BASF, Nunhems Enter Onion Seed Treatment Agreement
2 September 2009 BASF Corp. has announced an exclusive seed treatment collaboration with Nunhems, the vegetable seed business of Bayer CropScience, reports Fresh Plaza. Under the agreement, Nunhems will have exclusive use of BASF’s Coronet fungicide seed treatment on onion seeds in the US. Financial details of the contract, which took effect on August 26, 2009, were not disclosed.
Coronet, a new class of chemistry in the seed treatment market with the introduction of Boscalid from the carboxamide family of chemistry, also contains Pyraclostrobin, the same active ingredient found in BASF’s top-selling Plant Health fungicide, Headline.
“Expanding the seed treatment footprint is part of BASF’s ongoing growth strategy,” said Mark Shillingford, Regional Marketing/Global Key Account Manager, Seed Solutions, BASF. “Today marks an exciting time of firsts for Coronet seed treatment. This is the first time we are using the carboxamide class of chemistry on a seed treatment product as well as BASF’s first entry into the vegetable seed treatment industry. There is no other seed treatment with this class of chemistry available and we’re proud to collaborate with Nunhems to deliver this new tool to growers.”
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