Bayer reported on the launch of four corn hybrids containing what it calls "VTPRO4 biotechnology" for the 2023/24 summer and winter harvests. This is a combination of events MON87427 x MON89034 x MIR162 x MON87411.
These launches expand the portfolio of corn seed brands Agroeste (hybrids AS1991PRO4 and AS1988PRO4), Dekalb (DKB358PRO4) and Sementes Agroceres (AG8650PRO4), according to Bayer's corn product manager, Ademar Oliveira (in the picture).
“We globally invest approximately 2,8 billion euros per year in research and development and one of our focuses is on corn cultivation. We want to increasingly increase production levels in corn cultivation in Brazil, which is why we strive to continually update our portfolio”, he highlights.
Event information MON87427 e Mir162. can be obtained at: "technical opinion releases corn with MON 87427 × MON 95379 × MIR162 × MON 88017".
Information about the event MON89034 in: "European Union approves two Monsanto corn technologies".
In turn, the event MON87411 induces resistance to insects of the order Coleoptera and tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate. The characteristics were conferred by the introduction of the gene cry3Bb1, originating from the bacteria Agrobacterium tumefaciens, from the gene dvsnf7, coming from the insect Diabrotica virgifera and the gene cp4-epsps originating from bacteria Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
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