Mycogen Seeds

Mycogen Seeds
Agriculture–Subsidiary
Industry Agriculture
Founded San Diego, California (1982)
Headquarters Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Products Hybrid and varietal seeds
Parent Dow AgroSciences
Website www.mycogen.com

Mycogen Seeds, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, provides seeds for agriculture. Mycogen is one of the largest sunflower seed producers. Mycogen produces, markets and sells hybrid seed corn. The company also markets and sells sorghum, sunflower, soybean, alfalfa, and canola.

The Mycogen Corporation was formed in 1982 by members of the San Diego business and scientific communities, including David H. Rammler, a partner in the venture capital firm of Vanguard Associates, who served as the first chairman of the company, and Andrew C. Barnes, a biochemist with an MBA from the Stanford School of Business. The original concept was to develop environmentally safe herbicides from fungi using genetic engineering, thus the name Mycogen, coined from the Greek words for fungus and genetics. The company was acquired by Dow Chemical Company in 1998.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Dow Chemical Completes Acquisition of Mycogen Corp.". seedtoday.com. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
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