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Corteva’s approach to sustainable weed control

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Controlling weeds

Weeds compete with crops for nutrients, moisture and sunlight and can limit productivity. Farmers need choices of sustainable weed control solutions that work for their geography, crop rotation and management practices. Corteva is delivering a range of products that are effective and can provide environmental and sustainability benefits.

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Our commitment

We are committed to delivering innovative solutions, driven by investment in research & development. Offering choices of weed control systems and expanding access to advanced technology like Enlist® weed control system gives farmers the tools they need to control costly weeds, and enable no or low-till farming practices where appropriate.

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Integrated Pest Management

Integrated pest management strategies minimize environmental impact of pest control practices and maximize opportunities for farmers to improve economic return on crops. IPM gives farmers options to choose solutions for their situation.

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Seed solutions

Corteva offers a complete portfolio of biotechnology and native trait solutions to help control weeds tailored to farmer’s crops, geographies and management practices, providing the flexibility and efficiency they need to boost crop quality and yields.

 

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Corteva offers a complete portfolio of biotechnology and native trait solutions to help control weeds tailored to farmer’s crops, geographies and management practices, providing the flexibility and efficiency they need to boost crop quality and yields.

 

To see what’s available in your geography, select your location in our location finder.

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Looking ahead in sustainable weed control solutions

Corteva is driving sustainable innovation in weed control solutions with a strong Research & Development pipeline that includes additional choices for weed management.

 

A collaboration agreement with BASF announced in 2022 will also provide additional weed control options to growers. BASF will license its proprietary PPO (protoporphyrinogen oxidase) gene for herbicide tolerance to Corteva to develop a new herbicide-tolerant trait stack. The stack of four herbicide tolerant traits is expected to be available in all Corteva seed brands and Corteva anticipates licensing the new trait stack to independent seed companies. Both companies plan to offer exclusive and proprietary germplasm options with the stack, enabling farmers to work with their preferred seed supplier and route to market.

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Corteva is driving sustainable innovation in weed control solutions with a strong Research & Development pipeline that includes additional choices for weed management.

 

A collaboration agreement with BASF announced in 2022 will also provide additional weed control options to growers. BASF will license its proprietary PPO (protoporphyrinogen oxidase) gene for herbicide tolerance to Corteva to develop a new herbicide-tolerant trait stack. The stack of four herbicide tolerant traits is expected to be available in all Corteva seed brands and Corteva anticipates licensing the new trait stack to independent seed companies. Both companies plan to offer exclusive and proprietary germplasm options with the stack, enabling farmers to work with their preferred seed supplier and route to market.

Longer-term agreements between BASF and Corteva are also in place to develop an additional soybean trait package that includes tolerance to BASF’s Liberty and PPO herbicides, Corteva’s Enlist herbicides, glyphosate and another, entirely new herbicide mode of action under development by BASF. BASF will develop a new trait stack for soybeans which provides tolerance to five herbicide groups, including Corteva’s cross-licensed 2,4-D gene, offering growers unprecedented control of resistant weeds. This longer-term approach from both companies will provide competitive alternatives for soybean farmers well into the 2040s.

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