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Article: DuPont Adds Cotton to India Seed Product Lineup.
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- June 25, 2009
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Jun 25, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- DuPont (http://www2.dupont.com/DuPont_Home/en_US/) today announced it has made two cotton acquisitions in India to enhance its product lineup and strengthen its growing business here. DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred (http://www.pioneer.com/) has purchased the cotton seed business of Nandi Seeds, based in Mehboob Nagar, Andhra Pradesh, India, and acquired cotton germplasm from Nagarjuna Seeds, based in Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
"These acquisitions will help us enter the cotton seed market here and meet the needs of Indian farmers who grow more than 9 million hectares of cotton each year - more than anywhere else in ...