Influencing the plant physiology

The plant hormone system is responsible for a wide variety of physiological effects that are crucial factors for the success or failure of crop management. Influencing the plant physiology in order to effectively utilize or protect the natural yield potential of a crop is a century old practice. Bayer CropScience is one of the leading companies in the plant growth regulator (PGR) market.

Our main active ingredients are ethephon, thidiazuron, cyclanilide and tribufos. To view the complete list of our products and active ingredients, click the drop-down menu below. More detailed product information is available at the respective country websites.

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With this diverse plant growth regulators product range from a single source, Bayer CropScience is able to supply farmers with effective tools and with comprehensive technical advise. Cotton, cereals and fruits are the main areas of application for our plant growth regulators, which provide highly effective solutions to many aspects of crop management. These can include

preconditioning of cotton crops for effective boll opening
even and accelerated boll opening in cotton crops
defoliation and re-growth control in cotton crops to facilitate mechanical harvesting
lodging control in cereal crops by shortening and stabilizing the plant
inducing even and accelerated blossom in fruit- and vegetable crops
inducing even maturation in fruit- and vegetable crops
inducing thinning in top fruit for quality enhancement purposes
improving setting and increasing size in fruit.

Reasearch is still ongoing, and our product portfolio serves as a good basis to provide the market with new plant growth regulators or new plant growth regulator combinations.

Note: Market share statements refer to the financial business year ended December 31, 2008.

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[ last update: Monday, February 15, 2010 ]

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