date:Jun 12, 2014
BASF has announced the development of a new herbicide-tolerant rice system. The Provisia Rice System will provide a new tool for post-emergence control of a broad range of grass weeds, including ALS-resistant grasses, weedy rice and red rice. It has been developed through traditional breeding techniques.
Registration is anticipated as early as 2016 in the U.S., with other countries to follow.
The new system is comprised of Provisia seed containing the Provisia trait, which allows farmers to sa