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New registration for Plateau(R) herbicide solves grass weed problems for Bermudagrass growers -- Only product to control grass weeds in Bermudagrass pastures

Raleigh, North Carolina
December 28,  2001

For the first time ever, growers of high-quality bermudagrass can now selectively control problem grass weeds such as crabgrass, sandbur, Johnsongrass and vaseygrass in bermudagrass pastures and hay production meadows.

Plateau(R) herbicide, from BASF, is now registered for selective grass and broadleaf weed control in bermudagrass pastures and hay fields. This product selectively controls a broad range of summer annual and perennial grasses, while providing residual control for later flushes.

"For far too long, farmers and ranchers who grow high quality bermudagrass had to accept grass weeds as a fact of life because there were few control alternatives," said Mike Tweedy, Marketing Manager for BASF. "That's not the case anymore. Plateau will promote a purer stand of bermudagrass by selectively controlling grass weeds."

Among the grass and sedge weeds that Plateau controls are large crabgrass, rhizome and seedling Johnsongrass, sandbur, yellow and purple nutsedge and broadleaf signalgrass.

In addition, Plateau(R) herbicide offers flexible application timing to control summer annual or perennial weeds. Bermudagrass growth will be suppressed after an application of Plateau, however, the result will be a purer stand of high-quality bermudagrass.

There are no grazing restrictions following application. There is a 7-day haying restriction.

For more information about Plateau, contact BASF at (800) 545-9525 or visit www.vmanswers.com. Look for more information regarding Plateau in the coming weeks and months.

The BASF Agricultural Products business in North America, Specialty Products Department, markets a wide range of innovative products and active ingredients for the forestry, turf, ornamental, pest control, and industrial vegetation markets. Its headquarters are in Research Triangle Park, N.C. It is a unit of the BASF Global Agricultural Products Division located in Mount Olive, N.J. The BASF Specialty Products Department can also be found on the Internet at www.vmanswers.com

Always read and follow label directions.
Plateau is a registered trademark of BASF.

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