Memphis, Tennessee
August 11, 2008
DuPont has been awarded a 2008 R&D 100 Award for DuPont™
Rynaxypyr®, an advanced insect control product that optimizes a
grower's potential to produce high-quality, high-yielding crops.
Rynaxypyr® was one of 100 new products chosen by Research &
Development magazine as the most innovative products introduced
in 2008.
"We're honored to receive this prestigious external
acknowledgement of DuPont innovation," said James C. Collins,
vice president and general manager, DuPont Crop Protection. "Our
Rynaxypyr® insect control products are just one way DuPont is
advancing agriculture through a rich pipeline of products that
will help our customers improve profitability and productivity
today and into the future."
Rynaxypyr® is the active ingredient in DuPont™ Altacor®,
Coragen®, Ferterra™ and Prevathon™, four insect control products
that have received registration in 10 countries to date. These
new products, powered by DuPont™ Rynaxypyr®, offer growers
fast-acting and long-lasting control of a wide range of pests
that do costly damage to crops.
In the 45-year history of the R&D Awards, DuPont products have
been honored nearly 50 times, including a 1991 award for DuPont™
Accent® corn herbicide. Other notable awards for the DuPont
Agriculture & Nutrition businesses include two products for the
food processing industry: the DuPont ™ BAX® system for detecting
pathogens or other organisms in food and environmental samples;
and the DuPont™ RiboPrinter® microbial characterization system.
The R&D 100 Awards Gala will take place Oct. 16, in Chicago.
Other 2008 innovations receiving the award range from a handheld
biodiesel analyzer and spectrometers to an adaptive airbag and
superhydrophobic coating.
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.
The DuPont Oval Logo, DuPont™, The miracles of science™,
Accent®, Altacor®, Coragen® Ferterra™, Prevathon™ and Rynaxypyr®
are registered trademarks or trademarks of DuPont or its
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