February 7, 2011

Brazil approves Syngenta's triple corn stack

Brazil's National Biosafety Committee (CTNBio) approved Syngenta's triple corn stack Bt11 x MIR162 x GA21 for cultivation in the country, the Swiss agriculture firm announced Thursday (Feb 3).

The product will be available to Brazilian growers for the 2011/2012 season, Syngenta added.

It said further that this is the first approval of any triple stack product in Brazil.

The Bt11 x MIR162 x GA21 combines herbicide tolerance and insect resistance. Its MIR162 trait offers outstanding control of fall army worm, the main insect threat to corn in Brazil, and of other damaging lepidopteran pests.