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Insect control traits from Syngenta provide solution to aflatoxin issue

2013-01-11 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

  Minnetonka, Minn., U.S.A. January, 11, 2013 –The 2012 growing season brought many challenges in relation to the drought, including high levels of aflatoxin, a byproduct of mold growth and a carcinogen that is harmful to humans and animals at high levels. With more grain elevators testing corn for aflatoxin, reports from farmers and dealers in dryland areas of the southern Midwest indicated the use of hybrids containing the Agrisure Viptera trait have played a role in successfully reducing aflatoxin levels in corn. read more

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