Syngenta Gets Approval for VipCot Cotton Trait Stack
14 October 2011 Syngenta in North America said the US Department of Agriculture deregulated traits for its insect-resistant cotton for event COT67B, the final component of its VipCot cotton trait stack, according to a company press release.
The decision clears the way for commercial sales in the U.S. for the 2012 growing season, Syngenta said.
The world’s largest agrochemicals company is licensing the individual traits and the VipCot trait stack to seed providers. In 2010, the company announced agreements with Bayer CropScience, Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto allowing them to use Vip3A technology with their cotton products. Vip3A protein provides broad-spectrum control of lepidopteran pests.
“Providing multiple modes of insect resistance to growers will help prevent the development of resistant insects, as well as offer growers an opportunity to protect all of their cotton acres from most caterpillar pests,” David Morgan, Syngenta North America Region Director, said in a statement.
The VipCot trait stack combines the Cry1Ab protein and the Vip3A protein, which is similar to the protein found in Syngenta’s Agrisure Viptera corn trait and is a new mode of action in both cotton and corn.
“Syngenta’s Vip3A technology brings much needed support to Southern cotton growers, who face persistent pressure from pests such as the cotton bollworm, tobacco budworm and the entire armyworm complex,” the company said in a statement.
The US Environmental Protection Agency granted seed registrations for the single cotton events and commercial registration for the combined trait stack and approved a natural refuge option for VipCot cotton technology in 2010.
The cotton traits have received import approval from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Mexico.
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