Argentina tests a new transgenic corn, with multiple resistance to herbicides

Through a resolution of the Secretariat of Food, Bioeconomy and Regional Development, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina authorized this week the commercialization of a new transgenic corn seed. It is a hybrid developed by Corteva Agriscience, and which accumulates three events: MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 x ACS-ZMØØ3-2 x DAS-4Ø278-9 (OECD Denominations). In this way, it is a seed with multiple resistance to herbicide applications: it can tolerate the use of glyphosate, ammonium glufosinate, defensive agents of the "fop" family (Haloxifop, Quizalofop, Dichlorprop), MCPA and products based on 2 ,4-D. The authorization provided by the Government is for the seeds that contain these events and also "from the intermediate accumulated events that arise from the combinations of their parents and from all the progeny derived from the ...