Print This PageBASF and Monsanto Announce R&D and Commercialization Collaboration Agreement in Plant Biotechnology
- Agreement aimed at developing higher-yielding crops that are more tolerant to adverse environmental conditions such as drought
- Potential $1.5 billion/€1.2 billion devoted to joint pipeline over life of the collaboration
- First products to be commercialized in the first half of the next decade
BASF and Monsanto Research and Development at a Glance
Video Q&A with
Monsanto CTO Robert Fraley
Video Q&A with BASF's Chairman, Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht
Joint Conference Call
In conjunction with this announcement, BASF and Monsanto will hold a joint conference
call for investors and media. The call is scheduled for 9 a.m. EDT (2 p.m. CET)
Wednesday, March 21, 2007. Presentation slides and a simultaneous audio webcast
of the conference call may be accessed as follows:
Presentation
Direct link to webcast (available for 3 weeks)
