Syngenta and Dow AgroSciences, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, has announced an agreement to cross license their respective corn traits for commercialisation within their branded seed businesses.

Under the terms of the agreement, Syngenta will receive global non-exclusive licenses, with stacking rights, to Dow AgroSciences' Herculex I Insect Protection for broad lepidopteran control and to Herculex RW for corn rootworm control.  

Additionally, Dow AgroSciences will receive global non-exclusive licenses with stacking rights to Syngenta's Agrisure GT trait for glyphosate tolerance, and to its insect control traits Agrisure CB/LL for corn borer and Agrisure RW for corn rootworm. The licenses also include access to Syngenta's Agrisure Viptera trait for broad lepidoptera and to a second generation trait for corn rootworm control.  

Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.