Patents Assigned to BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.
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Patent number: 10017827Abstract: Herbicide resistant sunflower plants comprising two different herbicide-resistant alleles of the sunflower acetohydroxyacid synthase large subunit 1 (AHASL1) gene are described. Methods for making these sunflower plants and methods for controlling weeds or other undesired vegetation growing in the vicinity of these sunflower plants are disclosed. Such methods involve the use of acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting herbicides. Methods for controlling parasitic weeds growing on sunflower plants are also described. Additionally provided are methods for determining the genotype of sunflower plants for AHASL1 gene.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignees: Nidera S.A., BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.Inventors: Carlos Sala, Mariano Bulos, Sherry R. Whitt, Brigitte J. Weston, Bijay K. Singh, Adriana M. Echarte
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Patent number: 9961848Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic AHAS-inhibiting herbicide resistant soybean plants are provided. Event 127 soybean plants having a mutated AHAS coding sequence which imparts tolerance to an AHAS-inhibiting herbicide are provided. The event 127 soybean plants having the event 127 nucleic acid molecule at the identified chromosomal location comprises genomic/transgene junctions having at least the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:5 and/or 6. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the event 127 provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the event 127 soybean plants are provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignees: Empresa Brasileira De Pesquisa Agropecuaria-Embrapa, BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.Inventors: Dale Carlson, Francisco Jose Lima Aragao, Carlos Alberto Arrabal Arias, Luiz Louzano, Bruce M. Luzzi, Tim Malefyt, Elibio Leopoldo Rech Filho, Siyuan Tan, Adolfo Ulbrich, Tadashi Yotsumoto, Ute Linemann
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Patent number: 9856538Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, kits, and primers for analyzing AHASL genes of plants, including wheat. The methods, kits, and primers of the present disclosure can make use of forward AHASL primers designed without use of software or other assay-design technology and can be used in a real-time PCR assay to determine the zygosity of AHASL genes encoding AHAS enzymes providing tolerance to AHAS enzyme inhibitors.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.Inventors: Sherry Whitt, Cory Rodgers
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Patent number: 9681661Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling parasitic weeds, comprising applying to the host plant, the weeds and/or their habitat herbicidal mixtures or compositions comprising one, two or three acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor(s) and one, two or three plant growth regulator(s) (PGR) which act as ethylene modulators. The present invention also relates to a method for improving the yield of the crop plant comprising applying to the host plant, and/or their habitat mixtures comprising components as defined herein. The present invention also relates to herbicidal mixtures comprising one, two or three acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor(s) selected from imazamox or tribenuron-methyl and one, two or three plant growth regulator(s) (PGR) selected from prohexadione, prohexadione-calcium, trinexapac or trinexapac-ethyl, compositions comprising said mixtures and their use for the control of parasitic weeds.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.Inventors: Matthias Pfenning, Hagen Bremer
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Publication number: 20160262386Abstract: The present invention relates to agricultural methods and the use of an insecticidal active carboxamide derivative in seed treatment and soil application methods. The insecticidal carboxamide derivative is highly suitable alone or in combination with other active agricultural ingredients for controlling animal pests such as insects and/or spider mites and/or nematodes by treating the soil/growth substrate by drenching or drip application or dipping or soil injection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.Inventors: Tatjana SIKULJAK, Markus GEWEHR, Anil MENON
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Publication number: 20160227771Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compound I an insecticidal active carboxamide derivative and at least one active compound II selected from a group M comprising acteylcholine esterase inhibitors, GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, sodium channel modulators, nicotinic acteylcholine receptor agonists/antagonists, allosteric nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activators, chloride channel activators, juvenile hormone mimics, homopteran feeding blockers, mit grow inhibitors, inhibitors of mitochondrial ATP synthase, uncouplers of the oxidative phosphorylation, inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis, moulting disruptors, ecdyson receptor agonists, octamin receptor agonists, inhibitors of the MET, voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers, inhibitors of the lipid synthesis, ryanodine receptor modulators and other compounds as defined in the description, in synergistically effective amounts.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.Inventors: Tatjana SIKULJAK, Markus GEWEHR
