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Bayer CropScience milestones
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2008
Spirotetramat – New insecticidal active ingredient Spirotetramat launched in the United States and Canada as first key markets (Movento®).
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2008
Pyrasulfotole – Herbicidal active ingredient with a new mode of action for the control of a broad range of dicotyledonous weeds in cereals introduced in Canada, Australia and the USA (Infinity™, Huskie®, Precept®).
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2007
Tembotrione - Bayer CropScience receives first regulatory approval for its new active ingredient tembotrione in Austria (Laudis®)
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2007
Acquisition of Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Co. (Cotton seed)
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2007
Flubendiamide - New insecticidal active ingredient Flubendiamide granted regulatory approval in major Asian markets
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2006
Two acquisitions advance Bayer CropScience’s US cotton platform: Assets of California Planting Cotton Seed (CPCSD), Bakerfield, California. Assets of Reliance Genetics, Harlington Texas
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2006
Bayer CropScience acquires rights to FMC Corporation´s insecticides discovery pipeline.
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2006
O-TEQ® - New formulation technology for insecticides from Bayer CropScience for enhanced plant protection.
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2005
Fluopicolide - first registrations for the new downy mildew fungicide fluopicolide in the UK and China
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2005
Acquisition of Associated Farmers Delinting, Littlefield, Texas
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2005
Odesi® - Launch of an innovative formulation technology for herbicides based on oil dispersion launched.
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2004
Acquisition of Crompton Corporation’s 50% holding in the Gustafson seed treatment company in order to achieve full ownership.
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2004
Inauguration of the new plant biotechnology innovation center in Gent, Belgium.
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2004
Prothioconazole – an innovative fungicide successfully launched under the brand name Proline®.
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2003
Clothianidin – a new insecticidal seed treatment compound launched under the brand name Poncho®.
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2002
Bayer CropScience formed through Bayer's acquisition of Aventis CropScience.
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2001
Mikado® (sulcotrione) herbicide and Flint® (trifloxystrobin) fungicide line acquired by Bayer Crop Protection.
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2000
Aventis CropScience formed through merger of AgrEvo and Rhône-Poulenc Agro.
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1999
Proagro, based in Gurgaon (India), acquired by AgrEvo.
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1996
Plant Genetic Systems (PGS) research center in Gent (Belgium) acquired by AgrEvo.



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