American Vanguard Corp. announces that its subsidiary, AMVAC Chemical Corp., has entered into an exclusive, multi-year agreement with BASF to develop, register and commercialize topramezone, a new herbicide for post-emergent use in corn in North America.American Vanguard Vanguard Any of three unmanned U.S. experimental satellites. Vanguard I (1958), the second U.S. satellite placed in orbit around Earth (after Explorer 1), was a tiny 3.25-lb (1.47-kg) sphere with two radio transmitters. Corp. announces that its subsidiary, AMVAC Chemical Corp., has entered into an exclusive, multi-year agreement with BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida to develop, register and commercialize topramezone, a new herbicide herbicide (hr`bəsīd'), chemical compound that kills plants or inhibits their normal growth. A herbicide in a particular formulation and application can be described as selective or nonselective. for post-emergent use in corn in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . BASF submitted the registration data package for the product to the U.S. and Canadian registration authorities in 2003 and the approvals are expected in 2005. Assuming the registrations are approved, AMVAC plans to enter the market for the spring 2006 season. Under the agreement, BASF would supply the product to AMVAC. |
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