Argentina: First Stacked-Trait Corn Approved

Matt Hopkins Posted by Matt Hopkins|17 June 2008

Pioneer Hi-Bred International has received approval for a stacked-trait corn variety, the first to be permitted in the country. The US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA-FAS) reports that on May 28, the Argentine Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food approved the company’s stacked corn trait product containing the insect protection trait Herculex I technology, resistance to glufosinate (Liberty Link technology) and resistance to glyphosate (RoundUp Ready technology).

This approval clears the way for the first triple stacked trait product to be used by Argentine farmers. The stacked trait approval was issued after a product safety scientific review conducted by the Argentina regulatory bodies of CONABIA and SENASA.