Dow AgroSciences has entered into a non-exclusive sublicensing deal with the US Donald Danforth Plant Science Center for the use of gene expression technology in the development of genetically modified disease-resistant cassava. The technology was developed by the US Scripps Research Institute and licensed exclusively to Dow. The Danforth group is developing cassava with resistance to cassava mosaic virus and cassava brown streak disease. Dow began collaborating on the project group in early ...

Monsanto has entered into an agreement with US agrochemical company American Vanguard (Los Angeles, California) to market Amvac’s post-emergence maize herbicide, Impact (BASF’s topramezone), as part of the Roundup Ready Plus programme. Monsanto recommends the use of certain third-party products with its Roundup (glyphosate) brands to tackle glyphosate resistance in Roundup Ready crops. It already has deals with Sumitomo Chemical subsidiary Valent USA Corporation, Makhteshim-Agan Industries and ...

Syngenta has entered into an agreement with the US seed company, Beck’s Superior Hybrids (Atlanta, Indiana), to market Syngenta’s genetically modified insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant Agrisure maize hybrids under the new Phoenix brand. The hybrids will be available for the 2012 planting season. The move is aimed at increasing access to Syngenta’s maize germplasm and traits, particularly in the eastern Corn Belt, the company says. Beck’s was among the first seed companies to produce and ...

The South African Competition Tribunal has agreed to a public hearing on DuPont seed subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred’s appeal against the national authorities’ rejection of its takeover bid of seed company Pannar Seed. The Competition Commission blocked the proposed acquisition of the Greytown-based company over competition concerns for the hybrid maize market in the country (Agrow No 606, p 23). The request for review includes the business’s position that the transaction will increase, not lessen, ...

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The UK agrochemical development company, Eden Research (Finstock, Oxfordshire), has entered into a regional licensing agreement with Environmental Solutions North Africa (ESNA) for Eden’s terpene-based pesticides. The deal covers professional applications in Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. ESNA has agreed to pay Eden £170,000 ($255,000) plus royalty payments once sales begin. ESNA will bear the cost of obtaining product registrations, which will benefit from ...