Received: from coyote.dreamhost.com (coyote.dreamhost.com [66.33.216.128]) by mtain-mp05.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 5581D3800008B for <[log in to unmask]>; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:56:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dreamhost.com (ip-66-33-206-8.dreamhost.com [66.33.206.8]) by coyote.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCE1F604ADD8 for <[log in to unmask]>; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:52:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:52:23 -0700 From: "GMWatch" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: GMW: Dow launches multi-herbicide tolerant GM soybean To: [log in to unmask] Sender: [log in to unmask] Reply-To: "GMWatch" <[log in to unmask]> Precedence: list Content-type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Mailer: DreamHost Mailing Lists X-DH-Mailer-ID: 755568 X-Abuse-Info: http://dreamhost.com/tos.html X-Complaints-To: [log in to unmask] X-Bulkmail: 3.12 Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:276369504:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1dc1494e536b330d20 X-AOL-IP: 66.33.216.128 X-AOL-SPF: domain : dreamhost.com SPF : pass NOTE: Remember all the hype about reducing agrochemical use? All the herb= icides in Dow's new cocktail stand accused of causing serious harm. EXTRACT: The new soybean will be tolerant of a new Dow AgroSciences herbi= cide that combines glyphosate, glufosinate and 2,4-D so farmers can spray= the weedkiller on fields without harming the crop. "This is our most important project ever," said Dow AgroSciences CEO Anto= nio Galindez said in an interview with Reuters. "It is big." --- --- Dow takes on Monsanto with new biotech soybean Carey Gillam Reuters, August 22 2011 http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFN1E77L07V20110822?pageN= umber=3D2&virtualBrandChannel=3D0&sp=3Dtrue * New glyphosate-tolerant soybean submitted to regulators * Aims to curb spreading weed resistance * Dow puts Enlist system at $1 billion value INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Dow AgroSciences, a unit of chemical con= glomerate Dow Chemical (DOW.N: Quote) is launching a genetically altered = soybean seed aimed as a direct assault on the dominance of global seed le= ader Monsanto Co (MON.N: Quote). Dow submitted a regulatory package on Friday seeking government approval = for a glyphosate-tolerant soybean that the company says would be the "fir= st-ever, three-gene," herbicide-tolerant soybean. The new soybean will be tolerant of a new Dow AgroSciences herbicide that= combines glyphosate, glufosinate and 2,4-D so farmers can spray the weed= killer on fields without harming the crop. "This is our most important project ever," said Dow AgroSciences CEO Anto= nio Galindez said in an interview with Reuters. "It is big." Dow is dubbing the system "Enlist" and sees it as a replacement for Monsa= nto's wildly popular Roundup Ready system that accounts for over 90 perce= nt of U.S. soybean acreage and also has a foothold over the vast majority= of corn planted in the United States. After Monsanto introduced its first Roundup Ready soybean in 1996, farmer= s embraced the system because it made killing weeds easier. But since the= n, glyphosate use over Roundup Ready soybeans, corn, cotton and other cro= ps has grown so heavy that several species of crop-choking weeds have bec= ome resistant to glyphosate-based Roundup and those weeds are spreading r= apidly through North and South America. Dow's Enlist system combines glyphosate and two other herbicides in a way= that Dow's research has shown kills the weeds that no longer respond to = glyphosate, while still knocking out those that do. Farmers would need to buy not only the new herbicide but also the Dow see= ds to gain the benefit. "We call Enlist our Amazon Kindle," said Galindez, referring to the elect= ronic book reader released in 2007 that has helped spur a decline in sale= s of traditional books from bookstores. "It is bringing the next level of technology to the market," said Galinde= z. Pending regulatory approval the soybean trait package is expected to be a= vailable by 2015. Dow AgroSciences has been quietly inviting farmers and seed companies to = a "show farm" outside its headquarters in Indianapolis to demonstrate the= results of comparative testing of Enlist versus Roundup. Experts estimate glyphosate-resistant weeds have infested close to 11 mil= lion acres. It is common for weeds to develop resistance to herbicides. A= t least 130 types of weeds have developed levels of herbicide resistance = in more than 40 U.S. states, more than found in any other country, accord= ing to weed scientists. Enlist follows Dow AgroSciences launch in 2010 of SmartStax, an insect pr= otection-trait and herbicide-resistance technology for corn developed und= er a cross-licensing agreement between Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto. Galindez said Enlist will build on SmartStax and hopefully help Dow AgroS= ciences gain significant market share. The release is part of an ongoing alliance between Dow AgroSciences and M= .S. Technologies, a trait and technology provider. 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