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Lonza: Formulations for a Changing Market

Date：May. 25, 2017 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

As the choice and variety of active substances dwindles, formulation chemists are finding themselves cast into the front line—plant protection product manufact...
Exosect: Formulation Innovation is Today’s R&D Challenge

Date：May. 24, 2017 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

A number of major factors are affecting research and development (R&D) in crop protection products. These include an increasingly harsh regulatory environment a...
Dow Crop Defense: Stand Out in the Field with Dow

Date：May. 24, 2017 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

“Dow Chemical has been serving the agrochemical industry for decades, and about two years ago we officially launched a dedicated business, Dow Crop Defense, as...
Clariant and Huntsman announce $14bn chemicals merger

Date：May. 23, 2017 Category：Companies

Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) and Clariant (SIX: CLN) recently announced that their Boards of Directors unanimously approved a definitive agreement to combin...

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Dow Chemical (China) Investment Co. Ltd, Industrial Solution
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AkzoNobel building India MCA plant; eyes China expansion

Date：May. 18, 2017 Category：Companies

AkzoNobel has started construction of a 32,000 tonne/year monochloroacetic acid (MCA) plant in Gujarat, India, and will look at further expanding its capacity i...
VRC Technologies received growth equity investment from Cimbria Capital

Date：May. 18, 2017 Category：Companies
VRC Technologies, Inc.

VRC Technologies, a Texas-based chemical formulations, manufacturing and distribution company, recently announced receipt of a growth equity investment led by C...
Monsanto introduces new glyphosate formulation Ecoplug Max

Date：May. 8, 2017 Category：Products
Monsanto Company

Removal of stumps and tree clearance is now easier and more efficient in a wider range of situations with a new formulation for Monsanto's Ecoplug Max.

Tags:Glyphosate
Vive Crop Protection adds Jim Jones, ex-USEPA, to its Board of Directors

Date：May. 4, 2017 Category：Companies

Vive Crop Protection recently added Jim Jones to its Board of Directors, effective May 2, 2017. Before joining Vive, Jim was Assistant Administrator for the Off...

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Global agricultural colorants market to reach $ 2 Billion by 2022

Date：May. 2, 2017 Category：Markets

The agricultural colorants market is estimated at USD 1.63 Billion in 2017, and is projected to reach USD 2.03 Billion by 2022.

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BASF said to prefer crop chemical deals over AkzoNobel Unit bid

Date：May. 2, 2017 Category：Companies
BASF SE

BASF SE won’t aggressively pursue a bid for Akzo Nobel NV’s chemical division, and will instead prioritize deals in agrochemicals, according to people with kn...
Imperial said to explore sale of German agrochemical-ingredient business

Date：Apr. 28, 2017 Category：Companies
Schirm GmbH

Imperial Holdings Ltd. is exploring a potential sale of an agrochemical-ingredient business based in Germany that may be worth about 150 million euros ($163 mil...
PPG offers €24.6bn takeover bid for rival AkzoNobel

Date：Apr. 27, 2017 Category：Companies
Nouryon (The former AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals)

U.S. paint maker PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) have ramped up the pressure by raising the proposed offer to AkzoNobel (AMS:AKZA) on Monday to €26.9 billion.

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PSP completes repricing of $1.93 billion of term loans; further reduces estimated annual interest expense by $22 million

Date：Apr. 19, 2017 Category：Companies
Platform Specialty Products Corporation

Platform Specialty Products Corporation (NYSE:PAH) ("Platform"), a global specialty chemicals company, announced recently that it successfully completed the rep...
Agrochemicals – Using particle sizing to develop green pesticides

Date：Apr. 18, 2017 Category：Products

In 2015, the global agricultural chemical market was estimated to be worth $214 billion. By 2020, this market is projected to grow to $250 billion due to the in...
Wilbur-Ellis Introduces AdvantiGro Plant Growth Regulator

Date：Apr. 6, 2017 Category：Products
Wilbur-Ellis

Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness launches its AdvantiGro Plant Growth Regulator (PGR) in Texas.
Researcher found spray adjuvant enhances virus control in potatoes

Date：Apr. 4, 2017 Category：Science&Research

Using an adjuvant with a pyrethroid insecticide can improve control of a key virus in potato crops by nearly 20%, according to Dutch research.
Exosect signs first formulation out-licence deal, out-licenses Entostat enabled dual formulation for agrochemical sector

Date：Mar. 14, 2017 Category：Companies
Exosect Limited

Exosect Ltd. recently announced that it has signed its first commercial agreement with a leading agrochemical company. The formulation, uses Exosect’s propriet...

Tags:Collaboration
Precision Laboratories partners with Monsanto to offer Intact™ drift reduction agent in Roundup Ready PLUS® Crop Management Solutions

Date：Mar. 7, 2017 Category：Companies
Precision Laboratories, Inc.

Precision Laboratories announces a partnership with Monsanto to include an adjuvant in Roundup Ready PLUS® Crop Management Solutions. Intact™ drift reduction...

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Vive building deep pipeline of products to expand crop protection possibilities

Date：Mar. 7, 2017 Category：Companies
Vive Crop Protection

It has been a good year for Vive Crop Protection. The 2016 field results are very positive, there is a new facility in the works and the EPA has approved regist...

