A new agreement between two public organizations and a private company is expected to generate a greater understanding of soybean rust.

Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, the University of Illinois, and the USDA Agriculture Research Service will work to identify the location of rust resistance genes within the soybean genome using genetic markers.

Soybean rust is a destructive disease currently prevalent in South America and other parts of the world. It is expected to reach the U.S. in 2004. Monsanto officials say they hope the collaborative research will lead to the development of soybean lines that are resistant to strains of soybean rust.

Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, IN, announces that the EPA has accepted the label for new WideMatch herbicide. The company says that this EPA acceptance came soon enough to allow product availability for the 2004 season.

WideMatch is a combination of the active ingredients fluroxypyr and clopyralid and, according to the company, consistently controls three tough weeds: kochia, Canada thistle and wild buckwheat. It also has shown effectiveness at controlling volunteer flax, common mallow, marestail, sunflowers and cocklebur.

For more information, visit www.WideMatch.com.

Bayer CropScience, Research Triangle Park, NC, announces that the EPA has registered Silverado Wild Oat herbicide for postemergence control of wild oat in wheat. Silverado contains the active ingredient mesosulfuronmethyl and also controls wild mustard, volunteer canola, green foxtail, Persian darnel and redroot pigweed. Also registered by the EPA is Osprey 4.5 WDG herbicide for postemergence control of Italian ryegrass, wild oat and a broad spectrum of weeds in winter wheat.

Sipcam Agro USA, Roswell, GA, has expanded its metolachlor product line with the addition of Stalwart herbicide. The new formulation is labeled for preemergence control of most annual grasses and small-seeded broadleaf weeds in a variety of crops, including cotton, peanuts, pod crops and soybeans.

According to the company, Stalwart is ideal for tank mixing with other herbicides as well as fluid fertilizers.

For more information, visit www.sipcamagrousa.com.

DuPont, Des Moines, IA, announces that a team of researchers from Pioneer Hi-Bred International, a DuPont subsidiary, has identified a gene found in guar and carob plants that produces “gum,” a key food additive.

Pioneer scientists successfully transferred the gene to soybeans, enabling the plants to manufacture a component of gum that could make the ingredient more readily available to the food industry in the future.

Gums are most commonly used in the food industry as additives that provide texture, prevent ice crystal formation, maintain crispness and retain moisture. The ability to produce gums in high-yielding commercial crops such as soybeans could provide benefits for food manufacturers by stabilizing the supply of this important food ingredient.

For more information, visit www.dupont.com.

Advanced Biological Marketing, Van Wert, OH, announces that America's Best Inoculant, its new soybean inoculant, is specified for use in all soybean growing conditions.

America's Best Inoculant uses a formulation of three unique strains of rhizobia bacteria to optimize nitrogen fixation for more vigorous plant growth and higher soybean yield, the company says. According to company officials, ABI is also easy to use and requires an average investment of $2/acre.

For more information, visit www.americasbestinoculant.com or www.abm1st.com.

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