date:Jan 25, 2013
The company's agriculture subsidiary, Dow AgroSciences, had said late last year that it hoped to sell the seed for 2013 planting, once it was approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency.
The technology, called Enlist, is genetically modified to withstand applications of the herbicide 2,4-D. It is part of an industry response to the emergence of weeds resistant to glyphosate, a widely-used herbicide used in tandem with genetically modified corn and soybean