Brazil Approves Herculex Corn for Cultivation
January 30, 2009| |
The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture has given Dow AgroSciences the green light to sell genetically modified corn hybrids with Herculex I insect protection technology. The authorization was given for 2B710HX, 2B688HX, 2B707HX, 2C520HX and 2A525HX corn hybrids. Herculex I corn varieties are resistant to the fall armyworm (Spodoptora frugiperda) and sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis), serious corn pests that cause yield losses of more than 40 percent in Brazil.
The Brazilian National Biosafety Technical Committee (CTNBio) approved the cry1F-expressing transgenic corn for commercial release in December. Herculex I corn hybrids have been cultivated in the U.S. and Canada since 2001 and in Argentina since 2005.
Read more at http://www.dowagro.com/newsroom/corporatenews/2009/20090128a.htm An article on CTNBio’s approval is available at http://agenciact.mct.gov.br/index.php/content/view/50013.html
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