- Syngenta and DuPont announced that Syngenta will grant Pioneer Hi-Bred a non-exclusive, global license to its corn rootworm trait MIR604 (Agrisure) for corn seed.
- BASF Plant Science and Bayer CropScience announced a long-term collaboration agreement to improve rice productivity through plant biotechnology.
- GlyTol glyphosate-tolerant technology, a proprietary trait from Bayer CropScience, will be commercially available to cotton growers in 2011.
- Bayer CropScience AG and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have signed a non-exclusive agreement to improve wheat breeding and generate new wheat varieties.
