Research & Innovation
Research at Bayer CropScience
In 2011, €723 million, or roughly 25 percent of the Bayer Group’s research and development budget, was spent at Bayer CropScience.
Major areas of focus – apart from crop protection research – include seeds and plant traits, the main aim here being to improve the agronomic characteristics and quality of crop plants. The technologies employed in this area comprise all the tools required to improve important crops such as cotton, canola and rice for producers and industry partners – from the identification of a target gene to the development of a plant.
Crop Protection: Six new Substances until 2012: Peak Sales Potenial of more than 1 Billion €
Topical examples of active ingredients from research at Bayer CropScience are:
New active ingredient
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Major brand name
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Use
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Planned launch
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Isotianil
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Routine™
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Fungicide, effective against rice blast
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Successfully launched in Japan & Korea in 2010
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Fluopyram
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Luna™
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Developed to combat problematic plant diseases caused by fungal pathogens
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2010/2011
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Bixafen
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Aviator™ Xpro™
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Recently registred in the UK and in Germany, a new cereal fungicide for foliar application
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2011
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Bacillus fimus*
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Votivo™
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For use as a seed treatment, a new addition to our portfolio to combat nematodes
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Will be available in the US for the 2011 growing season
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Indaziflam
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Specticle™
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Effective against a broad spectrum of difficult-to-control weeds and grasses
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First registration recently granted in the US
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Penflufen
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Evergol™
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For the worldwide use as seed treatment on crops such as soybean, corn, potato, canola, rice and cereals
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Launch is scheduled for 2012 onwards
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* Biological control agent; ** Subject to regulatory approval
Bayer's Perspective on Innovation 2010
Well-prepared BioScience Pipeline set to bring new seed varieties with improved traits to Market until 2016
Topical examples of Seeds & Traits from research at Bayer CropScience are:
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Cotton (brand: FiberMax™, Stoneville™): Superior fiber quality, high lint yield and adapted variety product lines per geography and industrial use;
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Oilseeds (brand: InVigor™): Hybrid vigor resulting in top yields, superior agronomic characteristics, (crop establishment, plant size, disease tolerance, overall environmental response), vigorous early season growth, competes aggressively against weeds and uniform growth;
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Rice (brand: Arize™): hybrid rice seeds offering superior yield advantage at high quality; new variety with resistance against bacterial leaf blight;
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Vegetables (Nunhems): examples representing the success of our research and breeding efforts in vegetables seeds like the ‘world’s first non-leaking tomato’, melons with enhanced flavor, long-storage onions, high-yielding cucumber plants.
Further information on research at Bayer CropScience can be found in our research scientific magazine: