Monsanto-Dow Seed Deal Aims to Thwart Bug, Weedkiller Resistance
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Monsanto Co. and Dow Chemical Co. agreed to cross-license seed technologies to produce new versions of genetically modified corn as crop-killing weeds and bugs show increasing resistance to older technologies.
Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, becomes the first to license Dow’s Enlist trait, which creates crops that can tolerate 2,4-D herbicide, the companies said today in a joint statement. Dow, the largest U.S. chemical maker by sales, is licensing Monsanto’s Corn Rootworm III, which controls root-eating bugs.