Arvesta Corporation, San Francisco, Calif., announces the acquisition of EVEREST[R] Herbicide from Bayer CropScience of Monheim, Germany, conditioned upon approval by the Federal Trade Commission and the Canadian Competition Bureau. (Marketing News).
Arvesta Corporation, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif., announces the acquisition of EVEREST[R] 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. from Bayer CropScience of Monheim, Germany, conditioned upon approval by the Federal Trade Commission and the Canadian Competition Bureau. EVEREST is a selective post-emergence herbicide for early-season control of wild oats oats, cereal plants of the genus Avena of the family Gramineae (grass family). Most species are annuals of moist temperate regions. The early history of oats is obscure, but domestication is considered to be recent compared to that of the other , green foxtail and other grassy weeds in spring wheat, durum wheat durum wheat: see wheat. and winter wheat. The sale of EVEREST is part of the requirements to which Bayer CropScience agreed with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Canadian Competition Bureau as a condition of approval for Bayer to acquire Aventis CropScience.
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