Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina
August 7, 2008
BASF Turf & Ornamentals today
announced the launch of Onetime™ herbicide, featuring a
combination of new liquid-quinclorac-based Drive® XLR8 herbicide
from BASF with MCPP-P and dicamba for control of more than 70
annual broadleaf and grassy weeds.
Onetime herbicide is a soluble liquid formation that controls
challenging weeds, including crabgrass, foxtail, kikuyugrass,
clover, dandelion, henbit, spurge and torpedograss. It is
labeled for use on golf courses, residential and commercial
lawns, athletic fields, parks, playgrounds, cemeteries and
school grounds.
Its Drive XLR8 component provides fast entry into the plant,
rainfastness in 30 minutes and more effective and consistent
control of grassy and broadleaf weeds than other products .
Onetime can be tank mixed with most other commonly used
products, including pendimethalin-based Pendulum® herbicide to
enhance residual control. Onetime does not contain 2, 4-D.
Turf tolerance for Onetime includes both cool- and warm-season
grasses, such as perennial ryegrass, creeping bentgrass,
Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue, creeping red fescue,
zoysiagrass, hybrid bermudagrass, buffalograss and seashore
paspalum.
For more information about BASF Turf & Ornamentals visit
www.betterturf.com and
www.betterplants.com,
or visit our blog at
www.basfturftalk.com.
About the Crop Protection Division
With sales of €3,137 million in 2007, BASF’s Crop Protection
division is a leader in crop protection and a strong partner to
the farming industry providing well-established and innovative
fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Farmers use these
products and services to improve crop yields and crop quality.
Other uses include public health, structural/urban pest control,
turf and ornamental plants, vegetation management, and forestry.
BASF aims to turn knowledge rapidly into market success. The
vision of BASF’s Crop Protection division is to be the world’s
leading innovator, optimizing agricultural production, improving
nutrition, and thus enhancing the quality of life for a growing
world population. Further information can be found on the web at
www.agro.basf.com.
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virtually all industries to be more successful.
With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF
plays an important role in finding answers to global challenges,
such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and
mobility. BASF has more than 95,000 employees and posted sales
of almost €58 billion in 2007. BASF shares are traded on the
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Drive and Pendulum are registered trademarks of BASF. Onetime is
a trademark of BASF. |
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