Wilmington, Del.-DuPont & Co. (DD) and Arcadia Biosciences Inc. have announced they will collaborate under a research and commercial agreement to improve nitrogen use efficiency in corn. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. DuPont said the collaboration boosts the progress it has made in developing corn hybrids that use nitrogen more efficiently, noting that nitrogen fertilizer prices are closely tied to rising natural gas prices, making efficient use of nitrogen fertilizer increasingly important. DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred has exclusive rights to Arcadia’s proprietary technology under the agreement.
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