BASEL, Switzerland and WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ —

Syngenta and DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced a global agreement that will

provide DuPont business, Pioneer Hi-Bred, access to Syngenta’s novel insect

control corn event, MIR162. Under the royalty-bearing agreement, Syngenta

will grant Pioneer a non-exclusive, global license with stacking rights to

MIR162. Other terms of the agreement were not disclosed. …more