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http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/1C65E31DF5DA76E8862575FA000D2422?OpenDocument
Monsanto, Dow get OK for new biotech corn
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"Monsanto and Dow said it won approval from regulators to begin
selling a new biotech corn.
So-called SmartStax corn was jointly developed by Monsanto and Dow
under a 2007 agreement.
Monsanto sees SmartStax as a blockbuster that could eventually be
planted on 50 million to 65 million acres in the U.S. This year, 87
million corn acres were planted.
It represents Monsanto's second major product in as many years and the
platform for future genetic improvements in corn, the company said.
SmartStax is the first genetically modified corn that combines eight
herbicide-tolerance and insect-protection genes.
Because the companies are integrating already-developed traits, the
companies will be able to put SmartStax on a fast-track. " ....
Notes:
Implications for bees: potental transgenic source of neonics.
SmartStax corn seed combines Monsanto's triple-stack technology
with Dow's Herculex insect control and Bayer's Liberty Link herbicide
resistance.
The Herculex I trait was the first in a new generation of Better Bt
choices from Pioneer.
All Pioneer hybrids with Herculex traits are treated with Poncho® 250
insecticide seed treatment to help stand establishment and
seedling growth.
In agriculture, a seed treatment or seed dressing is a chemical,
typically antimicrobial or fungidal, with which seeds are treated (or
"dressed") prior to planting.
The active ingredient of Poncho is clothianidin, also in the nicotinoid family.
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