EPA Approves Syngenta's Agrisure Duracade Trait

By CnAgri2012-10-11 19:36:05 Print

Syngenta has announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted registration of its Agrisure Duracade trait.

According to Seed Week, the announcement 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.

"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.

The Agrisure Duracade trait expresses a unique protein for control of corn rootworm.