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LibertyLink is a BASF-owned brand of genes for use in agriculture providing tolerance to Liberty herbicide and glufosinate (a.k.a. Liberty or Basta). The genes were developed by Bayer CropScience , before being sold to BASF Ag in late 2017.
[9] [10] Bayer's line of herbicide resistant rice is known as LibertyLink. [11] LibertyLink rice is resistant to glufosinate (the active chemical in Liberty herbicide). [10] Bayer CropScience is attempting to get their latest variety (LL62) approved for use in the EU. The strain is approved for use in the US but is not in large-scale use.
BASF has customers in over 190 countries and supplies products to a wide variety of industries. Despite its size and global presence, BASF has received relatively little public attention since it abandoned the manufacture and sale of BASF-branded consumer electronics products in the 1990s. [6] The company began as a dye manufacturer in 1865.
Glufosinate use in the USA in 2018. Glufosinate is a broad-spectrum herbicide that is used to control important weeds such as morning glories, hemp sesbania (Sesbania bispinosa), Pennsylvania smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum), and yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) similar to glyphosate.
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Transgenic maize containing a gene from the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis. Genetically modified maize is a genetically modified crop.Specific maize strains have been genetically engineered to express agriculturally-desirable traits, including resistance to pests and to herbicides.
The global headquarters of Bayer CropScience is located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. [167] [168] [169] Bayer CropScience Limited is the Indian subsidiary of Bayer AG. It is listed on the Indian stock exchanges; the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India, and has a market capitalization of $2 billion. [170]
American rice exports to Europe were interrupted in 2006 when the LibertyLink modification was found in commercial rice crops, although it had not been approved for release. [331] An investigation by the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) failed to determine the cause of the contamination.