DuPont has earned some lofty recognition from the agriculture industry. The science-based products and services company is the recipient of three Agrow Awards.
DuPont has received three prestigious Agrow Awards in recognition of its innovative and industry-leading agricultural product pipeline and technologies. The awards were presented to DuPont’s Crop Protection and Pioneer Hi-Bred businesses at the inaugural 2007 Agrow Awards ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland, on Oct. 16.
DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition was recognized for the following products and technologies:
Best R&D Pipeline. DuPont received the 2007 Agrow Award for “Best R&D Pipeline” in recognition of the broad array of new active ingredients and biotech traits in development across the DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition platform.
Best Novel Agricultural Biotechnology — Optimum(TM) GAT(TM) Trait. DuPont used proprietary gene shuffling technology to develop the Optimum(TM) GAT(TM) trait that provides tolerance to glyphosate and ALS herbicides, giving growers a new and better choice that maximizes yield potential, improves crop safety and expands weed control options.
Most Innovative Chemistry — DuPont(TM) Rynaxypyr(TM). DuPont Crop Protection was recognized for its novel insecticide, DuPont(TM) Rynaxypyr(TM). This unique molecule is extremely effective at providing long-lasting control of a broad spectrum of chewing insects and several other important insect species at low application rates in a wide variety of crops.