeds as cow cockle, green smartweed, lamb’s-quarters, redroot pigweed, shepherd’s-purse, stinkweed, volunteer canola (including CLEARFIELD canola), volunteer lentils (including CLEARFIELD lentils) and wild mustard, including resistant biotypes. It also provides strong activity against cleavers, wild buckwheat and kochia, including resistant biotypes.

In addition to wild oats, including resistant biotypes, VIPER controls barnyard grass, green foxtail (wild millet), Persian darnel, volunteer barley, volunteer canary seed, volunteer durum wheat, volunteer spring wheat (excluding CLEARFIELD wheat), volunteer tame oats and yellow foxtail. VIPER also provides suppression of Japanese Brome grass.

“VIPER is another example of a made-for-Canada innovation from BASF,” continued Vander Kant. “We’re committed to helping growers get the most from every acre and VIPER reaffirms that commitment.”

For more information on VIPER visit agsolutions.ca and www.yieldchallenge.ca 

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

BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical 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. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com

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AgSolutions, CLEARFIELD and VIPER are registered trademarks and GrowForward is a trademark of BASF.

 

 

 

 

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