BASF’s Xemium Receives Brazil Registration

Posted by |1 October 2013

BASF has received registration approval from Brazilian authorities for Xemium, its latest carboxamide fungicide.

Orkestra is the first Xemium-based product to be commercialized in Brazil. Orkestra, which combines two active ingredients (Xemium and F500), will help growers to combat Asian soybean rust, one of the most damaging threats to soybean yields, according to BASF.

“We are pleased that Xemium is now available to Brazilian soybean growers, which means that we deliver on our promise to offer novel solutions to those growers who ensure the global availability of soybeans,” said Rolf Reinecke, Vice President, Global Strategic Marketing Fungicides, BASF Crop Protection. “We will keep investing in this and other areas of fungicide research so that we can continue helping growers increase the quality and quantity of their yields.”

Xemium-based products are planned to be launched in more than 100 crops in 50 countries around the globe. BASF expects Xemium to achieve more than $677 million in sales, further strengthening its position in the fungicide market.