Tags:Nematicides Registration
Delta Technology Holdings continues to expand revenues from core client base

Date：Feb. 23, 2017 Category：Companies
Delta Technology Holdings Limited

Delta Technology Holdings Limited (DELT), a manufacturer and seller of specialty chemicals, recently announced that it is increasing both the number of core cli...
Exosect scientist offers first look at sprayable formulation of systemic herbicide

Date：Feb. 17, 2017 Category：Companies
Exosect Limited

Exosect researcher, Kristi Thomas, provided representatives from the agricultural industry with a preliminary insight into an Entostat® enabled sprayable formu...
Oxiteno USA names new COO to build plant in Texas

Date：Feb. 8, 2017 Category：Companies
OXITENO

As part of the investment plan announced in November 2015 to expand its activities and increase its capacity to serve clients in the region, Oxiteno appointed T...

Tags:People Investment & Expansion
Rizobacter launched a new special adjuvant for graminicides

Date：Feb. 6, 2017 Category：Products
Rizobacter

In recent years Rizobacter has gained positions in the adjuvants market thanks to its growing range of innovative adjuvants and the increasing demand for the pr...
Talc USA expands licence agreement for Exosect's seed planting and fluency technology

Date：Jan. 27, 2017 Category：Companies
Exosect Limited

Exosect Ltd. announced that it has increased the scope of its licence agreement with Talc USA for its patented Entostat® enabled fluency and dust reduction tec...
New formulas may lessen illegal herbicide use

Date：Jan. 23, 2017 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Area cotton and soybean farmers will have appropriate dicamba herbicides at their disposal this growing season, but the new year also brings legislation and lit...
Imagine Chemistry: AkzoNobel launches global chemicals start-up challenge

Date：Jan. 19, 2017 Category：Companies
Nouryon (The former AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals)

AkzoNobel is launching Imagine Chemistry, an exciting opportunity to partner with start-up firms, students, research groups and career scientists from across th...

Tags:Collaboration Application & Technology
AkzoNobel and Atul to set up Indian MCA partnership

Date：Dec. 13, 2016 Category：Companies

AkzoNobel and Atul have announced their intention to jointly invest in the production of monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in India, which will include setting up a w...

Tags:Collaboration
Evonik launches BREAK THRU® DA 647 dispersant as multi-functional additive for pesticide formulations

Date：Nov. 24, 2016 Category：Products

German specialty chemicals company Evonik recently introduced a unique, non-ionic dispersant BREAK-THRU® DA 647 especially suited for SC, SE and FS formulation...

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Croda opens office in Iran

Date：Nov. 8, 2016 Category：Companies
Croda Crop Care

Croda, who create, make and sell innovative, sustainable, high performance speciality chemicals that are relied on by industries and consumers everywhere, celeb...

Tags:Investment & Expansion
Exosect reveals latest formulation advancement with novel delivery of beneficial bacteria

Date：Nov. 8, 2016 Category：Companies
Exosect Limited

Exosect Ltd. has announced that it has made a ground-breaking step forward in its formulation expertise with the successful delivery of bacteria using its propr...

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Discussion

: Investment & Expansion

Syngenta to build first herbicide plant in Russia for $25 mn
FMC Canada opens new head office in Mississauga, Ontario

Syngenta to build first herbicide plant in Russia for $25 mn
FMC Canada opens new head office in Mississauga, Ontario

: Registration & Launch

Brazil Anvisa approves Corteva's herbicide Rinskor
Sipcam's Coastal Herbicide registered in US

Brazil Anvisa approves Corteva's herbicide Rinskor
Sipcam's Coastal Herbicide registered in US

: Collaborations & Licences

Corteva Agriscience and John Deere invest in technology solutions and tools to help African farmers improve
BASF’s xarvio Digital Farming Solutions announces new digital collaboration with Nutrien Ag Solutions

Corteva Agriscience and John Deere invest in technology solutions and tools to help African farmers improve
BASF’s xarvio Digital Farming Solutions announces new digital collaboration with Nutrien Ag Solutions

: Mergers & Acquisitions

Wilbur-Ellis Acquires Ag Services, Inc.
Gowan Group acquires Brazilian Company Cross Link

Wilbur-Ellis Acquires Ag Services, Inc.
Gowan Group acquires Brazilian Company Cross Link

: Sales Performance

Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018
Sumitomo Chemical's Health and Crop Sciences segment sales down in FY 2018

Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018
Sumitomo Chemical's Health and Crop Sciences segment sales down in FY 2018

Answer

: What options/alternatives farmers in China have replacing paraquat? Are there other useful herbicdes, i.e. diquat, glufosinate (which others) that can cover this gap? Would the replacements be related to higher costs as well? What crop protection startegies would farmers adapt replacing paraquat?

1 Like 1 AnswersSir, thanks for question. For weed control, Glyphosate and Glufosinate are the main options while many other broad spectrum herbicides also ...All

: Asian soybean rust is the most important disease in soybean, the yield loss being from 10% to 90%, dependent on the geographical region where the disease was reported. What are the key points in controlling Asian rust?

The use of an efficient product since the beginning of the soy cycle is one of the most important decisions for growers after the crop impla...All