Best R&D Pipeline
sponsored by SynTech
Winner
DuPont Ag and
Nutrition Platform
Shortlisted
AgraQuest, Inc
Monsanto
Plant Impact
T
his award recognises the critical importance of research
and development to our industry. In judging the Best R&D
Pipeline award, the judges were looking not just at the size
The Winner’s Response
of the pipeline, but also the quality, innovation and potential
value of that pipeline.
DuPont is honored to receive the 2007 Inaugural Agrow Award
for ‘Best R&D Pipeline’ in recognition of its broad array of
The judges of this award had to consider four very different
promising new product candidates, which range from innovative
R&D pipelines; encompassing agrochemicals, biopesticides,
biotech and native crop traits to groundbreaking agrochemicals.
agricultural biotechnology traits and innovative plant health
The depth and breadth of our Ag and Nutrition pipeline across
products. However, one stood above the rest; including
new chemistry and genetic traits make it unique to the industry.
potential blockbuster agrochemical products and agricultural
biotechnology traits, and diversity in early stage research.
Some of the exciting products in discovery and development
include new Crop Protection herbicides, fungicides, and
DuPont Ag and Nutrition’s pipeline contains such promising
insecticides, as well as improved Pioneer seed and trait
new products as the low-toxicity insecticide Ryanxypyr,
advances in herbicide tolerance, disease resistance, insect
the high-activity herbicide DPX-KJM44 and a revolutionary
control, yield and agronomic improvements, improved feed
Oomycete fungicide. There are also new chemistry classes
characteristics, increased ethanol production, healthier oil
currently in discovery phase work, such as a fungicide with
production, and improved processing characteristics.
broad spectrum activity, a novel insecticide with excellent
potential in animal health applications and a new class of
Some of the new Pioneer seed and trait developments on the
nematicides with an unknown mode of action.
horizon include Anthracnose Stalk Rot resistance, a line of high-
yielding soybeans, soybean varieties with higher levels of healthy
oils, and the Optimum
TM
GAT
TM
trait for corn and soybeans,
Photo: L-R: Paul French - SynTech Research; Dr John
which confers tolerance to both glyphosate and ALS herbicides
Bedbrook - DuPont Crop Protection; Gyles Brandreth
for better weed management.
On the Crop Protection front, a new anthranilic diamide
insecticide, Rynaxypyr
TM
, will be launched this year. Following
this in the pipeline are a new fungicide for cereals, a second
generation anthranilic diamide insecticide for control of both
chewing and sucking pests, and two promising herbicide and
fungicide candidates.
We are pleased to be honored for our investment in this
exciting pipeline, and are even more pleased that it will help
our customers increase the quality, quantity, and safety of
agricultural products for the world’s food, feed, materials, and
fuel value chains.
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