St. Louis, Missouri
August 29, 2008
Helps maximize crop performance
potential from the start
Monsanto Company
announced today it is launching Acceleron™ brand seed treatment
as part of the seed treatment platform announced earlier this
year. Acceleron brand seed treatments are designed to help
maximize crop performance potential beginning at planting. It
will provide new seed performance technologies designed to
enhance the company’s elite genetics and trait technologies.
Monsanto’s global seed treatment platform complements the
company’s seed and trait strategy, as well as its investments in
breeding and biotechnology. The platform focuses on identifying
new proprietary seed-based technologies that can be launched in
parallel with soybean, corn and cotton products. Acceleron will
be the brand for these treatments; the introduction to market
will be on Roundup Ready 2 Yield™ soybeans for the 2009 season.
“We are designing new, unique seed-applied products for use with
soybean, corn and cotton products that will offer benefits
beyond the typical early season protection from diseases,
insects, nematodes and environmental stress,” Tom Schaefer, seed
treatment marketing lead explains, “We feel it is more accurate
to call Acceleron a seed performance technology.”
Randy Barker, Monsanto’s seed treatment strategy lead, notes
that Monsanto, as the industry’s seed and trait technology
leader, is uniquely capable of evaluating opportunities for seed
performance enhancement across a broad geography for its
genetics and trait products.
“We have the expertise of a leader in genetics and traits and
with this we will have the opportunity to look at new seed
performance technologies early in the development process with
the traits and genetics” he explains. “This insight will be a
key factor of the success we can achieve on-farm.”
The Acceleron brand will represent a wide range of evolving seed
performance technologies. Acceleron will be available when
Roundup Ready 2 Yield™ soybeans are made available for
commercial release and use, Acceleron will be available in
SmartStax™ corn in 2010, Deltapine® cotton in 2011 and in other
crops in coming seasons.
Farmers have a chance to see the performance of current and
potential future Acceleron branded seed treatments at the
company’s Agronomic Systems Demonstration Plots at the 2008 Farm
Progress Show in Boone, IA and Husker Harvest Days in Grand
Island, NE, as well as numerous other field day locations.
Barker added that Acceleron is an example of the ongoing
commitment by Monsanto to discover, evaluate and deliver novel
products and technologies which can enhance the yield and
profitability of farmers. “Our work in the area of Seed
Performance Technology will help support the Monsanto objective
of doubling yield by 2030.” he said.
Monsanto Company is a leading global provider of
technology-based solutions and agricultural products that
improve farm productivity and food quality.
ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW PESTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS.
When Roundup Ready 2 Yield™ soybeans are made available for
commercial release and use, they will be subject to Monsanto
Company’s comprehensive stewardship plans consistent with its
Stewardship Policy for Commercialization of
Biotechnology-Derived Plant Products in Commodity Crops. Roundup
Ready 2 Yield™ soybean seed and any product of a Roundup Ready 2
Yield™ soybean seed or crop can only be exported to, or used,
processed or sold in countries where all necessary regulatory
approvals have been granted. It is a violation of national and
international law to move material containing biotech traits
across boundaries into nations where import is not permitted.
Roundup Ready® crops contain genes that confer tolerance to
glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup® agricultural
herbicides. Roundup agricultural herbicides will kill crops that
are not glyphosate tolerant. SmartStax™ commercialization is
dependent on many factors, including successful conclusion of
regulatory process. SmartStax™ has not been registered by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It is a violation of
federal law to promote or sell an unregistered pesticide.
Acceleron™, Roundup®, Roundup Ready®, Roundup Ready 2 Yield™ and
SmartStax™ are trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC. Deltapine®
is a trademark of D&PL Technology Holding Company LLC. |
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