Rootworm Trait Nears EU Approval
4 April 2007 “We are optimistic about bringing this novel technology to the EU market in the very near future,” said Dean Oestreich, DuPont vice president, general manager and president of DuPont subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
“This trait has already been approved by many countries around the globe,” added Antonio Galindez, Dow AgroSciences global leader for crops, “and provides immense value to users by increasing productivity to meet rapidly increasing demand for corn.”
Jointly by Dow AgroSciences LLC and Pioneer, the Herculex RW trait provides season-long protection against western, northern, and Mexican larval corn rootworm.
The Herculex RW trait received regulatory approval for US cultivation in 2005 and was first available in corn hybrids in the US for the 2006 growing season. The trait is also approved for import and for feed and food use in nine other countries around the world: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Philippines, and Taiwan.
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