Biotech Updates

Bayer and PPI Sign Agreement to Improve Cotton Yield

December 21, 2011

Bayer CropScience and Performance Plants, Inc. (PPI) signed a research and commercial license agreement that entitles Bayer to gain exclusive rights to use PPI's Heat and Drought Tolerance Technology (HDT) in cotton. This technology helps preserve yield by improving plant's tolerance to heat, drought or both. HDT plants have exhibited high yields even amidst hot and dry growth conditions.

For more information, read the media release at http://www.4-traders.com/BAYER-AG-436063/news/BAYER-AG-Bayer-CropScience-and-Performance-Plants-sign-license-agreement-on-cotton-yield-improvement-13938053/.