Syngenta's Corn Rootworm Biotech Trait Approved in the USA

This is from a Syngenta press release we received this morning:

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Syngenta announced today that its corn rootworm trait, Agrisure RW, has received registration approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Syngenta will launch for sale corn seed containing Agrisure RW for the 2007 growing season in the USA, the world's largest corn market.

"The approval of Agrisure RW in this fast-growing biotech market is a major step in our strategy to bring all three of the leading input traits to the corn market," says Jeff Cox, Head of Syngenta Global Corn and Soybeans. "This new high-performing trait offers growers industry-leading control of rootworm while delivering full yield potential."

Agrisure RW will be available to US growers as a single trait and stacked with glyphosate tolerance through elite hybrids from Garst, Golden Harvest and NK. Syngenta also plans to market the trait for use in other leading seed brands through its GreenLeaf Genetics joint venture. U.S. registration is pending for its Agrisure RW trait stacked with corn borer enabling the commercialization of the triple stack of glyphosate tolerance, corn borer and rootworm resistance.