Syngenta Forms Partnership with U.S. Firm to Develop Bio-Nematicides

Syngenta says it has entered into an exclusive global technology partnership with biotechnology company Pasteuria Bioscience (Alachua, FL). The two companies will develop bio-nematicide products based on the naturally occurring soil bacteria Pasteuria spp, under the terms of the agreement. This group of bacteria controls nematodes across a broad variety of crops. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed. Joint development will initially focus on seed treatment products for the control of soybean cyst nematodes (SCN), estimated to cause more than $1...

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