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Publication number: 20160222405Abstract: Herbicide resistant sunflower plants comprising two different herbicide-resistant alleles of the sunflower acetohydroxyacid synthase large subunit 1 (AHASL1) gene are described. Methods for making these sunflower plants and methods for controlling weeds or other undesired vegetation growing in the vicinity of these sunflower plants are disclosed. Such methods involve the use of acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting herbicides. Methods for controlling parasitic weeds growing on sunflower plants are also described. Additionally provided are methods for determining the genotype of sunflower plants for AHASL1 gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicants: BASF Agrochemical Products, B.V., Nidera S.A.Inventors: Carlos Alberto SALA, Mariano Bulos, Mariel Echarte, Bijay K. Singh, Brigette J. Weston, Sherry R. Whitt
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Publication number: 20160222404Abstract: Herbicide resistant sunflower plants comprising two different herbicide-resistant alleles of the sunflower acetohydroxyacid synthase large subunit 1 (AHASL1) gene are described. Methods for making these sunflower plants and methods for controlling weeds or other undesired vegetation growing in the vicinity of these sunflower plants are disclosed. Such methods involve the use of acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting herbicides. Methods for controlling parasitic weeds growing on sunflower plants are also described. Additionally provided are methods for determining the genotype of sunflower plants for AHASL1 gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicants: BASF Agrochemical Products, B.V., Nidera S.A.Inventors: Carlos Alberto SALA, Mariano Bulos, Mariel Echarte, Bijay K. Singh, Brigette J. Weston, Sherry R. Whitt
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Patent number: 9024114Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic AHAS-inhibiting herbicide resistant soybean plants are provided. Event 127 soybean plants having a mutated AHAS coding sequence which imparts tolerance to an AHAS-inhibiting herbicide are provided. The event 127 soybean plants having the event 127 nucleic acid molecule at the identified chromosomal location may comprise genomic/transgene junctions having at least the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and/or 6. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the event 127 provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the event 127 soybean plants are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2010Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignees: Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria—Embrapa, BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.Inventors: Dale Carlson, Francisco Jose Lima Aragao, Carlos Alberto Arrabal Arias, Luiz Louzano, Bruce M. Luzzi, Tim Malefyt, Elibio Leopoldo Rech Filho, Siyuan Tan, Adolfo Ulbrich, Tadashi Yotsumoto, Ute Linemann
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Publication number: 20140336051Abstract: A herbicidal composition comprising: a) a herbicide compound A, which is selected from the group of imidazolinones; and b) an adjuvant B, which is a surfactant selected from the groups b1 to b5: b1) a nonionic surfactant of the formula R1Xn and polyalkoxylated derivatives thereof, wherein R1 is selected from aliphatic or aromatic residues having at least eight carbon atoms; X is selected from hydroxy, —O—(C1-C6-alkyl), —O—(C3-C6-alkenyl), amine, amide, or ester; and n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; b2) an anionic surfactant of the formula R1Yn, wherein R1 is selected from aliphatic or aromatic residues having at least eight carbon atoms; Y is selected from carboxylate, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate, or phosphonate; and n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; b3) a cationic surfactant; b4) a zwitterionic surfactant; or b5) a polymeric surfactant; and wherein the weight ratio of the herbicide compound A and the adjuvant B is from 2:1 to 1:60; and the use of the said compositions for controlling undesirable vegetation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2012Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.Inventors: Gerhard Schnabel, Matthias Pfenning, Joerg Polzin, Hagen Bremer
