Syngenta AG. (At Closing News).Syngenta AG plans to protect potentially lucrative biotechnology patents with a lawsuit filed against six firms in a U.S. court. Named in the suits filed with the Federal District Court in Delaware are Monsanto Co., DeKalb Genetics, Pioneer Hi-Bred Pioneer Hi-Bred is one of the largest U.S. companies which produces hybrid seeds for agriculture. History In 1926, farm journal editor and future U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace, along with a group of Des Moines, Iowa businessmen, started the "Hi-Bred Corn Company". , Delta and Pine Land Co., Dow AgroSciences Dow AgroSciences LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company specializing in not only agricultural chemicals such as pesticides, but also seeds and biotechnology solutions. The company is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States. and Mycogen Seeds Mycogen Seeds provides quality seeds with proven high-performing genetics and the latest trait technology. Mycogen is the largest sunflower seed producer, the leader in Silage-Specific™ corn and a top grain corn seed producer. . Syngenta alleges the U.S. firms are infringing its biotechnology patents on transgenic corn and cotton. |
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