Print This PageRoundup® Brand Herbicide Historical Highlights
Roundup® brand herbicide - Highlights
1960 – An Agricultural Division is formed within Monsanto
1970 – Dr. John Franz makes N-(Phosphonomethyl) glycine (glyphosate) for herbicide use.
1974 - Original Roundup® brand herbicide commercialized in Malaysia and the UK and registered for industrial use in the U.S.
1976 – Roundup commercialized for agricultural use in the U.S.
1978 – Molecular biology program started in ag research
1987 - First transgenic plants are field tested by Monsanto
1994 – Original Roundup® brand herbicide named by Farm Chemicals Magazine as one of the “Top Ten Products that Changed the Face of Agriculture”
1996 – Roundup Ready® soybeans are introduced
1996 – Roundup Ultra® herbicide labeled – First with “Transorb® Technology”
1996 – Roundup herbicides and its manufacturing processes earn the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development and the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award
2007 – Dr. John Franz is inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame for his invention of glyphosate
2007 – Roundup PowerMAX™ commercialized
Note: With respect to the time period prior to Sept. 1, 2000, references to Monsanto or the company refer to the agricultural business of Pharmacia Corporation, which was known as Monsanto Company until March 1, 2000.
