BASF, Nunhems Enter Into Agreement For New Onion Seed Treatment
August 27, 2009 BASF announced today an exclusive seed treatment collaboration with Nunhems, the vegetable seed business of Bayer CropScience. Under this agreement, Nunhems will have exclusive use of BASF’s Coronet fungicide seed treatment on onion seeds in the U.S. Financial details were not disclosed.
The launch of Coronet introduced a new class of chemistry to the seed treatment market with the introduction of Boscalid, from the carboxamide family of chemistry. Coronet also contains Pyraclostrobin, the same active ingredient found in BASF’s 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.”
The new BASF and Nunhems contract took effect on August 26.
Source: BASF press release
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