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2009 Pipeline Updates
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As a company 100 percent focused on agriculture, delivering innovation to the farm is the focus of Monsanto’s R&D. Through investments in breeding and biotechnology, we’re working hard to deliver products that make farmers more productive and profitable. We invest more than $2 million a day to discover and deliver innovative technologies that make a difference to farmers and the land they farm. Our research supports both the agronomic and the value-added needs of our customers. By investing in products that make a difference for the farm, we’re supporting the future of agriculture and the future of farming.
Pipeline Updates for 2009
Corn Yield Drought 1 Tolerant (Drought-tolerant Corn)
Phase: 3 to 4
In the fourth-annual R&D pipeline update, the company’s drought-tolerant corn – the first-ever biotech crop with that trait – moved into Phase 4, the last phase before commercialization. This phase includes development and testing of best trait and germplasm combinations for commercial launch.
Genuity™ SmartStax™ Corn
Phase: 3 to 4
Genuity™ SmartStax™ corn is the first, most durable and highest-yielding package for total weed and bug control in corn. In the fourth-annual R&D pipeline update, Genuity™ SmartStax™ moved into Phase 4, the final step prior to the product’s planned 2010 commercial launch, pending regulatory approvals. This phase includes development and testing of best trait and germplasm combinations for commercial launch.
Soy Yield Intrinsic Development (Higher Yielding Soybean)
Phase: 2 to 3
Higher-yielding soybeans moved into Phase 3 – and another step closer to farmers’ fields – in the fourth-annual pipeline update. Regulatory trials are planned for this summer.
Dicamba Glufosinate Cotton (Dicamba tolerant cotton)
Phase: 1 to 2
Monsanto’s Dicamba-resistant cotton has moved to Phase 2, where it will be undergoing lab and field testing of genes in plants to select commercial product candidates and to meet regulatory requirements.
New Projects
Two new products were added to Monsanto’s R&D pipeline in the fourth annual update.
Second-generation, insect-protected Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield® soybeans and insect-protect, Roundup Ready sugarcane
