DuPont Crop Protection reaches an agreement with Valent U.S.A. to access flumioxazin to create new combination herbicide products for soybeans.DuPont Crop Protection reaches an agreement with Valent U.S.A. to access flumioxazin to create new combination herbicide products for soybeans, to be marketed under the DuPont brand. With its patented blending technology, DuPont will use flumioxazin to complement current products to produce offerings that meet customer needs. When blended with DuPont sulfonylurea sulfonylurea /sul·fo·nyl·urea/ (sul?fo-nil-u-re´ah) any of a class of compounds that exert hypoglycemic activity by stimulating the islet tissue to secrete insulin; used to control hyperglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus pre-emergence soybean soybean, soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant (Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia, where it has been products, flumioxazin will provide enhanced residual activity on key weeds, such as waterhemp, Palmer amaranth amaranth (ăm`ərănth') [Gr.,=unfading], common name for the Amaranthaceae (also commonly known as the pigweed family), a family of herbs, trees, and vines of warm regions, especially in the Americas and Africa. , black nightshade, common ragweed ragweed, any plant of the genus Ambrosia, coarse, weedy herbs belonging to the family Asteraceae (aster family), most of which are native to America. They have inconspicuous greenish flowers and soft subdivided leaves. , annual grasses, and other glyphosate-tolerant weeds. Pending registration, DuPont expects to have products in the market by spring 2008. |
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