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Publication number: 20120023601Abstract: Novel herbicide-resistant sunflower plants designated as MUT31 and herbicide-resistant descendents thereof are provided. The MUT31 sunflower plants and the herbicide-resistant descendents thereof comprise increased resistance to at least one imidazolinone herbicide, when compared to wild-type sunflower plants. Methods for controlling weeds in the vicinity of these herbicide-resistant sunflower plants and methods for increasing the herbicide-resistance of a sunflower plant are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2007Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicants: Advanta Seeds B.V., BASF Agrochemical Products B.V.Inventors: Alberto Javier Leon, Monica Mariel Morata, Andres Daniel Zambelli
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Publication number: 20110277051Abstract: Herbicide resistant sunflower plants comprising two different herbicide-resistant alleles of the sunflower acetohydroxyacid synthase large subunit 1 (AHASL1) gene are described. Methods for making these sunflower plants and methods for controlling weeds or other undesired vegetation growing in the vicinity of these sunflower plants are disclosed. Such methods involve the use of acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting herbicides. Methods for controlling parasitic weeds growing on sunflower plants are also described. Additionally provided are methods for determining the genotype of sunflower plants for AHASL1 gene.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2008Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicants: Nidera S.A., BASF Agrochemical Products, B.V.Inventors: Carlos Sala, Mariano Bulos, Sherry R. Whitt, Brigitte J. Weston, Adriana Mariel Echarte, Bijay K. Singh
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Publication number: 20110138503Abstract: Herbicide-resistant sunflower plants, isolated polynucleotides that encode herbicide resistant and wild type acetohydroxyacid synthase large subunit (AHASL) polypeptides, and the amino acid sequences of these polypeptides, are described. Expression cassettes and transformation vectors comprising the polynucleotides of the invention, as well as plants and host cells transformed with the polynucleotides, are described. Methods of using the polynucleotides to enhance the resistance of plants to herbicides, and methods for controlling weeds in the vicinity of herbicide-resistant plants are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicants: BASF Agrochemical Products B.V., Advanta Seeds B.V.Inventors: Alberto Javier Leon, Monica Mariel Morata, Andres D. Zambellim
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Patent number: 7807882Abstract: Herbicide-resistant sunflower plants, isolated polynucleotides that encode herbicide resistant and wild type acetohydroxyacid synthase large subunit (AHASL) polypeptides, and the amino acid sequences of these polypeptides, are described. Expression cassettes and transformation vectors comprising the polynucleotides of the invention, as well as plants and host cells transformed with the polynucleotides, are described. Methods of using the polynucleotides to enhance the resistance of plants to herbicides, and methods for controlling weeds in the vicinity of herbicide-resistant plants are also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2005Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignees: BASF Agrochemical Products B.V., Advanta Seeds B.V.Inventors: Alberto Javier Leon, Monica Mariel Morata, Andres D. Zambelli
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Publication number: 20090029860Abstract: The present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding polypeptides that confer upon a plant tolerance to an imidazolinone and/or other acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) inhibiting herbicide when expressed in the plant. The present invention also provides plants having increased tolerance to an imidazolinone and/or other AHAS-inhibiting herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes plants containing at least one IMI nucleic acid. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2005Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: BASF Agrochemical Products, B.V.Inventors: John Moffatt, Rob Bruns, Iwona Birk, Bijay Singh
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Publication number: 20070118920Abstract: Herbicide-resistant sunflower plants, isolated polynucleotides that encode herbicide-resistant and wild-type acetohydroxyacid synthase large subunit (AHASL) polypeptides, and the amino acid sequences of these polypeptides, are described. Expression cassettes and transformation vectors comprising the polynucleotides of the invention, as well as plants and host cells transformed with the polynucleotides, are described. Methods of using the polynucleotides to enhance the resistance of plants to herbicides, and methods for controlling weeds in the vicinity of herbicide-resistant plants are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2006Publication date: May 24, 2007Applicants: BASF Agrochemical Products B.V., Advanta Seeds B.V.Inventors: Alberto Javier Leon, Monica Mariel Morata, Christine Olungu