Syngenta enters into global technology partnership for development of bio-nematicides

Syngenta announced today that it has entered into an exclusive global technology partnership with Pasteuria Bioscience Inc., a U.S. based biotechnology company. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will develop innovative bio-nematicide products based on the naturally occurring soil bacteria Pasteuria spp. This group of bacteria controls nematodes across a broad variety of crops.