BISBAINE – Australia-based BSES Limited and DuPont struck a research, development and commercialization alliance to improve productivity and use of sugarcane varieties.
The agreement brings together DuPont’s extensive plant biotechnology expertise with BSES’s knowledge of sugarcane breeding, production and processing, according to DuPont. The alliance will focus on the development and delivery of technologies to improve current planting technology and agronomic practices to enable productivity growth.
DuPont, through its Crop Protection business, has strong relationships with sugarcane growers and sugarmill customers. As the leader in weed control for sugarcane, DuPont is committed to helping improve customers’ productivity and profitability, according to the company.
“Comprehensive research has found that by accessing biotechnology first, the Australian sugarcane industry can retain its competitive position and build a lead role in the commercialization of biotechnology in the global sugarcane industry,” BSES Chair Paul Wright said in a press release.
La caña de azúcar es una de las materias primas para biocombustibles más eficientes que se utilizan comercialmente en la actualidad. DuPont invierte más de $1 mil millones en investigación y desarrollo anualmente para abordar las tendencias globales emergentes, una de las cuales es la reducción de la dependencia de los combustibles fósiles.