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DuPont Hosts Meeting of Leading Plant Scientists to Improve World Agricultural Productivity
Date:2/4/2008

rought-tolerant corn hybrids for more than 50 years through conventional and molecular breeding, and transgenic biotechnology. It intends to introduce its first transgenic drought-tolerant corn hybrids in the first half of the next decade and is currently marketing a number of corn hybrids with enhanced drought tolerance.

The GCP is a broad and true network of partners from advanced research institutes and national agricultural research programs collectively working to improve crop productivity in drought-prone environments. GCP partners draw on plant diversity and new technologies to improve crops with desired traits focusing on drought tolerance. Through this wide range of partners, GCP links basic science with applied research and helps to weave an effective and interactive community of crop researchers at both the global and regional level. GCP is a program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).

Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is the world's leading source of customized solutions for farmers, livestock producers and grain and oilseed processors. With headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, Pioneer provides access to advanced plant genetics in nearly 70 countries.

DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.


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