DuPont and Sumitomo link up for seed treatments
Firms will collaborate to develop and commercialise seed-applied technologies
A long-term agreement to accelerate the development and commercialisation of novel seed treatments has been signed by Sumitomo Chemical of Japan and DuPont Crop Protection, which is part of the newly merged DowDuPont’s agriculture division. The collaboration aims to improve early plant growth and yields around the world, and it will begin in the 2018 growing season.