US Patent Issued to BASF AGRO on July 21 for "Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,873, issued on July 21, was assigned to BASF AGRO B.V. (Arnhem, Netherlands).

"Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides" was invented by Jens Lerchl (Limburgerhof, Germany), Stefan Tresch (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Dario Massa (Limburgerhof, Germany), Tobias Seiser (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Matthias Witschel (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Raphael Aponte (Mannheim, Germany), Jill Marie Paulik (Durham, N.C.) and Chad Brommer (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a p...