Replies to post #161 on Monument Circle Acquisition Corp (MON)

[DewDiligence]

AcreMax 1, the product for which DD expects approval any day, is not directly competitive with MON’s SmartStax Refuge in a Bag. AcreMax 1 has corn rootworm protection “in the bag,” but it still requires an explicit refuge for the corn borer.

AcreMax 2, which contains “in the bag” refuges for both the corn rootworm and the corn borer and hence is potentially competitive with MON’s RiB product, won’t reach the US market until 2012 at the earliest.

http://farmindustrynews.com/seed/0201-acremax-technology/

[Democritus_of_Abdera]

EPA has approved Pioneer’s 10% Refuge-in-a-bag...

The much anticipated RIB product from DuPont has finally been approved (see #msg-49508846, #msg-46521170, & #msg-43809790) ....

see: http://www.pioneer.com/web/site/portal/menuitem.092d07b64e6ef66463816381d10093a0/

To help deter corn pests from developing resistance to biotech traits, the U.S. EPA requires growers to plant some corn without a specific insect protection trait to serve as a “refuge.”... Optimum® AcreMax™ 1 insect protection reduces the traditional 20 percent corn rootworm refuge by half and puts it in the seed bag, eliminating the need for separate rootworm refuge while increasing the ease and flexibility of planting the corn borer refuge.

Optimum® AcreMax™ 1 products integrate 90 percent of a trusted Pioneer® brand hybrid containing the Herculex® XTRA traits which deliver above- and below-ground biotech insect protection and 10 percent of a hybrid from the same genetic family containing the Herculex® I trait for above-ground insect protection and to serve as the corn rootworm refuge. All seed in the bag is herbicide tolerant.
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In addition to the Optimum® AcreMax™ 1 product registration announced April 30, the EPA also has granted Pioneer registration for Optimum® AcreMax™ RW products, which integrate 90 percent Herculex® RW seed and 10 percent of a hybrid from the same genetic family without biotech insect protection. All seed in the bag is herbicide tolerant. Optimum® AcreMax™ RW products may be grown alone or in conjunction with Optimum® AcreMax™ 1 products as a corn borer refuge, allowing growers in high corn rootworm pressure areas the flexibility to protect 100 percent of their corn acres with the industry-leading Herculex® RW rootworm trait.[/quote/