Game-changing product innovations in the past, present, and future
Over the past century, smart Bayer scientists have repeatedly discovered new classes of chemistry to enhance seed treatment efficacy and avoid the risk of diseases becoming resistant to over-used active ingredients.
In recent decades, three discoveries have been particularly significant: Imidacloprid, a real game-changer in seed-applied insecticides; Clothianidin, another neonicotinoid game-changer, the first seed treatment to provide high efficacy control of corn root worm, as well as providing outstanding early-season protection against sucking and biting pests; and innovative active ingredients from the azole class of chemicals.