Biotech Updates

Dupont Submits Proprietary Soybean Trait for EU Approval

May 4, 2007

DuPont, through its subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., submitted an application for the European Union approval for the import, food and feed use of its Optimum™ GAT™ trait in soybeans. DuPont plans to commercialize the herbicide-tolerance trait in corn, cotton and other crops, following its 2009 introduction in soybeans. The Optimum GAT trait is the first-ever agricultural trait developed through proprietary DuPont gene shuffling technology.

DuPont has also completed its regulatory submissions for soybeans with the Optimum GAT trait in the United States and Canada for cultivation approval and in Mexico for import approval. Additional submissions for import approval will be made in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Australia-New Zealand.

The press release is available at http://www.pioneer.com/web/site/portal/menuitem.37a86e85cc7ebae23cda47b2d10093a0/.