BASF, Monsanto Pair Up On Dicamba-Based Technologies

Matt Hopkins Posted by Matt Hopkins|20 April 2009

Germany’s BASF Corp and US-based Monsanto Company have announced a joint-licensing agreement through which they plan to accelerate the development of the next-generation of dicamba-based weed control products. The R&D divisions of both companies will work to develop new or improved dicamba formulations for use with Roundup- and dicamba-resistant crops.

BASF is currently the largest provider of dicamba and dicamba-based solutions. Monsanto is working to develop dicamba-resistant soybean and
cotton products to combine with its current Roundup Ready products. Sean Gardner, Monsanto’s Global Chemistry lead, says: “Combining a second type of herbicide resistance with Roundup Ready technology would offer growers multiple tools for weed control though the use of Roundup, dicamba, or combinations of both herbicides.”

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