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EPA APPROVES SYNGENTA'S AGRISURE DURACADE TRAIT
Oct. 10, 2012
Seed Week reports:
Syngenta has announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted registration of its Agrisure Duracade trait.
This follows the completion of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration consultation process in February, which determined that the trait is as safe for human and animal consumption as conventional corn.
The Agrisure Duracade trait expresses a unique protein (eCry3.1Ab) for control of corn rootworm.
"Pending full USDA deregulation, the new trait will be stacked with the Agrisure RW trait to provide growers with dual modes of action against corn rootworm, allowing them to grow more corn while also countering the development of insect resistance in fields and sustaining insect control solutions," says David Morgan, president of Syngenta Seeds Inc. and Syngenta North America regional director.
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